The son of a Canadian soprano and a lutenist from New Zealand, Benjamin was born in London and underwent a quintessentially English education. He was Head Chorister at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge (where he read Philosophy), and studied postgraduate singing and opera at the Royal College of Music, where he was the winner of the English Song Competition and a finalist in the RCM Singing Competition. He went on to be a finalist in the Royal Overseas League Singing Competition, and to be the First Prize Winner of the Nei Stëmmen International Singing Competition in Luxembourg.

 

Benjamin’s concert highlights include Handel’s Brockes Passion with Stephen Cleobury and King’s College Choir on BBC Radio 3, the World Premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Arion and the Dolphin, BWV 74 with Bach Stiftung & Rudolf Lutz, Handel's Messiah with Ian Page and the Belgian National Orchestra, Purcell & Leveridge with Peter Whelan in Dublin, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Matthew Halls at Wigmore Hall, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Edward Higginbottom in Italy, Purcell’s Hail, Bright Cecilia with Josef Wallnig in St Petersburg and Handel’s Messiah in Poland and Qatar. 

 

Operatic roles include Anführer in Toshio Hosokawa’s Erdbeben Träume with Opera Stuttgart, Seraphim 3 in John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary with Theater Bonn and Tolomeo in Handel’s Giulio Cesare with English Touring Opera. His other roles include Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea with Ryedale Arts, Hamor in Handel’s Jephtha with Iford Arts, and three roles in the London Handel Festival with Laurence Cummings: Bertarido in Handel’s Rodelinda, Mirtillo in Handel’s Il Pastor Fido and Tassile in Handel’s Alessandro. Benjamin has created roles in contemporary operas in the Buxton, Grimeborn, and Tête à Tête festivals and has understudied Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with English National Opera, Polinesso in Handel’s Ariodante with Scottish Opera, and other roles with Glyndebourne & Opera North.

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Benjamin's recital work includes:  ‘The Art of the Countertenor’ at Cadogan Hall, the Chelsea Arts Club in London, Gravetye Manor in Sussex, and with Corfu Arts in Corfu. He will soon be releasing an album of Purcell songs with Julian Perkins and Sounds Baroque.

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Benjamin is a passionate singing teacher, and teaches the choristers of Temple Church, London, and St Albans Cathedral. Many of his private pupils have taken Postgraduate places at Music College. He runs Classical Voice Studio with the soprano, Paula Sides.

 

He is also the Co-Founder and Vocal Consultant of Sloane Square Choral Society.

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