Benjamin Brecher
Assistant Professor
The American tenor Benjamin Brecher has gained great acclaim with his many performances on the opera and concert stages. Mr. Brecher has performed with numerous Opera companies including: New York City Opera, Opera de Montreal, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Lyric Opera of Cleveland, the Harrisburg Opera, Toledo Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Berkshire Opera, Arizona Opera, Anchorage Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Skylight Opera Theatre, the Glimmerglass Opera, the Aspen Opera Theatre, and the Ohio Light Opera.
He has performed over ten roles with The New York City Opera since 1997; appearing in their productions of Il Viaggio a Reims, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Die Zauberflotë, L'Enfant et les Sortileges, Carmen, Seven Deadly Sins, and the New York premiere of Central Park. Other engagements include: La Sonnambula, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, and Otello with Opera Orchestra of New York; Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri with Opera de Montreal and Opera de Nice; Camille in The Merry Widow with the Palm Beach Opera; Candide in Rome; and Viaggio a Reims at The Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro Italy.
On the concert stage Mr. Brecher has performed a wide range of repertoire with worlds finest symphonies, including the orchestras of: Chicago, Chautauqua, Mexico City, Rome, Budapest, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Ft. Worth, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Seattle, Florida, San Antonio, Jacksonville, Detroit, Naples, Toledo, Omaha, Evansville, Baltimore, Seattle, Green Bay, Portland, Toronto, Buffalo, Ft. Wayne, Edmonton, Ft. Myers, Milwaukee, Columbus, Elgin, National Arts Orchestra Ottawa and the National Symphony at Kennedy Center. He has also recorded The Barber of Seville with The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.
During the 2009-10 season he will perform, the world premiere of Steven Swartz’s first opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon in Santa Barbara, the Benjamin Britten Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings in Wisconsin, Beethovens Ninth Symphony with the Santa Rosa Symphony, Ernesto in Don Pasquale at the Belle Isle Festival in France, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville in Buffalo and Baltimore, and sing concerts with The Naples Philharmonic. In April of 2009 he sang the National Anthem for The Baltimore Orioles at Camden yards on opening day.
He is a graduate of The Juilliard Opera Center; New England Conservatory of Music and Bowling Green State University. He Served as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay from 2006-2008 where he directed the opera and taught voice.