Benjamin Bevan made his debut at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden singing Henry Cuffe in Gloriana by Benjamin Britten and Der Sprecher Die Zauberflöte.
He made his debut at English National Opera as Baron Douphol La Traviata and at Welsh National Opera Benjamin sang Lescaut in Boulevard Solitude by Henze followed by Roderick Usher in Usher House by Getty and Dancaïre in Carmen. He also sang Lescaut for the Royal Danish Opera and& Ferryman Curlew River for Opéra de Dijon.
Concert performances include Vaughan Williams Hodie for MDR at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Handel’s Messiah for Bach Collegium Japan, The English Concert, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, The Royal Northern Sinfonia, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Göttingen Handel festival, The Colorado Symphony and the Minnesota Symphony. Live broadcasts of Bach Passions for the BBC Philharmonic and RTE in Dublin. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Purcell’s King Arthur for France Musique and Bach’s B Minor Mass at The Three Choir’s Festival. In 2020 Benjamin returns to Japan for two tours with Bach Collegium Japan.
Only a few months ago we thought Mid Wales Opera was finished. Now, thanks to a funding lifeline from Powys County Council, we are within touching distance of having a sustainable plan to keep on producing live and local opera across Wales for at least three years.