Bass-baritone Ben Brady has been recognized for his “sonorous” tone by SF Classical Voice, and “commanding” stage presence by SF Gate. Last summer Mr. Brady completed his first year as Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist where he covered Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville. He will return to Santa Fe Opera this summer as a second-year Apprentice singing Sciarone in Tosca, the physician in Pelléas et Mélisande and covering Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande. Mr. Brady was a participant in San Francisco Opera’s Merola Young Artist Program in the summers of 2020 and 2021.

Recently he sang the role of The King in Alma Deutcher’s Cinderella with Opera San Jose. Other operatic roles include Colline (La Boheme) with Opera Modesto, Banco (Macbetto) ,Zaccaria (Nabucco) and Rocco (Fidelio) with West Bay Opera, the Sprecher (The Magic Flute) with Eugene Opera, Dr. Dulcamara (L'elisir d’amore)with Cal Baptist University and the Page in San Francisco Opera’s Roberto Devereux.

In 2018 he was awarded Audience Favorite and First Place in the Tier II category of the James Toland Vocal Arts competition, and in 2021 he was awarded the Oakland Symphony Award in the Tier I category. In 2020 Mr. Brady was selected for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Semifinals in New York, and in 2022 he was awarded 2nd Place and Audience Favorite in the Northwest Regionals. in 2021 he took first place in the CS Music Online Competition in the Emerging Professional division. In May of 2022 he sang as a finalist in the Irene Dalis Vocal Competition with Opera San Jose.