James Taylor, an american tenor, has been described as “impressive,” “Richly musical,” and “superb…his rich voice has great beauty as well as dramatic power.” At home in opera as well as the concert and recital stages, he has appeared with numerous opera houses and symphony orchestras including the New York City Opera National Company, San Francisco Opera’s Western Opera Theatre, Central City Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, and Connecticut Grand Opera, the Arkansas Symphony, the Alabama Symphony, the Chattanooga Symphony, the Riverside Symphonium, the Choral Society of Durham, and the Richmond Choral Society. Mr. Taylor has also given recitals in the US, Europe, and Asia, including recital tours of the Netherlands and Malaysia. He made his Alice Tully Hall debut as Claudio in Berlioz’ Beatrice et Benedict in the New York premiere of the work, and was chosen as a member of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program in 1993, where he performed Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus for the company at Villa Montalvo and on tour with Western Opera Theatre. He was a featured soloist with the National Chorale for its performances of Händel’s Messiah in Avery Fisher Hall.

Mr. Taylor has appeared in a variety of operatic roles including Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in La Boheme, Germont in La Traviata, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Escamillo in Carmen, Figaro and the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette, and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. As a soloist, Mr. Taylor has performed such works as Carmina Burana, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the Requiems of Faure and Durufle, Bach’s Johannes Passion, Magnificat, and Weihnachts Oratorium, Haydn’s The Creation and The Seasons, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Ravel’s Don Quichotte et Dulcinee, Dona Nobis Pacem and The Five Mystical Songs of Vaughan-Williams.

Mr. Taylor holds degrees from Birmingham Southern College and Yale University. He resides in Richmond, VA with his wife, Sheridan, and their two daughters, Virginia and Margaret.