Press

• Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)

  Opera National de Paris

  Sep 2023

  • Le Don Ottavio du ténor Ben Bliss, faisant ses débuts à l’Opéra national de Paris, est tout particulièrement réactif sur scène. Il s’agît d’un rôle parfois ingrat en raison de ses pages sublimes mais au sort fastidieux, voire carrément sot… contre toute attente, le ténor paraît prendre énormément de plaisir à interpréter ses airs avec beaucoup de souplesse vocale et une grande musicalité. [TRANSLATED] Tenor Ben Bliss's Don Ottavio, making his Paris Opera debut, is particularly responsive on stage. It's a role that's sometimes thankless because of its sublime pages, but tedious, even downright silly... against all expectations, the tenor seems to take great pleasure in performing his arias with great vocal flexibility and musicality.

    • Classique News
    • 26 September 2023

  • Capable lui-aussi de douceur, le ténor nord-américain Ben Bliss livre un Ottavio plus droit, également plus lyrique, dont la ligne est magnifiquement maîtrisée. Les deux Anna s’opposent dans leur caractère plus que dans les moyens vocaux. [TRANSLATED] Also capable of gentleness, the North American tenor Ben Bliss delivers a straighter Ottavio, also more lyrical, whose line is magnificently mastered.

    • Anaclase
    • 29 September 2023

• The Rake's Progress (Tom Rakewell)

  Teatro Colón

  Jul 2023

  • En el protagónico el tenor Ben Bliss mostró su bello color vocal, la amplitud de su registro y su eficacia interpretativa. [TRANSLATED] In the title role, tenor Ben Bliss showed his beautiful vocal colour, the breadth of his register and his interpretative effectiveness.

    • Mundo Classico
    • 25 July 2023

  • Nel ruolo del titolo, il tenore Ben Bliss ha mostrato il suo bel colore vocale, l'ampiezza dell'emissione e la sua efficacia interpretativa. [TRANSLATED] Nel ruolo del titolo, il tenore Ben Bliss ha mostrato il suo bel colore vocale, l'ampiezza dell'emissione e la sua efficacia interpretativa

    • L'ape musicale
    • 22 July 2023

• Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)

  The Metropolitan Opera, New York

  May 2023

  • Don Ottavio is often portrayed as a rather conflicted and reluctant avenger in this opera. Ben Bliss portrayed him in a much more assertive and edgy way. In doing so he made the relationship with Donna Anna seem much more credible. He sang ‘Dalla sua pace’ with exquisite lyricism and sustained the extended lines beautifully. Bliss added a number of very tasteful embellishments to ‘Il mio tesoro’ and gave a supremely elegant performance.

    • Seen and Heard International
    • 25 May 2023

  • Ben Bliss possède une voix claire et bien projetée de ténor lyrique, un souffle inépuisable comme en témoigne la longue vocalise centrale de « Il mio tesoro » et une ligne de chant élégamment nuancée. Les reprises de ses airs sont ornementées avec goût. [TRANSLATED] Ben Bliss has a clear, well-projected lyric tenor voice, an inexhaustible breath, as evidenced by the long central vocalise in "Il mio tesoro", and an elegantly nuanced vocal line. The repeats of his arias are tastefully ornamented.

    • Forum Opera
    • 22 May 2023

  • Ben Bliss offre à Don Ottavio la qualité de son timbre et la longueur de son souffle, lui permettant de dérouler et longuement déployer une ligne majestueuse, acclamée dans son air "Il mio tesoro intanto". Il propose en outre des variations dans chaque reprise de ses airs avec créativité. [TRANSLATED] Ben Bliss offers Don Ottavio the quality of his tone and the length of his breath, allowing him to unfold and at length deploy a majestic line, acclaimed in his aria " Il mio tesoro intanto ". He also offers variations in each cover of his tunes with creativity.

    • Olyrix
    • 21 May 2023