Hailed by the Washington Post as a singer with a “beautifully rich and spirited” voice, mezzo- soprano Taylor-Alexis DuPont has engaged audiences internationally from Italy to China. 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 major companies like the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Glimmerglass Festival, Florida Grand Opera, Prototype Festival, Virginia Opera and the Sarasota Opera. Among her significant accolades and achievements include becoming the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Lotte Lenya Competition, the recipient of the inaugural Rebecca Luker Award from the Kurt Weill Foundation in 2021, and being involved in the Grammy Award winning production of Porgy & Bess with the Metropolitan Opera in 2020-2021.

Her 2023-24 season included performances with Opera Philadelphia, covering the role of Lizzie in the world premiere of Rene Orth‘s 10 Days in a Madhouse, Performances of Flora in La traviata and a role debut of Musetta in La bohème with the Florida Grand Opera and a return to the Washington National Opera to sing Celeste and cover the title character in Songbird (an adaptation of La Périchole). Her upcoming engagements include performing the role of Hannah in the world premiere of Ruinous Gods with the Spoleto Festival, a house debut with Cincinnati Opera as Flora in La traviata and a role debut as The Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods with Union Avenue.

Performance highlights include the roles of Phoebe in The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson with Washington National Opera; Aubrey in the world premiere of The Rip Van Winkles by Ben Morris, Reba/Young Mother in Taking Up Serpents, and Archangel Gabriel in the world premiere of Damien Geter‘s Holy Ground with the Glimmerglass Festival; Kate in Pirates of Penzance, Flora in La traviata, and covering Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers with Virginia Opera; Bessie in Mahagonny-Songspiel, the title role in Luisa Fernanda, L’enfant (cover)/Squirrel/White Cat/Shepherdess in L’enfant et les sortiléges, Hänsel in Hänsel & Gretel, Giovanna in Rigoletto, and Armelinde in Cendrillon with the Florentine Opera; Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Santa Fe Opera; Lel in The Snow Maiden and Prince Ratmir in Ruslan & Lyudmila with Bel Cantanti Opera; Dorabella in Così fan tutte with Opera NexGen; and one of the three Weird Sisters in Lady M with Heartbeat Opera;