Baritone, Chandler Benn joins The Cafritz Young Artists of Washington National Opera for his first season in 2025-2026. With WNO he sings Antonio in The Marriage of FIgaro, The Pilot in The Little Prince, Thomas Putnam in The Crucible, and Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief. Chandler spent the summer of 2025 with Wolf Trap Opera, where he performed The Jailor in Dialogues of the Carmelites, covered Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, and covered Morales/Le Dancaïre in Carmen. Chandler recently performed Joe Kavalier in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay in the world premiere co-production between the Metropolitan Opera and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He has also performed the titular role in Don Giovanni as well as Le nozze di Figaro, Danilo Danilovich in The Merry Widow, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief, and Frank in Die Fledermaus. Chandler has also debuted workshop performances of Count di Luna (Il Trovatore), Macbeth (Macbeth), Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Silvio (Pagliacci), and Alfonse (La favorite). Chandler’s concert work includes Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.