Did you dream of being a star when you were small but have kept your talent hidden? Are you worried it's too late?  Listen to my conversation with soprano Nadine Benjamin to hear how she switched direction at the age of 35 and has since realized her childhood dream.

Nadine

Nadine Benjamin MBE - Soprano and Empowerment Coach/Mentor

Certified High Performance Coach 

Accredited NLP Mind Coach

Founder of Everybody Can! Opera and Mentorship Programme

Former English National Opera Harewood Artist  

Member of the Institute of Mind Coaches 

Trustee Board Member of Fuel Theatre 

Board Member of Opera Brava

Nominated (vocal category) for Emergence: Emily Dickinson at the international Classical Music Awards

Sky Arts Awards Presenter - 2021

Sky Arts Awards Nominee - The Times Arts Award 2019

Ambassador - London Music Masters Since 2017

"Highly Commended" at the Aviva Women of the Future Awards 2016 

Winner of the Fulham Opera Verdi Prize 2015

Finalist of the Genesis Competition 

DipMus Music (Performance) 

Agent: Robert Gilder 

Personal Manager: Rita Grudzien 

Engagements 2021/2022 Season:

January 18th - Strauss Four Last Songs with Lambeth Orchestra 

February 3rd - Shakespeare - soprano soloist - St James's, Piccadilly 

February 21st  Songs of Joy  - Music by Black and Mixed Raced Composers - Barbican, Milton Hall 

March 18th - Elgar Coronation Ode - Soprano Soloist - with Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral

April/May - BLUE - Role: Mother - English National Opera 

10th June - Verdi Gala - Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra 

11th June - Strauss Four Last Songs - Worthing Symphony Orchestra 

● [01:20] – The Edge – up to date creative news and views

● [05:12] – Nadine’s childhood dream and ‘Having the twinkle’

● [08:10] – The moment of switching from a banking career to Opera

● [12:17] – How training as a coach, NLP and therapy have played a huge role in Nadine’s success.

● [19:29] – Why as a creative, you need to understand your value

● [24:39] – Nadine talks ‘curveballs’ and ‘terror barriers.’

● [24:39] – Nikki and Nadine discuss education

● [28:56] – Nadine talks about her Doubting Doris's and how they are her greatest gift.

Four Creative Nuggets

• “I wrote a business plan for becoming an opera singer and sent it off to about 150 people and got people to sponsor me.”

•  “If there’s one ingredient I would never miss, it was that study of NLP.”

•  “Think how limitless you are and get really curious about discovering new pathways, even the ones that you don't even know are there yet.”

•  Your visibility and sharing your creative being with the world is vital. “Your work needs to be seen. Your books need to be read. Your voice needs to be heard.”

Links

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https://www.instagram.com/nadinebenjaminsoprano/

https://www.instagram.com/everybodycanwithnadinebenjamin/

https://www.everybodycan.com/