Benjamin Bernheim studied with Gary Magby in Lausanne and was a member of the International Opera Studio and later of the ensemble at the Zurich Opera House. The French tenor has since established himself as a regular guest at the most prestigious opera houses, including the Opéra de Paris, the Vienna and Berlin State Operas, and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. In 2020, he was named "Opera Singer of the Year" at the Les Victoires de la Musique Awards and "Musical Personality of the Year" by the French Critics’ Association. That same year, his debut album received both a "Diapason d’Or" and a "Choc de Classica".
Highlights of his career to date include the title role in Faust (Opéra national de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Latvian National Opera), Roméo in Roméo et Juliette (Opéra national de Paris and Zurich Opera House), Rodolfo in La bohème (Opéra national de Paris, Zurich Opera House, Royal Opera House, Berlin State Opera, and Vienna State Opera), Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Zurich Opera House, Vienna State Opera, and Salzburg Festival), and Alfredo in La traviata (Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House, Zurich Opera House, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra national de Bordeaux, and Berlin State Opera).
He has also given song recitals at the Salzburg Festival, the Verbier Festival, La Grange au Lac, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Philharmonie de Luxembourg, and the Wiener Konzerthaus. Most recently, he made his role debut as Ruggero Lastouc in Puccini’s La rondine at the Zurich Opera House. Benjamin Bernheim is an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon.