Ben Crickenberger

Baritone Ben Crickenberger is a frequent performer with Minnesota Opera, having been featured as Alcindoro in Opera Under The Stars, the outdoors series of La bohème, and Mafia Guy No. 2 in the world premiere of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s The Shining. He has been a member of the ensemble for several seasons in productions of Carmen, the world premiere of Silent Night, Così fan tutte, La traviata, La Cenerentola, Orfeo ed Euridice, Roberto Devereux, Casanova’s Homecoming, The Pearl Fishers, Il barbiere di Siviglia, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Faust, The Fortunes of King Croesus, Roméo et Juliette, L’italiana in Algeri, and Un ballo in maschera. Other roles include the Guard in Aladdin Jr. for Children’s Theater Company; the Captain in Anything Goes and Rapunzel’s Prince in Into The Woods at the University of Minnesota’s Opera Theater; and Marcus Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Minnesota Repertory Theater.