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Nadine Rohanda Smith Wray Willow Benjamin is a British lyric soprano singer.Jury, Louise (30 October 2014), "Singer who quit City stars in slave trade opera", London Evening Standard.Byrne, John (12 April 2016),
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> "My First Audition: Nadine Benjamin", The Stage. Archived from
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
She was born Nadine Rohanda Smith Nadine Rohanda Smith Genes Reunited birth detail. Retrieved 15 March 2022 in Brixton, south London, of Jamaican-Indian heritage. Leaving St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls when she was 16, she joined the Youth Training Scheme, which led to her working with a corporate finance company in the City for seven years.Browne, Malika (23 February 2018), "Nadine Benjamin: ‘I’m hungry to be a great singer’", The Times. Realising that she wanted to be a singer, she attended Tech Music School in west London, before deciding to focus on opera.
Benjamin was the recipient of a Voice of Black Opera Award for the most promising voice, and subsequently set up a mentoring agency called Everybody Can!Roberts, Maddy Shaw (28 June 2018), "‘I quit banking to become an opera singer’ – rising star Nadine Benjamin", Classic FM.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to opera.
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