Ben Taylor

Benjamin Taylor’s 2025-26 season includes his debut at Seattle Opera in Carmen (Escamillo) and returns to The Metropolitan Opera in Porgy and Bess (Jake) and Carmen (Moralès) and to Charleston Opera Theater in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro).

In the 2024-25 season, Mr. Taylor made company debuts at Arizona Opera in La bohème (Marcello), Madison Opera in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), and Charleston Opera Theater in La bohème (Schaunard). He also debuted at Washington National Opera in Porgy and Bess (Jake). On the concert stage, he appeared with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Lt. Kijé, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic in Sanctuary Road (William Still), the Dayton Philharmonic in Fauré’s Requiem, the Evansville Philharmonic in Carmina Burana, and with Opera Omaha for their Opera Outdoors concert. He also returned to North Carolina Opera for Opera in the Park.

Additional performances included debuts with Bayerische Staatsoper in La fanciulla del West (Bello), Austin Opera in Pagliacci (Silvio), Boston Lyric Opera in La bohème (Schaunard), OperaDelaware/Opera Baltimore in La traviata (Germont), and The Princeton Festival in Così fan tutte (Guglielmo). He also returned to The Metropolitan Opera in Carmen (Moralès), The Magic Flute (Papageno), and Dialogues des Carmélites, Detroit Opera in Breaking the Waves (Jan), Berkshire Opera Festival in La bohème (Marcello), and again at Opera Philadelphia in La bohème (Schaunard) and Simon Boccanegra (Paolo). Benjamin made his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in La fanciulla del West (Bello) and he sang Carmina Burana with both Symphoria and Northwest Florida Symphony.

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