About

Tenor Benjamin Truncale, from Malverne, NY, is a versatile performer whose artistry spans opera, oratorio, art song, and musical theatre. He aims to bring expressive sincerity and a deep love of text to his performances, guided by a fascination with poetry and storytelling through music. He is equally at home on the opera and concert stage and in intimate recital settings.

In summer 2025, Benjamin was a Vocal Fellow at Tanglewood Music Center, where he sang the role of Le Petit Vieillard in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges and was the tenor soloist in Bach’s Lutheran Mass in G Major, in addition to chamber and recital appearances. He returns to Tanglewood in summer 2026.

This past season at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, where he just completed his master’s degree, Benjamin sang the roles of L’Amante in Menotti’s Amelia al Ballo and Gherardo in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. He also appeared with pianist Kayo Iwama at WQXR’s Jerome L. Greene Space, performing songs by Fauré, Duparc, and Respighi as part of the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s Young Artists Showcase featuring the Bard Vocal Arts Program.

In Bard’s 2024-2025 season, he made two appearances with The Orchestra Now, singing Fauré’s Shylock Suite at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, conducted by Leon Botstein, and as a soloist in A Broadway Celebration at The Fisher Center, conducted by James Bagwell. He also was heard as a featured soloist in Come Out of the Cold: A Winter Cabaret with Anthony Roth Costanzo, and in a program of German Opera Scenes as Lyonel (Martha).

At The Juilliard School, where he completed his undergraduate degree, Benjamin performed as Il Dottore Sinisgalli in Nino Rota’s I due timidi, Momo (cover) in Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo, and in scenes as Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) and Alfredo (La Traviata). A dedicated recitalist, he has performed in Juilliard’s Liederabend series, presenting a set of songs by Respighi, and curated a multilingual recital of art song, folk song, and musical theatre with harpist Amanda Beranek.

With Classic Lyric Arts in The Berkshires, Benjamin performed in Mozart opera scenes as Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tito (La Clemenza di Tito), and Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail).

Benjamin has twice performed in Vienna, Austria, while studying with tenor Francisco Araiza at the European Music Institute. His voice teacher is Lorraine Nubar.