Benjamin Werth is a rising baritone from Mentor, OH. He recently sang his first Figaro in Opera Institute’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Benjamin also played an agile Papageno in The Magic Flute. Other recent credits include Malatesta in Don Pasquale with Opera Iowa, Le Podestat in Bizet’s Le Docteur Miracle at Des Moines Metro Opera, and Barney in Central City Opera’s 50th Anniversary production of The Ballad of Baby Doe. Werth portrayed Prince Yamadori in Ash Lawn Opera’s Madame Butterfly. He sang the Jailor in The Dialogue of the Carmelites and Masetto in Don Giovanni at Manhattan School of Music, where he earned his masters degree in 2006. He has also been seen in Ohio State University musical theater productions as Fredrick in A little night music, and Maximillian in Candide.