Ben Bliss

Hailed as a “gifted young tenor” by the New York Times, Ben Bliss is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting performers on today’s operatic stage. Bliss was a 2021 recipient of the Metropolitan Opera’s prestigious Beverly Sills Award. His numerous other accolades include the 2016 Martin E. Segal award at Lincoln Center, the Mozart and Plácido Domingo awards at the 2015 Francisco Viñas International Competition, first prize at the 2014 Gerda Lissner and Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation competitions, and the 2013 Operalia Don Plácido Domingo Sr. Zarzuela prize.

Recent career highlights include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Lyric Opera Chicago and Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona and Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the Metropolitan Opera. While in the Lindemann Program, Bliss made his Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Vogelgesang in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and has since returned as Steuermann in Der Fliegende Höllander, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

Bliss made his European debut in this role with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera on tour in 2015, and his concert highlights include debuts with the LA Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel and the NY Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert as Tony in Bernstein’s West Side Story Concert Suite No. 1. Bliss also appeared alongside Isabel Leonard for Ferdinand and Miranda’s love duet from Ades’ The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera’s 50th Anniversary gala concert in 2017, and he is the co-founder of the classical arts production company Mise-en-Scène Studios (MESS NYC).