These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Taylor Raven.

Taylor Raven will make her debut with the English National Opera in February, 2026 for Mozart’s Così fan tutte (Dorabella) and will return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic in May for a staged production of Wagner’s Die Walküre (Grimgerde), conducted by Gustavo Dudamel with scenery by Frank Gehry. Highlights on the concert stage include returns to The Cleveland Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and a debut with Opera Omaha for their annual Opera Outdoors concert. 

Last season, Raven debuted with The Metropolitan Opera in the company premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra as Charmian, a role she had performed in the opera’s world premiere with San Francisco Opera in 2022. On the concert stage she appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra for Mozart’s Requiem, the United States Naval Academy for Handel’s Messiah, and Quad City Symphony Orchestra for Rhiannon Giddens’ and Michael Abels’ Omar (Fatima). In recital, she made a debut with the Northwest Sinfonietta performing Jessie Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs. Additional appearances included a return to North Carolina Opera for their Opera in the Park series. 

Raven is a graduate of the Young Artist Program at LA Opera. She made her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as a soloist in the Hollywood Bowl performance of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and her debut with Seattle Opera in Laura Kaminsky’s As One (Hannah After). She holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Colorado-Boulder.