Award-winning Tenor, Benjamín 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 by Henry Mollicone. In the year following, he made his European Debut with Mittelsächsisches Theatre in Der Vogelhändler (Profesor Würchem) under the baton of Alexander Livenson.
Ruiz is an alumnus of Texas State University and 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 international opera star, Javier Camarena. In concert, Ruiz joined Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow as an emerging artist debuting in the 2022 Summer Concert Series “Opera in the Park” and with the Grammy-Award winning Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra during OTSL’s Center Stage Concert in 2024.
In the 2023-2024 season, Ruiz joined Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s Resident Artist Program where he made his American and Lyric Opera of Kansas City Debut as Beppe in Pagliacci; he additionally performed Ollie in Sketchbook for Ollie, and Tybalt in Romeo et Juliette. Continuing his season Ruiz 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 understudied the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, as well as participated in the Apprentice Scenes for international opera exposure. Quickly following his engagement with The Santa Fe Opera, Ruiz will join OTSL in their Hispanic Heritage Concert in October 2025. Continuing on in his season, he will appear in recital with Nashville Opera’s Chorus Master, Stephen Carey, in New Jersey. Finishing his 2025-2026 season Ruiz will role and house debut as Gastone and Alfredo in La traviata with Opera San José in their 2025-2026 season closer.
Ruiz has placed and won the Texoma National Association of Teachers of Singing’s local, state, and regional finals. He is finding national success as award winners in the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, an award winner of the Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Voice Competition, and a 1st Prize Winner in the Inaugural Duncan Williams Voice Competition, hosted by New York City Opera, Manhattan School of Music, and the Sphinx foundation.
*updated Fall 2025