Noted for the “exceptional quality of his tenor” by First Row, in the 2025–26 season tenor Eric Taylor will make his Metropolitan Opera debut as First Armored Man in Die Zauberflöte, and perform his signature role of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Glimmerglass Festival, Opera North Carolina, and Opera Grand Rapids in three house debuts. He will also join the roster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the same title, as well as debut with the American Symphony Orchestra for Cornelius’s Stabat Mater.

Eric Taylor joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2024–25 season for Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded, before returning to the role of B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Utah Opera and Pittsburgh Opera. He also joined Palm Beach Opera as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette.

In the 2023–24 season, Taylor returned to Houston Grand Opera as Pinkerton and made his Detroit Opera debut in the same role. He appeared as Rodolfo in La bohème with Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Artist and was named a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

A graduate of the Butler Studio at Houston Grand Opera, his credits there include Narraboth in Salome, Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, First Armored Man in Die Zauberflöte, and Benvolio in Roméo et Juliette. He also covered Werther and Mark in The Wreckers.

An alumnus of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program, he appeared as Melot in Tristan und Isolde and covered Don José in Carmen. Additional training includes Central City Opera and Utah Lyric Opera.

Taylor holds a Master of Music from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music from Westminster College. He was the first prize winner of the 2023 Houston Saengerbund Competition.