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- Opera Now - Roderic Dunnett
These young Trinity voices are by no means top-notch yet. But certainly one of the cast,
the tenor Benjamin Lake,has an obvious career ahead of him. Still not even 20, he’s a weighty young fellow,
who played the prelate Orsino with a rather sostenuto stage presence of a Friar Tuck–cum-Tannhauser kind.
But, this marvellous voice is ready for opera companies to bag (beg?) right now: here is a possible Don Jose in
the making.
Opera Now - Roderic Dunnett
- Times - Laurence Hughes
Benjamin Lake showed promise as a future dramatic tenor in the role of Orsino
Times - Laurence Hughes
- Times – Nick Kimberley
… But Benjamin Lake makes the marquis a burly, insensitive Brute,
just the kind of father to drive Blanche to the nunnery.
Times – Nick Kimberley
- BMH – Bobby Robi
A young artist with a magnificent voice and big future.
BMH – Bobby Robi
- Night Clubs Reviews – Jack Neil
When King's ‘One World’ dances, it's terrific. When it sings,
which it does through the operatic tenor of 21-year-old Benjamin Lake, it's thrilling.
Night Clubs Reviews – Jack Neil
- Night Clubs Reviews – Jack Neil
Lake IS phenomenal. Opening his segment with the rapturous
‘Nessun dorma’ from Puccini's ‘Turandot’, the tenor's barrel-chested look and radiant voice evokes memories of
MGM's Mario Lanza.
Night Clubs Reviews – Jack Neil
- Night Clubs Reviews – Jack Neil
What makes ‘One World’ worth hearing is the superb voice of Benjamin Lake.
Night Clubs Reviews – Jack Neil
- Max - Carolyn Alford
Benjamin Lake, who is hailed as the greatest voice of the new millennium,
brought the house down with ‘La Donna E Mobile’ by Verdi. After his compelling version of ‘I Who Have Nothing’ shouts of
‘Bravo’ and ‘Encore’ reverberated throughout the theatre.
Max - Carolyn Alford
- Sacramento Bee – Mel Shields
Any tenor would have to receive accolades for singing ‘Nessun Dorma’ twice a night,
six times a week, no matter how it was sung, but Lake deserves double applause for doing it so very well…..
LAKE is an additional touch of class!
Sacramento Bee – Mel Shields
- Reno Fun And Gaming – Vic Williams
LAKE – could be the next opera superstar.
Reno Fun And Gaming – Vic Williams
- Music Country News – Brian H. Seitz
Filling the stage with awesome power, the barrel chested operatic tenor offers
Branson a taste of never seen before vocal prowess. This young man will one day eclipse any and all singers of this type.
……LAKE – whom I have christened ‘Big Ben’, is a powerhouse operatic vocalist, one all of Branson is talking about.
Music Country News – Brian H. Seitz
- The Guardian – Michael Billington
…funny idea like a white suited God, excellently played by Benjamin Lake, who sings
‘It ain’t easy being me’.
The Guardian – Michael Billington
- The Daily Telegraph – Charles Spencer
…there is particularly fine work from Benjamin Lake.
The Daily Telegraph – Charles Spencer
- Financial Times – Alastair Macauley
Alison Jiear as Shawntel / Eve and Benjamin Lake as Dwight / God,
are outstanding in both their acting and their singing.
Financial Times – Alastair Macauley
