Who is Benjamin Bruns?
Benjamin Bruns
tenor
Benjamin Bruns feels at home whether he’s singing opera, oratorio or concert repertoire. The tenor began his singing career as an alto soloist in the boys’ choir in his native Hannover, and studied in Hamburg with Renate Behle. After working in the Bremen, Cologne and Dresden opera houses, he joined the Wiener Staatsoper and worked with the ensemble until 2021.
Benjamin Bruns
Benjamin Bruns
His opera repertoire includes Tamino (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte), Fenton (Verdi’s Falstaff), Lysander (Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Florestan (Beethoven’s Fidelio). Burns has sung with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He made his debut in The Concertgebouw in 2022, returning in 2024 in a concert production of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer with Jaap van Zweden. Bruns has also won several competitions. His CD Dichterliebe, with pianist Karola Theill, was nominated for both the International Classical Music Awards and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
His opera repertoire includes Tamino (Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte), Fenton (Verdi’s Falstaff), Lysander (Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Florestan (Beethoven’s Fidelio). Burns has sung with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He made his debut in The Concertgebouw in 2022, returning in 2024 in a concert production of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer with Jaap van Zweden. Bruns has also won several competitions. His CD Dichterliebe, with pianist Karola Theill, was nominated for both the International Classical Music Awards and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Bijgewerkt op zondag 13 april 2025