​​Benjamin Williamson countertenor​
Benjamin
Williamson
Winner of the First Prize in the Nei Stëmmen International Singing Competition in Luxembourg.
"His is the loveliest counter-tenor voice I have heard, and he acted this complex role with a subtlety and conviction which brought the opera to vivid dramatic life."
- The Spectator (Bertarido / Handel's Rodelinda)
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His Oberon is focused, attentive, and responsive, displaying deeply committed, high-stakes emotion that is always on the verge of something significant in combination with a seemingly contradictory combination of virility, sensitivity, and arrogance. If that’s not Oberon, I don’t know what is. (Washington Post)
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"Benjamin Williamson’s Tolomeo is no one-dimensional villain but a convincingly querulous boy-King, indiscrete and injudicious, perpetually frustrated in his attempts to assert his power and fulfil his sexual desires. Williamson’s keenly focused, bright-edged countertenor captured Tolomeo’s petulance while the sweetness of tone hinted at finer qualities and emotions struggling to break through the yoke of immaturity. (Opera Today)
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"Countertenor Benjamin Williamson sang “Erbarme Dich” with heart-stopping beauty and intensity, with exquisitely controlled vibrato and shading." (Bachtrack)
© Rocco Redondo
Benjamin is represented by Connaught Artists