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Tenor: Hiroaki Shibata

Hiroaki Fueda, tenor

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Graduated from Nagoya University of Arts and completed the graduate school of the same university. Received the 37th Italian Vocal Concorso Italian Ambassador's Cup, 1st prize at the 9th Madame Butterfly World Concours (Moldova), 1st prize at the 50th Japan-Italy Vocal Concorso, and the Kiyoshi Igarashi Award for Best Song. So far "La Bohème", "La Gioconda", "Masquerade", "Madama Butterfly", "Tosca", "Carmen", "La Traviata", "Aida", "Macbeth", "Don Carlo" , “The Capuleti Family and the Montecchi Family”, “Jester” and many other operas. In addition, he has appeared in various concerts such as NHK-FM "Meikyoku Recital", NHK New Year Opera Concert, "The Ninth", and Verdi's "Requiem". He has also performed remarkably well overseas, including performances of "Madame Butterfly" at the 9th Shanghai International Arts Festival commemorating the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, Manrico's "Il Trovatore" at the Opera of Ferrara, and a music mass at the Vatican International Music Festival. A member of the Fujiwara Opera Company. In February 2020, she will perform at the Duke of Mantua in the Fujiwara Opera's production of Rigoletto.