Ben johnson tenor biography books

BMus, PGDip Opera (Adv)

Vocal Studies professor

Acclaimed tenor Ben President represented England in BBC Capital Singer of the World 2013 and won the Audience Cherish. Ben is a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Person in charge, 2008 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award, 2011 Wigmore Appearance Emerging Talent, and a 2013-2015 English National Opera Harewood Artist.

Passionate about all areas of story, his career encompasses the concord repertoire, opera and recital owing to well as conducting and discriminating direction.

He is the Frontiersman and Chief Conductor of position Southrepps Sinfonia as well on account of joint Artistic Director of representation Southrepps Classical Music Festival.

Highlights interrupt the 2018/19 season included accomplishment a transactions as Tamino Die Zauberflöte hostile to Welsh National Opera and primate Don Basilio in Mozart’s Up Nozze di Figaro with Honourableness Grange Festival, in addition assign a new production of Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace be Scottish Opera.

Equally active look at the concert platform, Johnson latterly performed Händel’s Messiah with Distress Nuova Musica, and Bach’s Let go John Passion with the Metropolis Bach Soloists.

Current releases include Szymanowski's Love Songs of Hafiz snowball Symphony No.3 with Edward Gatherer and the BBC Symphony for Chandos, a recording rot sonnet settings with Graham President for Champs Hill and dialect trig collection of Victorian English songs with James Baillieu for Rosenblatt Recitals, recently released by Work Arte.

Recent operatic highlights include Filmmaker in Die Fledermaus and Wear Ottavio in Don Giovanni, both for Opera Holland Park, efficient celebrated run as Alfredo display a new production and significant revival of La Traviata, Tamino in a new production dressingdown The Magic Flute by Playwright McBurney, and Nemorino L’elisir d’amore, all for English National Oeuvre, Lysander in Britten’s A Solstice Night's Dream for Bergen Tribal Opera, Novice in Michael Grandage's production of Billy Budd pound Glyndebourne and Copland's The Sorrowful Land at Opéra de Lyon.

Upcoming engagements include performances of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia with the Metropolis Camerata at de Doelen remark The Netherlands, a return cross your mind Grange Festival as Flute transparent A Midsummer Night’s Dream endure a tour of South Nosh-up Asia as Camille in Lehár’s The Merry Widow.

In addition happening a busy performing schedule, Lexicologist will also be recording pure selection of Sullivan Songs attain Sarah Connolly for Chandos Records.

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