Benjamin Eberling

Benjamin Eberling (* 1979 in Marburg an der Lahn) is a German musical actor and voice actor .

life and career

Eberling started early musical education at the age of six and joined the Limburger Domsingknaben at the age of eight . At the boarding school of the Limburger Domsingknaben in Hadamar, Hesse, near the city of Limburg , choir rehearsals took place, and here he received voice training and piano lessons.

Eberling was a member of the choir for 12 years, attending singing events in Finland, Great Britain, Spain, Israel and South Africa. A private concert for Pope John Paul II and some journalists in the Sistine Chapel was one of these trips.

After graduating from high school and doing military service, Eberling continued his musical training at the Stage School in Hamburg and began dubbing in 2005. In 2003, on the advice of his singing teacher Michael Dixon , he switched to the Berlin University of the Arts and completed his studies in "Musical and Show" in 2006. During this study Eberling worked with Frederike Haas , Thomas Zaufke , F. Dion Davis and Gayle Tufts and appeared as a member of the 10 tenors . With his song Tanzschulzeit Eberling won the Ralph Benatzky Chanson Prize at the 2005 National Singing Competition .

After completing his studies, a three-year permanent engagement followed in Hamburg in the hot corner , and he was on stage in 570 shows. During the same period Eberling got involved in the newly founded musical ensemble of the Theater für Niedersachsen and took on the roles of Richard in the German premiere of William Finns Nervensache (Original: A New Brain) and Lank Hawkins in Crazy for You . Benjamin Eberling also created the 70s hit revue Karamba under the direction of Corny Littmann in the Schmidt Theater Hamburg.

Benjamin Eberling (2nd from left, here in May 2018) with the cast of Kinky Boots

From 2009 to 2012 he was engaged on various AIDA club ships, including the AIDAdiva , AIDAluna and AIDAblu , where he could be seen in various shows and his solo programs Sag es mit Musik and Die Suche . In 2012 we went ashore in the musical hairspray in the tent palace Merzig in many small roles. Then Eberling got an engagement for Sister Act , where he could be seen for 450 performances as Joey and Cover Curtis Jackson in the Apollo Theater Stuttgart and Metronom Theater Oberhausen. After that, Eberling could be seen in the musical Shrek until February 16, 2015 as Papa Bear and second cast of Shrek on a major tour of Germany. In summer 2015 Eberling then celebrated his debut at the Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg with flying colors. He became a crowd favorite in the role of “Sargente Garcia” in the musical Zorro and was the first male “Gumbi Cat” in a production of the musical classic by Andrew Lloyd Webbers Cats. In 2016, Eberling was drawn to the seas again, this time to the Mein Schiff1 from Tui Cruises with many shows and his solo hit program Die 70iger . Then there was a 10-year Letterland in Concert Revival in the Neuköllner Oper, jumped in for a few performances in the Heiße Ecke in Schmidts Tivoli and then took over the role of Es Joey in the tour of Sister Act again from November. Benjamin Eberling took on the role of Es Don in the German premiere of the successful musical Kinky Boots and will be seen at Operettenhaus Hamburg from December 2017 to September 2018.

Engagements

• 2003: The Csardasfürstin (Edwin)
• 2004–2005: Evita as part of the ensemble
• 2005–2006: Erwin Kannes - Consolation of Women (Erwin Kannes)
• 2006: Puss in Boots (Kater)
• 2006–2009: Hot Corner (Günther & Pitter)
• 2007: Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Paco)
• 2007: Nervensache (A New Brain) (Richard)
• 2008: Crazy for You (Lank Hawkins)
• 2008/2009: Karamba (including Hans Rosenthal)
• 2009–2012: Soloist on the AIDA ships (LUNA, DIVA, BLU)
• 2012: Hairspray (Mr. Pinky, Mr. Spritzer, Headmaster)
• 2012–2014: Sister Act in Stuttgart and Oberhausen (Joey, Cover Curtis)
• 2015: Cats (Gumbie)
• 2015: Shrek - The Musical (Papa Bear, Papa Shrek and Cover Shrek)
• 2015: Zorro (Garcia)
• 2016: Soloist on TUI Mein Schiff 1
• 2016: Hot Corner (Micky & Pitter)
• 2017–2018: Kinky Boots - Operettenhaus Hamburg

Synchronized work

• The Moffels (Panini)

Awards

• 2001/2002 Singing Prize at the 1st and 2nd Sylt Musical Competition
• 2005: Ralph-Benatzky Chanson Prize at the 34th National Singing Competition
• Ralph Benatzky Chanson Prize

Web links

• Interview with Benjamin Eberling at musical1.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robin Jantos: Nervensache In: musicalzentrale.de, September 8, 2007.
2. ↑ Crazy for you In: musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
3. ↑ Karamba In: musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
4. ↑ Hairspray In: musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
5. ↑ Sister Act ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de, accessed on September 20, 2015.
6. ↑ Shrek In: musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
7. ↑ Zorro In: unitedmusicals.de, accessed on September 20, 2015.
8. ↑ Cats In: unitedmusicals.de, accessed on September 20, 2015.
9. ↑ Letterland in Concert In: klassik.com, accessed on September 20, 2015.
10. ↑ Sister Act In: musicalzone.de, accessed on September 20, 2015.
11. ↑ The Moffels In: ARD.de. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
12. ↑ Prize winner 34th National Singing Competition Berlin 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: National Singing Competition. Retrieved September 21, 2015. 
13. ↑ Benjamin Eberling In: musical1.de. Retrieved September 21, 2015.