Taro Ichihara

(born 1950) is a Japanese opera singer, who sings as a tenor, primarily in Verdi roles.

Biography He was born in the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, and studied music at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied in Italy at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Other roles with the Metropolitan Opera have included the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera, and concert performances as Cavaradossi in Tosca. He sang the role of Alfredo in La traviata with Fujiwara Opera. Other operatic roles have included Ismaele in Nabucco and Rodolfo in La bohème. He has also sung with the New York Philharmonic in Verdi's Messa da Requiem, and recorded the piece with the Osaka Philharmonic.

He was profiled as one of Japan's bright talents in the video Japan as It Is, produced by the Consulate General of Japan in 1994.