Yuki Okuyama

UK-based Japanese dramatic baritone Yuki Okuyama performed the role of Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème in a matinee show with Devon Opera this May and received a review from Charlie Maclaren, a journalist who has worked with the BBC: 'In fact, the whole production resonated with me as the last Bohème I saw at Covent Garden.' . He recently performed the role of Peneios and Erster Schäfer in Richard Strauss’s Daphne with Regents Opera (March 2025), and was highly acclaimed for his portrayal of Benoît and Alcindoro in La Bohème in London (December 2024), supported by the Italian Cultural Institute and the British Italian Society. Yuki won 2nd prize in the professional category of the Virtuoso International Music Awards 2024, and was also a laureate of the London Classical Music Competition 2023. He was a recipient of the Morag Noble and Kathleen Creed Scholarships at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, where he studied under Lynton Atkinson and graduated with a Master’s in Voice, following private studies with Neil Mackie CBE. Yuki has worked with Hurn Court Opera in Don Giovanni and La Bohème, and with Ensemble Fantômas in The Red Room by Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour. He appeared as Hedayat in the opera The Red Room’s lead role at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival in London and the Aalborg Opera Festival in Denmark. His recent solo work in oratorio includes Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass, Stainer’s The Crucifixion, Bach cantatas, and Carmina Burana under the baton of Maxime Tortelier.