Luka Kawabata

October 28, 2024

Luka Kawabata 川端ルカ is a queer, Nikkei-Canadian artist living and working in the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people. As a baritone and producer, he strives to push the boundaries of representation in opera through the creation of new works.
Luka is a graduate of the Yulanda M Faris Young Artist Program with Vancouver Opera and the Beth Morrison Projects: Producer Academy, having performed with companies spanning the continent, including Edmonton Opera, Manitoba Opera, Saskatoon Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria and Opera on the Avalon.
He is the creator of ‘The HAFU ハーフ Project’, a semi-autobiographical musical exploration of the history of Japanese immigration and internment in North America and the social navigation of identity.
Luka is an avid language enthusiast, traveler, coffee lover and recently started to understand the fun of lifting weights!