BENJAMIN HOWARD
baritone
One of Howard's standout performances, he approached the song gently and connected deeply with the music. Howard delivered a smooth sound, and conveyed the sentiment with authenticity.
- Chris Ruel, OperaWire
ABOUT BENJAMIN
biography
Hailed as a “standout” (Chicago Tribune) and praised for his “authenticity and smooth sound” (OperaWire), baritone Benjamin Howard is a rising talent based in New York City. The 2023-24 season includes debuts with MasterVoices, performing Handel arias at NYU Skirball, as well as with Orchestra Miami, singing Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer). On the opera stage, Benjamin will next appear in Meyerbeer's Le Prophète at Bard SummerScape 2024. Earlier this fall, Benjamin was thrilled to be named a founding member of New York City's Fourth Wall Ensemble.
Recent stage highlights include Publio in La Clemenza di Tito with Bronx Opera, Pish-Tush in The Mikado with Pacific Opera Project, the title role in Don Giovanni, the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Ping in Turandot, Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, Rapunzel's Prince in Into the Woods, and Connie Rivers in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath. As a concert soloist, Benjamin has performed the complete Songs of Travel by Vaughan Williams, the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, and Rodrigo’s Ausencias de Dulcinea, among others.
A Los Angeles native, Benjamin Howard has been a Young Artist at Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Opera in the Ozarks, and SongFest. He is currently a baritone/bass in New York’s world-renowned Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys. Benjamin received his Bachelor of Music and Musical Theatre Certificate from Northwestern University and Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas. Proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists.
SCHEDULE
March 2, 2025
SUNDAY RECITAL SERIES
Lieder Recital
Saint Thomas Church
New York, NY
Soloist
Jeremy Filsell, piano
October 18, 2024
10th Anniversary Concert
Collectio Musicorum
Music from Carmina Burana manuscript
Baritone Soloist
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July 26 - August 4, 2024
LE PROPHÈTE
BARD SUMMERSCAPE OPERA
Un Paysan
Christian Räth, director
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
May 23, 2024
OUR FAVORITE THINGS: A NIGHT OF STORIES AND MUSIC
FOURTH WALL ENSEMBLE
Featured Soloist
Christopher Allen, piano
May 16, 2024
THE PLACE OF THE BLEST: MUSIC OF HALLOCK, THOMPSON, AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MODUS OPERANDI ORCHESTRA
Soloist
Justin Bischof, conductor
May 4, 2024
A VIENNESE SOIREE
ORCHESTRA MIAMI
Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer
Soloist
Elaine Rinaldi, conductor
March 22-23, 2024
TO MY ARMS / RESTORE
MASTERVOICES
Handel Arias
Baritone Soloist
Ted Sperling, conductor
April 23, 2023
SUNDAY RECITAL SERIES
SAINT THOMAS CHURCH
New York, NY
Soloist
Jeremy Filsell, piano
David Howard, clarinet
October 27, 2022
TANDEM:
TWO PIANOS, TWO PREMIERES
CONCERTS AT SAINT THOMAS
New York, NY
Soloist
Jeremy Filsell, piano
May 15 & 21, 2022
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
BRONX OPERA
Bronx, NY
Publio
Michael Spierman, conductor
Ben Spierman, director
May 29 & 31, 2022