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Principal Opera/Oratorio Performances

Bach

Cantata #29, #172

Tenor soloist

Hartford Symphony/Concora

Bach

Cantata #160

Tenor soloist

CT Summer Music Festival

Bach

Christmas Oratorio

Tenor soloist

Hartford Symphony/Concora

Beethoven

Symphony # 9

Tenor soloist

Willimantic Symphony

Britten

Rejoice in the Lamb

Tenor soloist

Stonington Choral Society

Bizet

Carmen

Remendado

Opera Theater of Connecticut

Bizet

Carmen

Remendado

Connecticut Lyric Opera

Brukner

Missa Solemnis

Tenor soloist

Manchester Chorale

Donizetti

The Elixir of Love

Nemorino

UConn Opera

G and S

Ruddigore

Richard Dauntless

Simsbury Light Opera

Handel

Judas Maccabaeus

Tenor soloist

Wesleyan Singers

Handel

Messiah

Tenor soloist

New York City Choral Society

Handel

Messiah

Tenor soloist

Capella Cantorum

Handel

Messiah

Tenor soloist

Stonington Chorale

Haydn

Lord Nelson Mass

Tenor Soloist

Concert Choir of Northeastern Connecticut

Humperdink

Hansel and Gretel

Promotional performer

Boston Lyric Opera

Kimper

Eunice Williams

Stephen Williams

Pocumtuck Valley Association

Leher

Merry Widow

Camille

Simsbury Light Opera

Mozart

The Magic Flute

Tamino

UConn Opera

Mozart

Requiem

Tenor soloist

Chorus Pro Musica

Mozart

Requiem

Tenor soloist

CT Summer Music Festival

Offenbach

Tales of Hoffmann

Hoffmann

Opera New England

 

Orff

Carmina Burana

Tenor soloist

Concert Choir of NE Connecticut

Puccini

Il Tabarro

Luigi

UConn Opera

Puccini

Tosca

Spoletta

Opera Theater of Connecticut

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi

Gherardo

UConn Opera

Respighi

Laud for the Nativity

Tenor soloist

Wesleyan Singers

Rossini

The Barber of Seville

The Count

UConn Opera

Rossini

The Barber of Seville

The Count

Opera New England

Rossini

The Barber of Seville

The Count

The Commonwealth Opera

Schubert

Tantum Ergo

Tenor soloist

Manchester Chorale

Strauss

Die Fledermaus

Eisenstein

UConn Opera

Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin

Monsieur Triquet

Opera Theater of Connecticut

Verdi

I Masnadieri

Arminio

Connecticut Concert Opera

 

Reviews

Franco Corelli, Tenor
"I heard Ben Davidson in an audition in New York. I saw that he possesses a tenor voice, strong and of a beautiful color."

New Haven Register
"Most impressive of all perhaps, Benjamin Davidson ... unveiled a lyric tenor of real suavity."

The Hartford Courant
"The secondary roles feature some equally fine singing, in particular ... tenor Benjamin Davidson."

The Day, New London, CT.
"Tenor Ben Davidson as Remendado ... turned in [a] wonderful performance."

Dr. Rick Coffey, Conductor of Concora.
"Mr. Davidson is extraordinarily talented as to voice and musical aptitude - his is a remarkable gift of song that will grace any stage and will move any audience."

The Hartford Courant,
"The joyous Cantata "Christen atzet diesen Tag" featured the delightful duets of...Pamela Johnson and Ben Davidson."

 

 

 

Training

Internship: The Opera Company of Boston
Apprenticeships: Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Theater of Connecticut.
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, magna cum laude, 1995, University of Connecticut.
Master of Music in Vocal Performance, 1999, University of Connecticut.
Teachers Coaches

Franco and Loretta Corelli

Yelena Kurdina

Timothy Steele

Maria Spacagna

Kathy Olson

Joyce Zei

Donald and Virginia Pyle

Matthew Larson

Jo-Ann Kulesza
Affiliation and Awards

3rd place, NATSAA Regional Division, 2004.
Panelist, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 2002-2003.
Conductor, Concert Choir of Northeastern Connecticut, 2001 - 2004.
Board Member, Performing Arts of Northeastern Connecticut, 1997 - present.
Listed, Who's Who of America's Teachers, 2000-2003.
Member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing).
Director of Music, Pomfret School, Connecticut, 1996-2003.
Voice Teacher, Private Studio.
Major Works Conducted

Mozart, Mass in C minor
Mozart, Requiem
Handel, Messiah (with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra)
Bach, Magnificat
Vivaldi, Gloria
Byrd, Mass for Four Voices
Pachelbel, Magnificat
Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado
Dvorak, Requiem
Mozart, Coronation Mass
Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore

 

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