Benjamin Ruiz, Tenor

Award-winning Tenor, Benjamin Ruiz, has been described by Bach Track as “wonderfully intense” and “very well-voiced”. Ruiz began his operatic journey playing Young LBJ in the world premiere of Lady Bird: The First Lady of the Land. And in the year following, made his European Debut with Mittelsächsisches Theatre as Profesor Würchem in Der Vogelhändler. Ruiz is an alumnus of Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he received his Masters in Voice Performance as the recipient of the Edgar Foster Daniel’s Foundation Scholarship. At MSM, he performed several principal roles in Manhattan School of Music’s acclaimed Main Stage productions under the baton of Maestro’s George Manahan and the Metropolitan Opera’s Pierre Vallet. Outside of operatic performances, he has been invited to perform in master classes hosted by the Metropolitan Opera’s Chorus Master, Donald Palumbo, as well as the Donizetti Festival in New York City for Javier Camarena. In concert, Ruiz joined Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow as an emerging artist debuting in the 2022 Concert Series “Opera in the Park” and with the Grammy-Award winning Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra during OTSL’s Center Stage Concert in 2024. Ruiz made his American and Lyric Opera of Kansas City Debut as Beppe in Pagliacci; and additionally performed Ollie in Sketchbook for Ollie, and Tybalt in Romeo et Juliette. Shortly afterwards he joined the prestigious Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he made his OTSL debut as Prune Man in La Bohéme. This 2025 season, Ruiz joined the world-renowned Apprentice Program for Singers at The Santa Fe Opera, where he study-covered the role of the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, and performed in the Apprentice Scenes. Quickly following his engagement with The Santa Fe Opera, Ruiz will role and house debut as Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte with Opera San José in their 2025-2026 season opener. He will return to reprise his role of Beppe in Pagliacci, then again in the spring to debut the roles of Gastone and Alfredo in La Traviata. Ruiz has placed and won awards in the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, the Texoma National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Voice Competition, and is a 1st Prize Winner of the Inaugural Duncan Williams Voice Competition, hosted by New York City Opera, Manhattan School of Music, and the Sphinx foundation.