Nadine Benjamin

Nadine Benjamin is a British lyric soprano.[1][2]

Biography

She was born Nadine Mortimer-Smith in Brixton, south London, of Jamaican-Indian heritage.[1] Leaving school when she was 16, she joined the Youth Training Scheme, which led to her working with a corporate finance company in the City for seven years.[3] Realising that she wanted to be a singer, she attended Tech Music School in west London, before deciding to focus on opera.[3]

She was the recipient of a Voice of Black Opera Award for the most promising voice, and subsequently set up a mentoring agency called Everybody Can![4]

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References
  1. Jury, Louise (30 October 2014), "Singer who quit City stars in slave trade opera", London Evening Standard.
  2. Byrne, John (12 April 2016), "My First Audition: Nadine Benjamin", The Stage.
  3. Browne, Malika (23 February 2018), "Nadine Benjamin: ‘I’m hungry to be a great singer’", The Times.
  4. Roberts, Maddy Shaw (28 June 2018), "‘I quit banking to become an opera singer’ – rising star Nadine Benjamin", Classic FM.
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