(Los Angeles) November 10, 2025 — On Sunday, December 7, 2025, LA Opera and The Wallis will present Ben Bliss, one of the premier tenors of his generation, in an intimate recital appearance with pianist Bryan Wagorn.

Ben Bliss launched his professional career as a member of LA Opera's Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. He now appears regularly on the world's most important stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, and appears in concert with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. He has been cited as “an exemplar of the Mozartean tenor” for his “purity of tone, vocal control and artistic sensitivity” (Opera Warhorses). He returns to Los Angeles with a recital featuring European and American art songs, arias by Tchaikovsky and Massenet, and beloved standards by Sammy Fain, Stephen Sondheim and Benny Goodman.

Performance and Ticket Info
The recital will be presented at 2pm on Sunday, December 7, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis), located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Tickets are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online at LAOpera.org, by phone at 213.972.8001, or at TheWallis.org. For disability access, call 213.972.0777 or email LAOpera@LAOpera.org.

More information about this recital is available at LAOpera.org/Bliss.

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About Ben Bliss
Hailed as a “truly exceptional tenor” by the National Review, Ben Bliss has established himself as one of the most exciting performers on today’s operatic stage. He was a 2021 recipient of the Metropolitan Opera’s prestigious Beverly Sills Award. He began the 2025/26 season with a return to the Metropolitan Opera as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. The season also includes his role debut as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto with the Canadian Opera Company, as well as another role debut as the title role in    Idomeneo with Washington Concert Opera. He also performs in Houston Grand Opera's staged Messiah, and sings Tamino in The Magic Flute with the St. Louis Symphony. Other concert highlights include a return with the Chicago Symphony for a Mozart Requiem as well as a Messiah concert tour with the Handel and Haydn Society.

Last season's highlights include two roles at the Metropolitan Opera: Eric in Jeanine Tesori's Grounded and Tamino in The Magic Flute. He also returned to the Opéra National de Paris as Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress and performed Jupiter in Semele for his debuts at both the Royal Opera House in London and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

Ben Bliss is an alumnus of LA Opera's Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program (2011-13) and a 2022 recipient of the company's Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award. His leading roles with the company include Tamino in The Magic Flute (2016) and the tenor soloist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion (2022).

About Bryan Wagorn
Canadian pianist and vocal coach Bryan Wagorn regularly performs throughout North America, Europe and Asia as soloist, chamber musician and recital accompanist to the world's leading singers and instrumentalists. His recital with Ben Bliss marks his first appearance with LA Opera, and he will return for a March 21, 2026, recital with soprano Nadine Sierra.

His major television and radio appearances include performances on Good Morning America, WQXR and CBC Radio. A participant at the Marlboro Music Festival and member of the music staff at the Glyndebourne Festival, he has also been a staff coach at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and served on the faculty of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute and Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra. He has been a guest coach at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Program and at the Glyndebourne Festival’s Jerwood Young Artist Program. He made his solo recital debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2009, and has performed chamber music with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Chicago Symphony.

About LA Opera
Los Angeles is a city of enormous diversity and creativity, and LA Opera is dedicated to reflecting that vibrancy by redefining what opera can be. Under the leadership of Christopher Koelsch (Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco President and CEO) and James Conlon (Richard Seaver Music Director), LA Opera has become one of America’s most exciting and ambitious opera companies through imaginative new productions, world premiere commissions, and inventive performances that preserve foundational works while making them feel fresh and compelling. Learn more at LAOpera.org.

About The Wallis
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) was lauded by Culture Vulture: “If you love expecting the unexpected in the performing arts, you have to love The Wallis.” Broadway legend Patti LuPone described the venue as “one of the best in the country, allowing for an unparalleled intimacy between [the artist] and the audience.” Since its doors opened in 2013, The Wallis, located in the heart of Beverly Hills, California, is a dynamic cultural hub and community resource where local, national, and international performers share their artistry with ever-expanding audiences. Distinguished by eclectic programming that mirrors the diverse landscape of Los Angeles and its location in the entertainment capital of the world, The Wallis has produced and presented nearly 500 theater, dance, music, film, cabaret, comedy, performance arts and family entertainment programs, boasting nominations for 79 Ovation Awards and nine L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards, as well as six architectural awards. Learn more at TheWallis.org.

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