Ben Robinson is the General Director and CEO of Kentucky Opera, General Director of Anchorage Opera, and Artistic Director of Raylynmor Opera (New Hampshire). A director, librettist, designer, and producer, he has developed a multifaceted career defined by imaginative reinterpretation and a commitment to storytelling that resonates with contemporary audiences. His work—spanning Baroque to contemporary repertoire—has been widely recognized for its “inspired” vision and “engaging” storytelling, combining theatrical immediacy with musical clarity.

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Directing highlights include Macbeth for Opera Tampa, Aida, The Medium | Gianni Schicchi, Mozart in The Museum, and L’elisir d’amore for Anchorage Opera, and a cruise-ship reimagining of a "physically lively" (Opera News) L’Italiana in Algeri along with A Little Night Music for St. Petersburg Opera—both earning nominations for Best Director from Theatre Tampa Bay. His work also includes a soap-opera–inspired Così fan tutte and a “deftly directed” (Opera News) Cendrillon for Cedar Rapids Opera, Ariodante (First Place, Division V, National Opera Association) and Hänsel und Gretel for Temple University, Orpheus in the Underworld for Opera Ithaca and Raylynmor Opera, Nabucco, Orpheus in the Underworld, Rusalka, and a suburban American Le nozze di Figaro for Opera Ithaca, a reimagined The Medium for Amarillo Opera, L’enfant et les sortilèges for Salt Marsh Opera, and the world premiere of Sally Lamb McCune’s We Wear the Sea Like a Coat for Ithaca College.

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In 2020, Robinson directed the internationally acclaimed film Gianni Schicchi for Opera Ithaca, which Opera Magazine hailed as “the deftest use… of Covid-era technology as part of modern operatic reality.” He is a 2021 recipient of the Ewing Arts Award, honoring artistic excellence in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region. His film Bastien and Bastienne (January 2021), featuring his original English translation, was selected for the Arlington International Film Festival. In February 2023, his 2022 Julia Child–inspired Hänsel und Gretel, described by Opera News as “moving” and “visually daring,” joined the Opera Philadelphia Channel and was later streamed in a series of outdoor public events for the company in September 2023.

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Projects for the 2026–2027 season include Il barbiere di Siviglia with Kentucky Opera, Macbeth and La Bohème with Anchorage Opera), Così fan tutte with Ithaca College and Kentucky Opera, Salome with Kentucky Opera in collaboration with the Louisville Orchestra, and Die Fledermaus with St. Petersburg Opera.