Benjamin Bunsold has sung a wide variety of operatic and concert engagements. Performances include Roméo (Roméo et Juliette) for Center Stage Opera in California, in which his portrayal was described as “one of the highlights of the performance” (Lydeen, Tolucan Times), Emperor Altoum (Turandot) with the Fairbanks Symphony in Alaska, Rinnucio (Gianni Schicchi) for Winter Opera St. Louis, Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) for Ohio State Opera Theater, and Ralph Rackstraw (HMS Pinafore) for Cleveland Opera Theater. Other notable roles include Fenton (Falstaff) with Opera Idaho and Forth Worth Opera, Alfredo (La Traviata) with Asheville Lyric Opera, Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) with Shreveport Opera, Alfred (Die Fledermaus) with St Petersburg Opera, Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) with Opera in the Heights (TX), Frederick (Pirates of Penzance) and Camille (Merry Widow) for Opera New Jersey, and Count Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Sevilla) with Center Stage Opera. He created the role of Emil Bergson in the world premiere of Philip Westin’s Marie’s Orchard and recently portrayed the role of Captain Dick Warrington (Naughty Marietta) for Opera Project Columbus. He has also performed leading roles with Opera Memphis, Ash Lawn Opera, Opera Delaware, Opera North Carolina, and for Drei Groschen Oper in Munich, Germany. He has been a Young Artist with Fort Worth Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and Opera Tampa.
An active concert soloist, Benjamin has performed with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He’s been tenor soloist in Carmina Burana with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem at Virginia Tech University, and has performed numerous recitals such as Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin and Britten’s Serenade Op. 31 for Tenor, Horn, and Strings. He was selected as the tenor soloist in the ‘Great American Voices’ Concert Tour sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts. Concerts include tenor soloist in Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Beethoven Mass in C with the Knox County Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem for the Fairbanks Symphony in Alaska and the Paducah Symphony, Handel’s Messiah at Bluffton University, and returning guest artist at Heidelberg University’s Christmas Concert. His recent concerts include Mozart’s Vespers at Ohio Wesleyan University, Handel’s Messiah at Virginia Tech University, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Lima Symphony Orchestra. He holds a BM from Ohio Wesleyan University, an MM from the University of Illinois, and has completed additional graduate work at Ohio State University.
