Resident Artists
Taylor Stayton, tenor
AVA 2011 GRADUATE
Hometown: Sidney, Ohio
Education: B.M. in Vocal Performance, Ohio State University
Competitions: Top Prize, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2011; First Prize, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Voice Competition, 2009; Third Prize, Loren L. Zachary Voice Competition, 2009.
Roles at AVA: Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni; Fenton, Falstaff; Italian Singer, Capriccio; Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor; Ernesto, Don Pasquale; Percy, Anna Bolena; Ferrando, Così fan tutte; Gaston, La traviata.
Other Roles: Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet, Opera Company of Philadelphia; Osiride, Mosé in Egitto, Chicago Opera Theater; Fenton in a new Franco Zeffirelli production of Falstaff, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera New Jersey; Ferrando, Così fan tutte, Ernesto, Don Pasquale, both with Martina Arroyo Prelude to Performance; Nemorino, L'elisir d'amore, Nero, l'incoronazione di Poppea, The Prince, The True Story of Cinderella, all with Ohio State University; Luiz, The Gondoliers, Southern Ohio Light Opera.
Upcoming: Percy (cover), Anna Bolena; Tonio (cover), La fille du régiment, both with The Metropolitan Opera.
