Ruben Roy

Fourteen-year-old Ruben Roy, who will be singing the lead role of Charlie Bucket in the Atlanta Opera’s upcoming presentation of composer Peter Ash’s The Golden Ticket, an opera based on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has been singing for fully half of his life. His operatic experience includes the role of Amahl in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, and singing as one of the street boys in Bizet’s Carmen, both with the Georgia State University Opera Department. He has also appeared as a soloist in Gabriel Faure’s Requiem at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.

Ruben is a founding member of The Georgia Boy Choir, conducted by David R. White. He began singing under Mr. White’s direction when he was only 9 years old. This experience has taken him to many wonderful places around the world. He has performed in the Musikverein in Vienna, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the Glinka Capella in St. Petersburg, Peking University Hall in Beijing, and in various locations throughout England, China, Austria, the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, and of course, the United States.

Ruben is an eighth-grader at The Heiskell School, where he not only excels academically and musically, but also is a valued member of both the school’s Basketball and Cross-Country teams. He also studies the piano, and enjoys playing the guitar.

For three consecutive years, Ruben has been esteemed and elected by his fellow choristers in The Georgia Boy Choir to receive its highest award, the Tradition Award, presented to the boy who most embodies all of the qualities inherent in a good chorister: Leadership, Excellence, and Character.