Joseph (joe) Staples

West Fargo High School

Class of 1975

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First Name	Joseph (joe)
Last Name	Staples
Graduation Year	Class of 1975
City	N/A
State/Province	Nagano Prefecture, JAPAN
Country	JAPAN
Occupation	Teacher
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Singing by the campfires by the river. Hobbit party in the park. Making music of many centuries come alive.
About Me	Hmm.... NDSU (1973-1983) with a couple of years in French Canada, and a couple more cooking, driving truck, splicing phone cables to pay for it * Teaching school in Belle Fourche SD (summer grad school; sang at Statue of Liberty rededication 1985?) * Grad degree in Houston (summer opera season roles, Houston Grand Opera chorus, church musician....) * Pretty much in Japan since 1987 - scores of solo vocal performances in Nagano and Tokyo ; soloist (and ONLY non-Japanese singer) for the 1998 Olympic premier of "Zenkoji Monogatari Opera", sang the title role in the fully-staged "Marriage of Figaro" May 2007, followed by the long-awaited Marriage of Joe 2 months later * now, a...(read more)