Baritone Benjamin Taylor’s 24–25 season includes debuts at Arizona Opera for La bohème (Marcello), Madison Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), Charleston Opera Theater for La bohème (Schaunard), and Washington National Opera for Porgy and Bess (Jake). On the concert stage, he debuts at Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Prokofiev’s Lt. Kije, Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic in Sanctuary Road (William Still), Dayton Philharmonic for Fauré’s Requiem, Evansville Philharmonic for Carmina Burana, Opera Omaha for their Opera Outdoors concert, and a return to North Carolina Opera for Opera in the Park. Upcoming engagements include a debut with Seattle Opera and returns to The Metropolitan Opera and Detroit Opera.
Additional recent engagements include his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Chester) followed by debuts with Michigan Opera Theatre and Spoleto Festival USA in La bohème (Schaunard), Cincinnati Opera for the world premiere of Castor and Patience (West), North Carolina Opera for Sanctuary Road (William Still), Baltimore Concert Opera for Adriana Lecouvreur (Michonnet), and a return to Pittsburgh Opera for The Magic Flute (Papageno). Additionally, he workshopped Factotum (Garby) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Past highlights include a visit to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Digital Opera on the Go!, followed by debuts with Fargo-Moorhead Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro); Opera Orlando for The Secret River (Augustus); and Des Moines Metro Opera for Pique Dame (Tomsky), Platée (Satyre), and Fellow Travelers (Tommy McIntyre).
Taylor is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, and he debuted at Madison Opera in I pagliacci (Silvio). Taylor was an Apprentice Artist at The Santa Fe Opera and a Gerdine Young Artist and Richard Gaddes Festival Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Additional performances include La bohème (Marcello) with Crested Butte Festival and Madama Butterfly (Prince Yamadori) for Berkshire Opera’s inaugural season.