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BENJAMIN R. SOKOL

BASS-BARITONE

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" Benjamin R. Sokol honoured his teacher James Morris with a resonant, beautifully graded and articulated Vodnik"

​Opera News, David Shengold

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El Ultimo Sueño

MAR 21 - APR 4, 2026

Third Villager

Lyric Opera of Chicago

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Ryan Opera Center Performs With The Civic Orchestra of Chicago

JUN 1

Opera Scenes

Chicago Symphony Center

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Ryan Opera Center Performs at Millennium Park

AUG 23

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Lyric Opera of Chicago/Millennium Park

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Vous Qui Faites L'Endormie from Faust by Charles Gounod
Bottom’s Dream from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
Běda! Běda! Ubohá Rusalko Bledá from Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák (Orchestra Version)
Dieu Qui Fis L'Homme À Ton Image from Roméo Et Juliette by Charles Gounod
Il Lacerato Spirito from Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi
O Isis Und Osiris from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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About
Benjamin R. Sokol, bass-baritone is a member of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where he studies with Deborah Birnbaum and Julia Faulkner. He completed his BM, MM, and PS at Manhattan School of Music studying with world-renowned bass-baritone James Morris.
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Awards include the Stan Sesser Career Award; Alexandra Hunt Endowed Vocal Scholarship; grand prize of the 2021 Milnes Opera Idol Competition; finalist in the 2022 Opera Index Competition; semi-finalist in the 2023 and 2024 Premiere Opera Foundation Competitions; third place in the 2024 Mario Lanza Scholarship; winner of the 2024 Opera Index Competition; winner of the 2024 Philadelphia District Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition; winner of the 2025 Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition; 2025 Gerda Lissner Foundation Vocal Competition grant recipient; 2025 semi-finalist of the George and Nora London Foundation Competition; 2026 First Prize Winner at the D'Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition at Opera Tampa.
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In summers 2022–2024, Benjamin was a Young Artist with Taos Opera Institute, Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, and the Merola Opera Program, and participated in Milnes VOICE Programs. Recently, he sang Monterone and Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Savannah Opera. This Spring, he performs the Third Villager in Gabriela Lena Frank's El Ultimo Sueño De Frida Y Diego at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Previous roles include Fifth Jew, Monterone, Sparafucile, Vodnik, Frére Laurent, Der Tod, Nick Bottom, Betto Di Signa, L’Arbre, Badger, Parson, Orest, Sarastro, Sprecher, Zweiter Geharnischter Mann, Wagner, Il Commendatore, L’Americain in Angélique, Bartender in Speed Dating Tonight, and Don Magnifico and Seagull #2 in A Royal Feast by Michael Ching.
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Benjamin has worked with teachers and coaches across the United States including Mignon Dunn, Joshua Greene, Mary Jane Johnson, Thomas Lausmann, Marlena Malas, Mario Antonio Marra, Carrie-Ann Matheson, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Muraco, Kevin Murphy, Mark Schnaible, Shane Schag, Kenneth Merrill, Myra Huang, Bryan Wagorn and Howard Watkins. Benjamin has worked with prominent opera directors including Laura Alley, Adrienne Boris, Omer Ben-Seadia, Katherine Carter, John Giampietro Matsumoto, Fabrizio Melano, A. Scott Parry, Patricia Racette, Marcus Shields, John De Los Santos, and Dennis Whitehead Darling, and has participated in Master Classes with Dominic Armstrong, Piotr Beczala, Rachel Calloway, Simon Estes, Martin Katz, Sherrill Milnes, Adam Nielsen, Jorge Parodi and Matthew Polenzani.
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Bass-baritone Benjamin R. Sokol brought some brawny heft

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