Gavin Taylor.Bariton - Biography
Gavin Taylor was born in Sussex/Great Britain. He studied Oboe and Piano privately while he was at school. After changing to voice he studied first with Roderick Earle, then at the Royal Northern College of Music with Ryland Davies, and subsequently in Manchester with Robert Alderson. After graduating Gavin sang with various companies and festivals in the U.K. including Scottish Opera, English Touring Opera, Clonter Opera and Welsh National Opera. Gavin has been based in Germany since 1999 and has also sung for several of the houses there including Wiesbaden, Flensburg, Magdeburg, Cottbus, Ludwigshafen, Würzburg, Bremerhaven and Kiel. Gavin also sang in Switzerland, Italy, France, The Netherlands and the U.S.A. Gavin’s repetoire covers a wide range, from roles such as Don Giovanni, Escamillo and Scarpia through to the more modern with Prinz Homburg, Tarquinius and Hector in George Antheil’s Transatlantic.
In addition to his operatic work Gavin has a busy career on the concert platform, and his repetoire encompasses works from Brahms Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Handels oratorios. Gavin has sung in concert halls as diverse as the Philarmonie (Berlin), C.P.E.Bach Konzerthalle, Liverpool Cathedral, Ely Cathedral and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Gavin has taken part in several masterclasses by renowned singers, these include Sherrill Milnes, Francisco Araiza, Fedora Barbieri, Chris Merritt and Guiseppe Taddei.
Gavin's passed seasons were busy. He sang in several new productions:Mahagonny in Detmold, Carmen in Hagen, Sweeney Todd in Flensburg and Street Scene in Aachen. He made his debut at the Komische Oper Berlin Hans Zenders Don Quichote and in addition to Marcello in Bohemein Schwerin and Don Giovanni in Brandenburg, he sang Maxwell-Davies' St. Magnus at the Festival Carinthischer Sommer, followed by Bim in Heinz Holligers Beckett-opera What, Where for the Zeitgenössiche Oper Berlin as well as Jingle Bells Show at the Friedrichatstadtpalast, a world premiere at the Aspekte Festival in Salzburg, followed by taking part in the 2006 production with Placido Domingo of Cyrano de Bergerac at Covent Garden in London.
2007 and 2008 include Samson and Dalilah at the Philharmonie Berlin, as well as guest roles in Gera (Tosca), Schwerin (La Boheme), Salzburg (Albert Herring) and a new production of Rigoletto in Hildesheim, La Boheme in Norhausen, Carmen in Kiel and the worldpremiere production of Lazarus (Christobal Halffter) at the Opernhaus Kiel, a concert with Cole Porter and Gerschwin songs at the Komische Oper Berlin, Escamillo inCarmen in Hannover und Melot in Tristan und Isolde in Bielefeld. 2009 Productions include Don Giovanni , Les contes d'Hoffmann and Un ballo in maschera, 2010 Eugen Onegin and 8 Songs for a Mag Ki
In addition to his operatic work Gavin has a busy career on the concert platform, and his repetoire encompasses works from Brahms Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Handels oratorios. Gavin has sung in concert halls as diverse as the Philarmonie (Berlin), C.P.E.Bach Konzerthalle, Liverpool Cathedral, Ely Cathedral and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Gavin has taken part in several masterclasses by renowned singers, these include Sherrill Milnes, Francisco Araiza, Fedora Barbieri, Chris Merritt and Guiseppe Taddei.
Gavin's passed seasons were busy. He sang in several new productions:Mahagonny in Detmold, Carmen in Hagen, Sweeney Todd in Flensburg and Street Scene in Aachen. He made his debut at the Komische Oper Berlin Hans Zenders Don Quichote and in addition to Marcello in Bohemein Schwerin and Don Giovanni in Brandenburg, he sang Maxwell-Davies' St. Magnus at the Festival Carinthischer Sommer, followed by Bim in Heinz Holligers Beckett-opera What, Where for the Zeitgenössiche Oper Berlin as well as Jingle Bells Show at the Friedrichatstadtpalast, a world premiere at the Aspekte Festival in Salzburg, followed by taking part in the 2006 production with Placido Domingo of Cyrano de Bergerac at Covent Garden in London.
2007 and 2008 include Samson and Dalilah at the Philharmonie Berlin, as well as guest roles in Gera (Tosca), Schwerin (La Boheme), Salzburg (Albert Herring) and a new production of Rigoletto in Hildesheim, La Boheme in Norhausen, Carmen in Kiel and the worldpremiere production of Lazarus (Christobal Halffter) at the Opernhaus Kiel, a concert with Cole Porter and Gerschwin songs at the Komische Oper Berlin, Escamillo inCarmen in Hannover und Melot in Tristan und Isolde in Bielefeld. 2009 Productions include Don Giovanni , Les contes d'Hoffmann and Un ballo in maschera, 2010 Eugen Onegin and 8 Songs for a Mag Ki