Japanese tenor Toshi Ogita originally read History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Master’s graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Richard Berkeley-Steele and Anna Tilbrook. Toshi was heavily involved in RAM’s Bach cantatas series, and has worked as a soloist with Philippe Herreweghe, Rachel Podger, and John Butt. Opera scenes at RAM included Tamino Die Zauberflöte; Tonio La fille du régiment; Nemerino L’elisir d’amore. Other work on the stage includes Chorus, L’elisir d’amore; Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci; Il barbiere di Siviglia (West Green House Opera), and Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero (Brighton Early Music Festival).

Whilst at RAM, Toshi performed Alban Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder. With Timothy Dean, he has performed Schubert’s Schwanengesang. Concert performances include Evangelist+arias, Bach St. John Passion, Haydn Creation, Handel Messiah, and Mozart Requiem.