Bio
Ben Reisinger is a tenor from Rochester, New York, currently in his second year in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Ben has recently made the journey from baritone to tenor and finds himself happily at home vocally as a lyric tenor.
In 25/26, Ben makes two role and house debuts, singing Roméo in Roméo et Juliette with Opera Nacional de Chile and Alfredo in La traviata with Opera Colorado. He will also cover the Duke in Rigoletto at San Francisco Opera. At the Metropolitan Opera, he will sing Gastone in La traviata, the First armoured man in Die Zauberflöte, and the Sailor in Tristan und Isolde. Future engagements include a return as a guest artist at the Metropolitan Opera as well as house debuts at Opéra national de Paris and Dresden Semperoper.
He was recently awarded the 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant, the 2024 Career Grant from the Sullivan Foundation, the 2024 Athena Music Foundation prize from the Premiere Opera Foundation Vocal Competition, 1st prize at the Partners for the Arts Competition and Florentine Opera Competition, and 2nd place at the 2025 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition. In 2020 and 2021, he was the winner of the Michigan District and recipient of the Great Lakes Region Encouragement Award in the Met’s Laffont Competition. He is an alumnus of the Martina Arroyo Foundation’s Prelude to Performance program and Detroit Opera’s Resident Artist Program. He holds degrees in voice from Nazareth College and Michigan State University. In his spare time, Ben enjoys spending time with his Labrador Retriever, Hank, and is an avid golfer.