Brandon Higa

Brandon Higa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and has resided in Seattle since 2001. Appearing on both operatic and concert stages, he has been hailed by the Tribune Herald for his “sweet tenor.” He has appeared with Tacoma Opera as Sam in The Pirates of Penzance, Monostatos in The Magic Flute, Crookfinger Jake in The Threepenny Opera, and St. Brioche in The Merry Widow, as well as with the Astoria Music Festival as Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi and Kitsap Opera in Carmen as Remendado. He has appeared with Seattle Modern Opera Company as Bill in A Hand of Bridge, Ricky in Jake Heggie’s Again, and Menelaus in La belle Hélène. He has sung as tenor soloist in various concert works including Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music with the Honolulu Symphony, Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat and cantatas BWV55 and BWV147, Reinhard Keiser’s St. Mark Passion as the Evangelist, and selections from Monteverdi’s Selva morale e spirituale.

He has sung with Hawai’i Opera Theatre, Puget Sound Opera, Puget Sound Concert Opera, The Market Street Singers, Kitsap Opera, and Tacoma Opera, and was a Tacoma Opera young artist. He has held tenor soloist and lead positions in both Honolulu and Seattle. He is currently tenor section leader with Kirkland Choral Society.