Benjamin Bernheim

Benjamin Bernheim is a lyric French tenor known for his interpretation of Italian and French roles.

Benjamin Bernheim
NationalityFrench
OccupationOperasinger (Tenor)
AgentZemsky/Green Artists Management
Websitehttps://benjaminbernheim.com

Education

Born in Paris[1], Benjamin Bernheim grew up in Geneva, where he studied violin and piano, before starting singing lessons at age 10 at the local conservatory. At age 18, he began his studies at the HEM Lausanne Conservatory (now called HEMU), under the tutelage of Gary Magby[2]. Following the completion of his studies, he was accepted into the Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich for the 2008/2009 season[2].

Career

Bernheim joined the Opernhaus Zürich troupe in 2010, where he was engaged to perform in myriad productions, including: Emmanuele in the world premiere of  Marc-André Dalbavie's Gesualdo, directed by Patrice Caurier et Moshe Leiser [3].

In 2012, he made his Salzburg Festival debut as Agenore in Il re pastore by Mozart in the concert version of the opera, conducted by William Christie[3]. Between 2012 and 2015 he added multiple roles to his repertoire, most notedly: Cassio (Otello), Narraboth (Salome), Tebaldo (I Capuleti è I Montechi), Matteo (Arabella), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Spakos (Cléopatre), and Eginhard (Fierrabras). He also made his debut at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, Semperoper Dresden and the Whitsun and Summer Festival in Salzburg[4].

The 2015/16 season marked a turning point in his career, as he began making his debut in leading tenor roles at opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. His repertoire now includes: Rodolfo in La Bohème, Des Grieux (Manon), Alfredo in La traviata, title role in Faust, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Verdi's Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, and Lenski in Eugene Onegin[5]. He is now a frequent guest of the Opernhaus Zürich, the Royal Opera House in London, the Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper, the Semperoper Dresden, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Opéra national de Paris, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opera national de Bordeaux, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg and Salzburger Festspiele.

Bernheim's 2018/2019 season began with La Boheme at the Zurich Opera House [6] where he sang Rofolfo, a role he reprised at the Vienna State Opera[7]. This was followed by Tamino in The Magic Flute directly afterwards[8]. Other performances included La Traviata at the Royal Opera House[9] in London, La Scala in Milan[10] and the Opéra national de Paris. He also made his role debut as Des Grieux in Manon at the Opéra national de Bordeaux[11]. His second role debut of the season was Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco at the Zurich Opera House[12]. In concert Bernheim performed Puccini's Messa di Gloria with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano[13] and at the Wiener Staatsoper celebration commemorating 150 Years Vienna State Opera[14] being on the Ring.

In his 2019/20 season, he makes his role debut as Il Duca di Mantova (Rigoletto) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, [15] Rodolfo (La bohème) at the Staatsoper Berlin[16], Opéra national de Paris [17] and Bayerische Staatsoper [18], Alfredo (La traviata) at the Wiener Staatsoper [19], Staatsoper Berlin [20] and Opéra national de Paris [21] (new production), Des Grieux (Manon, new production) at the Opéra national de Paris and concerts at the Opéra national de Bordeaux [22], La Grange au Lac [23] and Opernhaus Zürich [24].

He signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2018, and his debut album, recorded with the PKF prague philharmonia, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume was released on November 8th, 2019. [25]

In 2020 he was named "Artiste Lyrique de l'année" at Les Victoires de la Musique Classique in France.[26]

Recordings
  • Benjamin Bernheim (debut album), 2019, Deutsche Grammophon, the PKF - Prague Philharmonia, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume.
  • Faust by Gounod, 2019, singing the role of Faust, Bru Zane, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with LES TALENS LYRIQUES conducted by Christophe Rousset.
  • Œdipus rex by Igor Stravinsky, 2014 (DVD) singing the role of Berger. Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with the Orchestre national de France conducted by Daniele Gatti. CLC Production
  • Fierrabras by Franz Schubert, 2014 (DVD) singing the role of Eginhard. Salzburger Festspiele production, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, and directed by Peter Stein. Unitel Classica
  • Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini, 2015 (DVD) singing the role of Tebaldo at the Opernhaus Zürich conducted by Fabio Luisi and directed by Christof Loy. Accentus Music
  • Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, 2016 (DVD) singing the role of Cassio in a production at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele, conducted by Christian Thielemann, directed by Vincent Boussard. Unitel
  • Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, 2016, singing the role of Edmondo conducted by Marco Armiliato, Deutsche Grammophon

References
  1. "Benjamin Bernheim". Opéra national de Paris (in French). Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. "Benjamin Bernheim". Opéra national de Paris (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  3. "Benjamin Bernheim - Biographie - Ôlyrix". Olyrix.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  4. "Get info about artists - Operabase". www.operabase.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  5. "Benjamin Bernheim — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  6. https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/calendar/la_boheme/season_50348/
  7. https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/spielplan-tickets/detail/event/966643614-la-boheme/
  8. https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/spielplan-tickets/detail/event/966644254-die-zauberfloete/
  9. https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/la-traviata-by-richard-eyre-details
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2019-03-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/opera-manon-10894
  12. https://www.opernhaus.ch/spielplan/kalendarium/nabucco/season_50348/
  13. https://lso.co.uk/whats-on/icalrepeat.detail/2019/03/03/1305/-/puccini-mass.html
  14. https://benjaminbernheim.com/category/calendar/?f=1
  15. Staatsoper, Bayerische. "RIGOLETTO". Bayerische Staatsoper (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  16. "La Bohème | Staatsoper Berlin". www.staatsoper-berlin.de. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  17. "La Bohème - Opera - Season 19/20 Programming". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  18. Staatsoper, Bayerische. "LA BOHÈME". Bayerische Staatsoper (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  19. Staatsoper, Wiener. "La traviata". upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  20. "La traviata | Staatsoper Berlin". www.staatsoper-berlin.de. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  21. "La Traviata - Opera - Season 19/20 Programming". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  22. "Benjamin Bernheim | @operabordeaux". www.opera-bordeaux.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  23. "Récital Benjamin Bernheim". La Grange au Lac (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  24. www.update.ch, update AG. "Liederabend Benjamin Bernheim". www.opernhaus.ch (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  25. "Benjamin Bernheim - Artist Page on Deutsche Grammophon". www.deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  26. https://www.francemusique.fr/dossiers/victoires-de-la-musique-classique-2020
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