Tetsuya Ohno

He studied voice at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and made his debut while still a student, in 1977 as the First Armed Man in Zauberflöte at the Tokyo Nikikai Opera, where he was to spend his entire career. His breakthrough came in 1981 as Boris in Káťa Kabanová, and he had his foremost successes as a Wagnerian: Loge, Siegmund, both Siegfrieds and Tannhäuser. That he sang the title role in the first Japanese production of Siegfried (1983, alternating with William Wu) was the career step for which he would always be remembered in Japan.

Beyond Wagner, he sang Hoffmann, Don José, Samson, Tamino, Tito, Alfredo, Riccardo, Otello, Manrico, Calaf, Pinkerton, Turiddu, Canio, Bacchus, Tambourmajor or Guido (Eine florentinische Tragödie by Zemlinsky), plus a lot of Japanese operas. He also appeared in operetta: Sou-Chong, both Eisenstein and Alfred, both Danilo and Camille de Rosillon, Tassilo, Edwin, Mister X, Orphée.

He sang opera on stage until at least 2012, and appeared in concert well into the 2020s.

From 1980 to 2019, he taught at the Gakugei University in Tokyo.

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I wish to thank Akira Sakai for the picture (bottom).