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date = "2023-07-04T00:38:00-00:00"
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Taylor Raven is a "vocal sensation" (_Washington Classical Review_) and quickly establishing herself in opera, concert, and recital. Ms. Raven begins the 22-23 season with her debut at the San Francisco Opera for a trio of operas including the world premiere of John Adams' new opera _Antony and Cleopatra_ (Charmian), _Dialogues des Carmélites_ (Sister Mathilde) and _La traviata_ (Flora). Other highlights this season include debuts with Kentucky Opera for _La Cenerentola_ (Angelina) and Chicago Opera Theater for _The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing_ (Joan Clarke). On the concert stage, she will make her debut with The Cleveland Orchestra for _La fanciulla del West_ (Wowkle) conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and return to the Memphis Symphony. 

Last season she made debuts with Houston Grand Opera for _Die Zauberflöte_ (Dritte Dame), Washington Concert Opera for _Lakmé_ (Mallika), and North Carolina Opera for Moravec's _Sanctuary Road_. On the concert stage she made debuts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, and returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Additional engagements included the world premiere of a song cycle commemorating the 100th anniversary of the _Tomb of the Unknown Soldier_ with Urban Arias and a return to the roster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. 

Recent engagements include debuts with Des Moines Metro Opera in _Pique Dame_ (Pauline), Finger Lakes Opera in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ (Rosina), and Handel & Haydn Society for Beethoven Symphony No. 9 conducted by Marin Alsop.  A recent graduate of the Young Artist Program at LA Opera where she was seen in _La clemenza di Tito_ (Annio), _Don Carlo_ (Tebaldo), the Kosky production of _Die Zauberflöte_ (Zweite Dame) conducted by James Colon, and _Hansel and Gretel_ (Sandman). As a Filene Artist at Wolf Trap Opera she performed in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ (Rosina) and _L'heure espagnole_ (Concepción). On the concert stage she made her Alice Tully Hall debut appearing with the American Symphony Orchestra for a concert of Bach arias conducted by Leon Botstein.

Taylor made her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as a soloist in the Hollywood Bowl performance of Beethoven's _Choral Fantasy_ with Bramwell Tovey. She appeared with the New West Symphony in Prokofiev's _Alexander Nevsky_ under Mikhail Agrest and made her Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra debut as a soloist in Mahler’s _Das Klagende Lied_ with James Conlon as a part of their May Festival. She performed with Wolf Trap Opera and the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, making a Naxos Classical recording of Bernstein's _Songfest_ conducted by James Judd. She is a recipient of a Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation and won 1st prize in the Loren L. Zachary competition. 

Ms. Raven made her debut with Seattle Opera in As One (Hannah After). She is a alumna of the San Francisco Opera Center's Merola Opera Program. In the Schwabacher Summer Concert she performed in scenes from _Le comte Ory_ (Isolier), _Dialogues des Carmélites_ (Mère Marie), and _Serse_ (Arsamene). She also presented a recital as a part of their Schwabacher series in collaboration with Mark Morash. 

Taylor holds degrees from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Colorado-Boulder. 