KEN BENSON
Artists Manager and Consultant
BIOGRAPHY TESTIMONIALS

Experience and Expertise in:

  • Private Consultations with Singers: repertoire, presentation, press materials, career direction.


  • Vocal Casting Consultant for Opera Companies and Symphony Orchestras.


  • Seminars in Opera as an Art and as a Business at Manhattan School of Music, Indiana, Roosevelt, and DePaul Universities, and Mannes College, among others.


  • Judging Vocal Competitions including the Metropolitan Opera Regionals and Districts, Opera Index, Juilliard Vocal Honors, Palm Beach Opera, Astral Artists, and various foundations including: George London, Licia Albanese/Puccini, Gerda Lissner, Giulio Gari, Loren Zachary.


  • Lectures on Opera and Singers including 15 seasons on the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts, on the Opera Quiz, Record Collectors' Roundtables, panel discussions and presenting biographies of great singers; In 2010-11 launched the New York City Opera's "Listening Room" series, with recorded material and discussion for each opera in this season's repertoire.


  • Classes in Management, Auditioning, and Repertoire at Juilliard, Yale University, U.C.L.A., Hartt School of Music, among others, and Young Artists Programs throughout the US.


  • Writing on all Operatic subjects; contributor to Opera News, Classical Singer Magazine, Program notes, etc.

Contact by Phone: 212-706-7014, or send email below.
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