Nadine Benjamin

{{Short description|British opera singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| birth_name = Nadine Rohanda Smith

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| other_names = Nadine Rohanda Smith Wray Willow Benjamin
Nadine Mortimer-Smith

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| education = St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls

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| birth_place = Brixton, London, England

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Nadine Rohanda Smith Wray Willow Benjamin {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} is a British lyric soprano singer.Jury, Louise (30 October 2014), [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/singer-who-quit-city-stars-in-slave-trade-opera-9828821.html "Singer who quit City stars in slave trade opera"], London Evening Standard.Byrne, John (12 April 2016), [https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234200/https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2016/first-audition-nadine-benjamin/ "My First Audition: Nadine Benjamin"], The Stage. Archived from [https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2016/first-audition-nadine-benjamin/ the original] on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

She was born Nadine Rohanda Smith[https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=birthsutf002c%20marriages%20utf0026%20deaths&firstname=nadine%20rohanda&lastname=smith&keyword=sutton&collection=civil%2bbirths 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), [https://www.thetimes.com/culture/classical-opera/article/nadine-benjamin-im-hungry-to-be-a-great-singer-nf20369rr "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), [https://www.classicfm.com/lifestyle/nadine-benjamin-quit-banking-for-opera/ "‘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.{{London Gazette|issue=63377|supp=y|page=B15|date=12 June 2021}}