TAYLOR-ALEXIS DUPONT

Taylor-Alexis DuPont is a young and engaging Mezzo-Soprano from Orlando, Florida. Since graduating with her Masters in Voice from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University while studying with Denyce Graves, Taylor-Alexis has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Ising International Young Artist Festival in Beijing and Suzhou, China, the Glimmerglass Festival, Prototype Festival, Sarasota Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Opera Orlando, First Coast Opera, Christman Opera and City Lyric Opera. Performance highlights include Cendrillion (Prince Charmant), Così fan tutte (Dorabella), Ruslan and Ludmilla (Prince Ratmir), The Snow Maiden (Lel) and Pinocchio (Pinocchio). In addition to performing standard repertoire, Ms. DuPont has premiered new works in collaboration with composers such as Theodore Christman’s Unfolded (Josette). This past year Taylor-Alexis was involved in the second production of Stinney: An American execution at New York’s Prototype festival for new opera and was honored to be a soloist for First Coast Opera’s Marian Anderson tribute concert singing prominent arias, spirituals and art songs that defined Ms. Anderson's career and inspired a generation. Earlier this year Taylor-Alexis has been performing as an ensemble member and soloist cover in the Metropolitan Opera’s wildly successful production of Porgy and Bess. Taylor- Alexis will return to St. Petersburg Opera for several concert engagements and performances of Samuel Barber’s Opera A Hand of Bridge with chamber orchestra. In addition, she will make her debut with Heartbeat Opera as one of the three witches in a new work titled Lady M. Taylor-Alexis will be joining the Florentine Opera company as a Baumgartner Studio Artist for the 2020-2021 season.