Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Acclaimed for his “powerful yet warm, rich toned and passionate tenor” in the 2026/27 Season, tenor Eric Taylor will debut Alfredo Germont in La Traviata at Arizona Opera, return to the role of Don José in Carmen with Madison Opera and North Carolina Opera, and return to The Metropolitan Opera twice as the First Philistine in Samson et Dalila and the Messenger in Aida. In the 2025/26 Season he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as First Armored Man in The Magic Flute, and performed his signature role of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Glimmerglass Festival, Opera North Carolina, and Opera Grand Rapids in three house debuts. He also joined the roster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the same title, as well as debuted with the American Symphony Orchestra for the American debut of Cornelius’s Stabat Mater.

Taylor first joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2024/25 Season for Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded, before returning to the role of B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Utah Opera and Pittsburgh Opera. He also joined Palm Beach Opera as Roméo in Roméo & Juliette.

In the 2023/24 Season, Taylor returned to Houston Grand Opera as Pinkerton and made his Detroit Opera debut in the same role. He appeared as Rodolfo in La Bohème with Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Artist and was named a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. A graduate of the Butler Studio at Houston Grand Opera, his credits there include Narraboth in Salome, Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, First Armored Man in The Magic Flute, and Benvolio in Roméo & Juliette. He also covered Werther, Don José in Carmen, Tamino in The Magic Flute, and Mark in The Wreckers.

An alumnus of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, he appeared as Melot in Tristan und Isolde and covered Don José in Carmen as well as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Additional training includes Central City Opera and Utah Lyric Opera. Taylor holds a Master of Music from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music from Westminster College. He was the first prize winner of the 2023 Houston Saengerbund Competition.