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French tenor Benjamin Bernheim is a regular guest artist at the world’s leading opera houses, including the Opéra national de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro alla Scala, and the Royal Opera House in London where he performs leading tenor roles from the romantic repertoire, and specializes in French repertoire. Garnering high praise with both his performances and recordings, he has been hailed as “The most beautiful tenor voice since Luciano Pavarotti” by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and “the new star tenor” by Diapason. After delivering a spine-tingling performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic closing ceremony, Mr. Bernheim released his first solo song album Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons. Inspired by his long study and experience of French song, Bernheim imaginatively couples the famous 19th-century melodies of Berlioz, Chausson and Duparc with the classic 20th-century chansons by Brel, Kosma and Trenet. In December 2024, Benjamin performed for the reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris, and he was recently named male Singer of the Year in the Opus Klassik 2025 Awards.
In 2025/26, Mr. Bernheim returns to Zurich Opera as Le Chevalier des Grieux in Manon, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées for the titular role in La Damnation de Faust, Wiener Staatsoper as Le Chevalier des Grieux in Manon, and Berlin Staatsoper in the titular role of Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Across the season, Benjamin will appear in recital alongside pianists Carrie-Ann Matheson and Edwige Herchenroder at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Princeton University, Kennedy Center, Tonhalle Zürich, Saint-Guillaume Strasbourg, and Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He is also performing in the Berlin Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Concerts under Kirill Petrenko and appears at the Hong Kong Arts Festival with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Victor Jacob. His season concludes with a European tour of Verdi’s Requiem with the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Daniele Gatti.
Previous highlights include the title role in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Faust and Werther, Rodolfo in La bohème, Des Grieux in Manon, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Alfredo in La traviata, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette.
On the concert stage, he has performed recitals at the Salzburg Festival, Opéra national de Bordeaux, La Grange au Lac in Evian, Opernhaus Zürich, Verbier Festival, Opéra national du Rhin, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Philharmonie de Luxembourg, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Théâtre du Capitole, Opéra national de Bordeaux, Oper Frankfurt, Munich Opera Festival, and at the Gulbenkian Orchestra Main Hall. In addition to his recital repertoire, he has performed Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elias, and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.
Bernheim is an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist and all his albums received outstanding reviews. He studied with Gary Magby at the Lausanne Conservatoire, and was a young artist and troupe member at the Opernhaus Zürich.
