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Michael Taylor
Michael
Taylor sings the role of Stefano in Viva
la mamma. Mr. Taylor graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music with his master’s degree in 1990. He has appeared as soloist
with many
opera companies including San Francisco Opera, Sacramento Opera, Opera
San José,
Marin Opera, and West Bay Opera, singing such roles as Gianni Schicchi,
Escamillo, the Count (The Marriage of Figaro), Scarpia, Dr. Malatesta,
Don Giovanni, Belcore, Tonio, Figaro (The Barber of Seville), and
many others. Mr. Taylor has appeared in concert with the Masterworks
Chorale, Berkeley
Symphony, Fremont Symphony, Sacramento Choral Society, and Schola Cantorum,
and has performed as a vocal soloist with the San Francisco Ballet. A
regional finalist
in both the San Francisco Opera Merola Auditions and the Metropolitan
Opera Auditions, Mr. Taylor was also a participant in the San Diego Opera
Apprentice
Program. Winner of the Bel Canto Foundation competition, Mr. Taylor spent
six weeks in Siena, Italy, studying with coaches from La Scala. Mr. Taylor
was also a member of the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom
of the Opera at the Curran Theater in San Francisco.
Previous roles with West Bay Opera include the Count (The Marriage of Figaro), Valentin (Faust), Belcore (Elixir of Love), Germont (La traviata 1987), Marcello (La bohème 1986 & 1982), Scarpia (Tosca 1989 & 1984), Falke (Die Fledermaus), Tonio (Pagliacci 1985), and Silvio (Pagliacci 1978).
