Performance Year: 2025
Baritone Benjamin Taylor began the 2023/24 season with a return to Opera Philadelphia for Simon Boccanegra (Paolo) and The Metropolitan Opera for Carmen (Moralès). Other season engagements included debuts with Austin Opera for Pagliacci (Silvio), The Princeton Festival for Così fan tutte (Guglielmo), and returns to Detroit Opera for Breaking The Waves (Jan) and Bayerische Staatsoper for La fanciulla del West (Bello).
During the 2022/2023 season, Taylor performed at The Metropolitan Opera for The Magic Flute (Papageno) and Dialogues des Carmélites (Thierry) and Berkshire Opera Festival for La Bohème (Marcello). Other recent engagements include The Metropolitan Opera in Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Chester) and The Magic Flute (Papageno), Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia in La Bohème (Schaunard), Bayerische Staatsoper for La fanciulla del West (Bello), and OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore for La traviata (Germont),
Taylor is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, where some of his assignments included La Bohème (Schaunard), Glory Denied (Older Thompson), and Tosca (Sciarrone). As a Gerdine Young Artist and Richard Gaddes Festival Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, he seen in The Barber of Seville (Fiorello), Shalimar the Clown (Cowardly Giant), and Madam Butterfly (Prince Yamadori). Taylor received received his Bachelor of the Arts at Morgan State University, his Master of Music from Boston University, and his Performer’s Certificate with Boston University’s Opera Institute.
