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Benjamin Lee Tenore Di Grazia Benjamin Lee Tenore di Grazia Benjamin Lee’s sweet timbre and high-arching technical comfort make him the perfect artist for the Tenore do Grazia repertoire. In the 2018/19 season, Mr. Lee joins Theater Magdeburg for three productions, performing Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Rodrigo in Otello, and 2. Nazarene in Salome. He made his debut with the company last summer as Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Last season he also appeared as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola with Queen City Opera, Lurcanio in Ariodante, and the tenor solo in Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In a workshop jointly sponsored by CCM, Cincinnati Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company, he sang Antinous in acclaimed songwriter Rufus Wainwright’s opera-in-progress Hadrian. In 2016/17, he made his debut with Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos, and joined Cincinnati Opera in their production of Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Frida as Alejandro and Leon Trotsky, as well as The Tenor in Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Recent performances with Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music have seen Benjamin Lee in the roles of Arbace in Idomeneo, Lucano in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Florville in Rossini’s Il signor Bruschino, #5 in Conrad Susa’s Transformations, and Gopinath in CCM Opera Fusion’s workshop of Jack Perla’s Shalimar the Clown. Additionally, he sang Albert in the workshop of Laura Kaminsky’s Some Light Emerges, which he went on to perform with Houston Grand Opera’s HGOco. He has sung Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival and The Father in Seven Deadly Sins with New Orleans’ Jukebox Castle. Mr. Lee received Master of Music degree from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 2016 and in 2018 he obtained his Artist Diploma there. He is the 2015 recipient of the John Alexander Award in CCM’s annual Corbett Opera Competition. He holds his Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California where he performed the roles of Prince Charming in Cendrillon, First Commissioner in Dialogue of the Carmelites, Il conte Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims, and Lucano in L'incoronazione di Poppea. Benjamin Lee Tenore di Grazia Opera Roderigo Otello Theater Madgeburg 2019 Ernesto Don Pasquale Theater Madgeburg 2018/19 2. Nazerene Salome Theater Madgeburg 2018 Pedrillo Die Enführing aus dem Serail Theater Madgeburg 2018 Lurcanio Ariodante CCM Opera 2018 Don Ramiro La Cenerentola Queen City Opera 2017 Tenor Song from the Uproar Cincinnati Opera 2017 Alejandro/Leon Trotsky Frida Cincinnati Opera 2017 Albert Some Light Emerges (workshop) Opera Fusion & HGOco 2017 Arbace Idomeneo CCM Opera 2017 #5 Transformations CCM Opera 2017 Brighella Ariadne auf Naxos Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2016 Florville Il signor Bruschino CCM Opera 2016 Lucano L'incoronazione di Poppea CCM Opera 2015 Il conte Libenskof Il viaggio a Reims USC Thornton Opera 2014 Lucano L'incoronazione di Poppea USC Thornton Opera 2013 Ferrando Così fan tutte Hawaii Performing Arts Festival 2013 First Commissioner Dialogue of the Carmelites USC Thornton Opera 2013 Prince Charming Cendrillon USC Chamber Opera 2013 Concert & Oratorio Soloist Bach Mass in B Minor CCM Choral 2017 Education & Training University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Artist Diploma -In Progress University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, M.M. 2016 University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music 2014 Awards & Grants Winner, CCM John Alexander Award, Corbett Opera Competition 2015 Benjamin Lee Tenore di Grazia Opera Repertoire Adam Mozart Chapelou ….... Le Postillon de Lonjumeau Ferrando …….....……...... Così fan tutte Don Ottavio …..…....…… Don Giovanni Bellini Belmonte, Pedrillo .…. Entführung aus dem Serail Arturo …....….…….………..... I Puritani Arbace ……………….…..…… Idomeneo Elvino ….....…....….…...La Sonnambula Mitridate .…...… Mitridate, Re di Ponto Tamino .…………..…... Die Zauberflöte Donizetti Ernesto ……................... Don Pasquale Rossini Nemorino .....…........... L’Elisir d’Amore Almaviva …........ Il Barbiere di Siviglia Tonio ..….............. La Fille du Régiment Don Ramiro …...……..... La Cenerentola Arturo, Normanno …... Lucia di Lammermoor Le Compte Ory …......… Le Compte Ory Uberto …...….…...... La Donna del Lago Händel Lindoro ….....…….. L’Italiana in Algieri Oronte ……….....................…….. Alcina Idreno …................……….. Semiramide Lurcanio …….....………….…. Ariodante Florville …..........… Il Signor Bruschino Jupiter …..…….…………………. Semele Don Narciso ……..….. Il Turco in Italia Il Conte Libenskof ……. Il Viaggio a Reims Lehar Camille ……………… Die lustige Witwe Richard Strauss Tanzmeister, Brighella, Monteverdi Scaramuccio ….…... Ariadne auf Naxos Lucano …… L’Incoronazione di Poppea This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire. For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography. .
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