Benjamin Czarnota
Lecturer in Voice
M.M. in Voice, Indiana University
B.M. in Voice and Music Theory, Baldwin-Wallace College
Baritone Benjamin Czarnota originated the role of Mr. Webb in the world premier of Ned Rorem’s operatic setting of Our Town. Other notable roles include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Schaunard in La bohème, and Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro as well as roles in The Merry Widow, Susanna, Savitri, and Un Ballo in Maschera with companies such as Wichita Grand Opera, Cleveland Opera, the Janiec Opera Company and the Indiana University Opera Theater. He was hand-picked by world-famous baritone Håkan Hagegård to perform the role of Anton Chekov in Dominick Argento’s A Few Words about Chekov in music written for the singer. He has also appeared as baritone soloist in the Fauré Requiem, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, the Mozart Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah and will be appearing this fall (’08) as the Father in Stephen Schwarz’s Children of Eden at the Weathervane Playhouse. As a teacher, Mr. Czarnota is particularly interested in working with aspiring artists to cultivate a technique that will serve them well regardless of musical style with particular attention paid to the demands placed on the singing actor.
Email: bczarnot@bw.edu
275 Eastland Rd.