Nicole Takesono - Resume

Upcoming Engagements
Suzuki Madama Butterfly Mission City Opera
2008
Operatic Roles Performed
Mother Amahl and the Night Visitors 2006
Second Lady The Magic Flute Mission City Opera
2006
Madam Wanton/2nd Shining One The Pilgrim’s Progress Trinity Lyric Opera
2006
Mercedes Carmen Mission City Opera
2006
Hansel Hansel and Gretel Festival Opera Guild
2002-2005
Flora La Traviata Mission City Opera
2005
Ida Die Fledermaus Opera San Jose
2004
Siébel Faust Berkeley Opera
2003
Third Spirit Die Zauberflöte Opera San Jose
2003
Nutrice L’incoronazione di Poppea BASOTI
2001
Partial Operatic Roles Performed
Octavian Der Rosenkavalier Apollo Touring Company
2003
Madalena Rigoletto Apollo Touring Company
2003
Dorabella Cosi Fan Tutte Apollo Touring Company
2003
Third Lady Die Zauberflöte San Jose State University
2002
Dryade Ariadne auf Naxos BASOTI
2001
Opera Chorus
Chorister Joan of Arc San Francisco Opera
2006
Chorister Fidelio, Dr. Atomic San Francisco Opera
2005
Chorister Eugene Onegin San Francisco Opera
2004
Chorister Cavalleria Rusticana/Paliacci San Francisco Opera
2003
Concert and Oratorio
Soloist Selections from Opera and Musical Theater Sopianos
2006
Soloist First Church of Christ Scientists Menlo Park, CA
  2002-Present
Soloist Bruckner’s Te Deum Laudamus San Jose State University
2002
Training
San Jose State University Opera Workshop
Spring 2002
BASOTI, Oakland, CA
Summer 2001
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Fall 1995-Spring 1999
Bachelor of Arts in Music with concentration of vocal performance, cum laude, 1999
Teachers Coaches Conductors Directors
Deborah Benedict Craig Bohmler
Donald Runnicles
Christopher Alexander
Carol Mastrodomenico Veronika Agranov
Ivan Volkov
Michael Hampe
Vicki Gorman Bruce Olstad
Marco Armiliato
Peter Sellars
Monroe Konause
John Kendal Bailey
Johanes Schaff
Michael Taylor
Vera Callabria
Dietrich Erbelding
M. Adam Flowers
David Rohrbaugh
Michael Morris
Jonathan Kuhner
Lorna Haywood
Robert Wood
John Fisher
Sarah Jobin
Anne Woodhead
Elena Sharkova
Michael McConnel
George Cleve
Michael Edwards
Jun Nakabayashi
Jose-Maria Condemi
Mark Pinzow
Bodo Igez
Olivia Stapp
Yefim Maizel
Daniel Helfgot
David Ostwald
Languages Studied
Italian, French, German, Japanese
Awards/Honors
First Prize in the San Jose Opera Guild Competition
2002
First Prize in the California Federation of Music Clubs Bi-Annual Competition
2001
Second Place in National Federation of Music Clubs Bi-Annual Competition
2001
Mable Daniels Prize in Music and Literature, Tufts University
1999