Biography - Benjie del Rosario (tenor)
Macduff (Thane of Fife)
Benjie trained at Trinity College of Music with John Wakefield. Opera roles include Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi); Fenton (Falstaff); Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni); Monostatos, 1st armed man and cover Tamino (Die Zauberflöte); Don Basilio and Don Curzio (Le Nozze di Figaro); together with Don José (Carmen). He was also the lead tenor in Bel Canto’s Opera Hour, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival.
His engagements include Opera Holland Park, Buxton G&S Company, Opera de Baugé, St Paul’s Cathedral and St Martin-in-the-Fields. Oratorio engagements encompass Haydn’s Creation and Harmoniemesse, together with Beethoven’s Mass in C. Work in 2013 at Opera de Baugé, where he was a Gilles Rodriguez Chorus Scholar, included covering the Messenger (Aida); and performing the spoken role of Ali Bey (Die Fledermaus). Work in 2014 saw him return to Opera de Baugé as Yakuside (Madam Butterfly) and covering Goro (Madam Butterfly) and Peppe ( I Pagliacci). He currently studies with Brian Parsons.
Academically, Benjie gained a Postgraduate Diploma - Bmus (Hons) Music - at Trinity College of Music, London.
His choral experience includes Old Royal Naval Chapel, Greenwich; Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace; St. Paul's Cathedral; Cantus Firmus; St. Martin’s-in-the-Field; St. James', Spanish Place; St. Bartholomew the Great; St. George's, Southwark Cathedral; Holy Redeemer, Chelsea; St. Anselm & St. Cecilia, Ealing Abbey; Essex Unitarian Church, Notting Hill. Other than principal roles, Benjie has also performed as a chorus member in 15 operas.
Benjie sang Boy 1 in Trouble in Tahiti 2015. Forthcoming roles include Canio (Pagliacci) with Hampstead Garden Opera and in the autumn a revival of Trouble In Tahiti in the Brunel shaft.
Benjie trained at Trinity College of Music with John Wakefield. Opera roles include Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi); Fenton (Falstaff); Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni); Monostatos, 1st armed man and cover Tamino (Die Zauberflöte); Don Basilio and Don Curzio (Le Nozze di Figaro); together with Don José (Carmen). He was also the lead tenor in Bel Canto’s Opera Hour, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival.
His engagements include Opera Holland Park, Buxton G&S Company, Opera de Baugé, St Paul’s Cathedral and St Martin-in-the-Fields. Oratorio engagements encompass Haydn’s Creation and Harmoniemesse, together with Beethoven’s Mass in C. Work in 2013 at Opera de Baugé, where he was a Gilles Rodriguez Chorus Scholar, included covering the Messenger (Aida); and performing the spoken role of Ali Bey (Die Fledermaus). Work in 2014 saw him return to Opera de Baugé as Yakuside (Madam Butterfly) and covering Goro (Madam Butterfly) and Peppe ( I Pagliacci). He currently studies with Brian Parsons.
Academically, Benjie gained a Postgraduate Diploma - Bmus (Hons) Music - at Trinity College of Music, London.
His choral experience includes Old Royal Naval Chapel, Greenwich; Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace; St. Paul's Cathedral; Cantus Firmus; St. Martin’s-in-the-Field; St. James', Spanish Place; St. Bartholomew the Great; St. George's, Southwark Cathedral; Holy Redeemer, Chelsea; St. Anselm & St. Cecilia, Ealing Abbey; Essex Unitarian Church, Notting Hill. Other than principal roles, Benjie has also performed as a chorus member in 15 operas.
Benjie sang Boy 1 in Trouble in Tahiti 2015. Forthcoming roles include Canio (Pagliacci) with Hampstead Garden Opera and in the autumn a revival of Trouble In Tahiti in the Brunel shaft.
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