Kazuhiro Ito is a Japanese lyric baritone.
Ito was born in 1973 in Chiba, Japan. He graduated in 1995 from the University of Toho in Tokyo as a classical baritone. In the years following his graduation he performed in several stage performances in Japan. From December 2004 he has been working and studying in Milan, Italy under Franco Castellana.
Singing career G.Puccini: Gianni Schicchi Role: Gianni Schicchi (Art Theater Sainokuni of Saitama).
W.A.Mozart: Cosi fan tutte Role: Guglielmo (Sunny Hall Nippori).
P.Mascagni: L'amico Fritz Role: David (Itabashi Theater).
G.Puccini: La Boheme Role: Schaunard (Shimotsuma Theater).
P.Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana Role: Alfio (Shinjyuku Theater Bunka).
W.A.Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Role: Il Conte di Almaviva (Matsudo Theater).
Other performances
G.Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Sharpless).
G.Verdi: Rigoletto (Rigoletto).
R.Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Tonio).
G.Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico).
G.Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (Belcore).
Honours In 1998 he was named Artist of the Saitama Region in the musical competition in Saitama, Japan. In 2003 he received the Espoir award in Osaka International Music Competition. The following year he won the Italian Lyric Music Competition in Tokyo.
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