Tomoko Nago: Mezzo-Soprano

Opera:

• Spring 2023: Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), Brooklyn College, Director: Isabel Milenski
• May 2022: Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi), Brooklyn College, Director: Isabel Milenski
• 2018: Smeton in Anna Bolena (Donizetti), New York Public Library, New York Opera Forum
• 2017: Siebel in Faust (Gounod), NYPL, New York Opera Forum
• 2017: Dafne in Excerpt from Apolo y Dafne (Juan de Navas), St. Michael’s Church, New York Continuo Collective
• 2017: Hansel in Hansel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, New York Opera Forum
• 2016: Annio in La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart), NYPL, New York Opera Forum
• 2015: Frugola in Il Tabarro (Puccini), Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, New York Opera Forum
• 2015: Ruggiero in Alcina (Handel), Symphony Space, New York Lyric Opera Theater

Other roles include: Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Ariodante/Polinesso in Ariodante (Handel), Eustazio in Rinaldo (Handel), Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Tisbe in La Cenerentola (Rossini), and Zulma in L’italiana in Algeri (Rossini).

Concerts:

• November 9, 2019: Soloist, Japan Typhoon Charity Concert, Japanese American Association
• October 5, 2019: Featured artist, ACMA Presents! Marc A. Scorca Hall, Opera America
• June 1, 2019 3:30pm: Soloist, ACMA recital at Marc A. Scorca Hall, Opera America
• May 7, 2019 Soloist, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Heights (Private Event)
• February 2, 2019 8:00pm: Soloist, ACMA Passion Through Performance at Carnegie Weil Recital Hall
• June 19, 2018 5:30pm: Soloist, Sing for Hope Piano at Lincoln Center
• March 24, 2018 7:30pm: Soloist, ACMA Passion Through Performance Concert, Carnegie Weil Recital Hall

Competition:

• 2020 Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition Semifinalist

Festival/Masterclass/Workshop

• Summer 2021: Art Song Preservation Society Festival, American Songbook by Neil Semer
• Fall 2020: Art Song Preservation Society, A Season of Songs Festival, Bel Canto Technique by Mark Markham, Spanish & Latin American Songs by Maya Hoover & Jose Melendez
• Spring 2019: Art Song Preservation Society, Spring into Art Song Festival, Bel Canto Technique by Andrea Delgiudice, Gabriel  Fauré by Frank Daykin, Manhattan School of Music
• Spring 2017: New York Continuo Collective, Zarzuela Project, Director: Grant Herreid
• July 2015: Amherst Early Music Festival, Ensemble Singing Intensive, Director: Geoff Williams, Connecticut College
• Spring 2012: Juilliard Opera Workshop, Director: Vincent La Selva

Education: Fall 2021- Master of Music (Vocal Performance), CUNY Brooklyn College

Chorus:

• Feb 2022: Alto (SATB) at St. Joseph Yorkville, Director: Alistair Reid 
• Dec 2021, April 2022: Alto (SATB) at St. John Nepomucene, Director: Mark Pacoe 
• 2017 – 2019: Alto Section Leader at STS. JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, Director: Frank Fano
• 2015 – 2016: Alto 1, Musica Viva at Unitarian Church of All Souls, Director: Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez