Nicole Takesono, mezzo soprano, makes her West Bay Opera debut singing the role of Olga in The Merry Widow. She has appeared with WBO’s Opera in the Schools program singing the role of Hansel in the school version of Hansel and Gretel.

Ms. Takesono has performed the roles of Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors) with Winchester Orchestra of San José, Second Lady (The Magic Flute), Mercedes (Carmen), and Flora (La traviata) with Mission City Opera, Second Shining One and Madam Wanton (Vaughn Williams, A Pilgrim’s Progress) with Trinity Lyric Opera, Siébel (Faust) with Berkeley Opera, and Hansel (Hansel and Gretel) with Golden Gate Opera and Apollo Educational Touring Company. She is also a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus. On the concert stage, she has appeared in Sopianos annual concert of traditional Japanese songs, Broadway tunes, and opera selections, and San Jose State University’s performance of Bruckner’s Te Deum, and Apollo Opera’s selections from Rigoletto, Der Rosenkavalier, and Così fan tutte.

Originally from Hawaii, Ms. Takesono earned her BA in Music from Tufts University.