A special Christmas Advent collaboration stage by soprano singers Reina Shochiku and Ryoko Nakano. She graduated from Shochiku Reina Reina MATSUTAKE, Nagoya University of Arts, Department of Vocal Music, Performing Arts Course. She performed at a concert for newcomers recommended by the Japan Ensemble, and won the Grand Prize in the vocal music category at the Kitakyushu Art Festival. Later, he went to Italy. He is a soprano soloist at church concerts throughout Milan. She made her Italian debut in the opera “The Marriage of Figaro”. After returning to Japan, he gave a commemorative recital in Fukuoka. In April 2015, she performed in Madame Butterfly at the Teatro Politheama Greco in Lecce, Italy. In May 2015, she participated in the Mariella Devere workshop in Bracciano, near Rome, and performed in the final concert. August 2016 CD『Legame” was released. Major works in which he has appeared include “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Die Fledermaus,” “Cosiphantutte,” “Carmen,” “Madame Butterfly,” and “The Red Devil Who Cried. He is currently active in opera performances, solo performances, interpreting in Italian for various foreign artists, including celebrities such as pianist/Giovanni Alevi and conductor/Andrea Battistoni, and teaching chorus and younger artists. He is a member of the West Japan Opera Association and the Fukuoka Chamber Music Association. Ryoko Nakano graduated from Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Music Expression Course. He completed the Graduate School of Music Expression Studies at the same university. Completed the master class at the Nikikai Opera Training Institute. He received the Excellence Award upon completion of the course. In Fukuoka, she has appeared in concerts such as the Across Floor Concert, as a wife and narrator in the opera “The Red Devil Who Cried,” as Hansel in “Hansel and Gretel,” and as a mother. Specially appointed lecturer at the Correspondence Education Department, Kyushu Junior College, Kinki University. Director of the west japan opera Association. He is a member of the Niki-kai.
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