Bio
Japanese soprano Eri Nakamura first shot to prominence as a Jette Parker Young Artist when she stepped in to replace Anna Netrebko in I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giulietta) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She has since made notable debuts in Europe, Asia, and North and South America, capturing worldwide acclaim for her assured singing and artistic intensity.
During the 2024-25 Season, Eri debuts with the Canadian Opera Company in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio San), sings in Un ballo in maschera (Amelia) at Suntory Hall, and appears in concert with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and Latvian National Opera.
Last season, she made her debut appearances with the Royal Swedish Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio San) and English National Opera in 7 Deaths of Maria Callas and sang in Simon Boccanegra (Amelia) with The Hallé. Recent highlights also include her role debut as Cio-Cio San at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, later performing the same role in her return to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in concert with The Hallé, La Rondine (Magda) at Biwako Hall, and Toshio Hosokawa’s Hanjo (Hanako) with the Catapult Opera of New York and Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano.
For the ROH, she performed in La bohème (Musetta), Carmen (Frasquita), Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta) and I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giulietta) as a Jette Parker Young Artist, and returned as a guest to sing in The Marriage of Figaro (Susanna), Werther (Sophie) and Turandot (Liù). As ensemble member with the Bayerische Staatsoper, her many performances included The Elixir of Love (Adina), Hansel and Gretel (Gretel), The Magic Flute (Susanna & Pamina), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), and she has also appeared with the Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera de Oviedo, New National Theatre, Tokyo, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, and Washington National Opera.
On the concert platform, recent highlights include Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Japan, Osaka, and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestras, Mahler Symphony No. 4, and Rossini Stabat Mater with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, St Cecilia Mass with Orchestre National de France, Das Rheingold (Woglinde) with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with the Czech Philharmonic, Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and appearances with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Pannon Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Eri is an alumna of the Osaka College of Music, the Opera Studio at the New National Theatre Tokyo, the Opera Studio Nederland and the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House.