Benjamin Davis graduated from York University with a BA Hons in English and Related Literature and went on to Goldsmiths' College, London where he gained an MA in Theatre Arts (Directing). He joined Welsh National Opera in 2001 as a staff director and worked on over 25 productions for the company. He has also worked as a staff director at the Royal Opera Covent Garden and with The Canadian Opera Company in Toronto.
As Opera Director Benjamin Davis has to his credit: IL TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA and GIANNI SCHICCHI for Opera Zuid in the Netherlands; AL GRAN SOLE CARICO D'AMORE as associate director with Katie Mitchell for the Salzburg Festival; a mixed media staging of Britten's song cycle LES ILLUMINATION for Cardiff International Dance Festival with National Dance Company Wales; IL TABARRO and STAR-CROSS'D LOVERS for Welsh National Opera Community Tours and movement director for JEPHTHA at Royal Danish Opera.
As Revival Director of Richard Jones's landmark, award-winning productions for Welsh National Opera: HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, THE QUEEN OF SPADES and WOZZECK. Further revival directing credits include TOSCA and THE MAGIC FLUTE for Welsh National Opera and stagings of RIGOLETTO, LA TRAVIATA, CARMEN and JEPTHA at Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Most recently he directed: second revival of THE MAGIC FLUTE for Welsh National Opera, which opened in Cardiff and then toured the UK. His first project in the USA is HÄNSEL UND GRETEL for Portland Opera in autumn 2010.
Future plans include a new production of COSI FAN TUTTE for Welsh National Opera in 2011.