Biography

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Benjamin Louwerse is a Canadian baritone in his fourth year of voice performance studies at the University of Western Ontario with Professor Todd Wieczorek. Benjamin’s musical journey began at a very young age, where he was introduced to the piano and violin by his two musical parents. His first experience with the opera world was at Western University in the children’s

chorus of La Bohème (Jan/Feb 2015) and Hansel & Gretel (Nov 2015).

 

He has played Frank in Opera at Western’s 2024 production of Die Fledermaus, Monostatos in their 2025 production of Die Zauberflöte, Guglielmo in SOLT’s 2025 production of Così Fan Tutte, Guglielmo in Opera

at Western’s 2025 production of Così Fan Tutte, Anthony in their 2026 production of Sweeney Todd, and Guglielmo in NUOVA’s summer 2026 production of Così Fan Tutte. He is also a member of the London Art Song Collective, Concentus Consort and a recipient of the London

Opera Guild scholarship. Benjamin is very excited to be performing as the titular character in Don Giovanni and Marco in Gianni Schicchi with Opera at Western.