Taylor Stayton is quickly establishing himself as an internationally sought-after young singer, making debuts this season at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, and the Glyndebourne Festival. A native of Sidney, Ohio, Stayton made his professional debut in 2010 at the Teatro dell-Opera di Roma as Fenton in the new Franco Zeffirelli production of
Falstaff with Renato Bruson and Carlos Alvarez. Stayton then appeared with Chicago Opera Theater’s production of
Mosé in Egitto, where
Opera News praised him as having “a fluidly responsive lyric tenor with a vibrant ping above the staff as the rebellious Egyptian Prince Osiride.” ...
read full bioTaylor Stayton is quickly gaining recognition as an internationally sought-after young tenor. Stayton’s 2012-2013 season includes performances as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera de Lille and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Kentucky Opera, in addition to covering in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Thomas Adès’ The Tempest.
A native of Sidney, Ohio, Stayton made his professional debut in 2010 at the Teatro dell-Opera di Roma as Fenton in the new Franco Zeffirelli production of Falstaff with Renato Bruson and Carlos Alvarez. Stayton then appeared with Chicago Opera Theater’s production of Mosé in Egitto, where Opera News praised him as having “a fluidly responsive lyric tenor with a vibrant ping above the staff as the rebellious Egyptian Prince Osiride.”
In the 2011-2012 season, Stayton made his critically acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in a last-minute performance as Percy in Anna Bolena. During this season Stayton also covered the role of Tonio in La fille du regiment at the MET and was a member of New York City Opera’s production of Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna, playing the role of Andre le Toneur. Stayton closed the season by making his debuts at the Glyndebourne Festival as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola and the Bayerische Staatsoper as Marzio in Mitridate, re di Ponto.
Other recent engagements for the 27-year-old tenor include Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Des Moines Metro Opera, Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette with Opera Company of Philadelphia, and Don Alvar in L’Africaine with Opera Orchestra of New York.
Stayton has won several prestigious vocal competitions, including First Prize in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Voice Competition, First prize in the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Voice Competition, and third place in the Loren B. Zachary Voice Competition.
Stayton is a 2011 graduate of The Academy of Vocal Arts as a student of the renowned voice teacher Bill Schuman. At AVA he sang the roles of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Lord Percy in Anna Bolena, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Fenton in Falstaff, and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Stayton earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Ohio State University, and is an alumnus of the Martina Arroyo Foundation’s “Prelude to Performance” program.
