Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor is the current President & General Director at Minnesota Opera. Ryan has previous experience as the General Director at Arizona Opera from January 2012 to April 2016. In this role, they provided administrative, financial, and artistic management of an annual organizational budget of $6 million. Ryan also led strategic planning and created artistic initiatives for Arizona Opera, providing a cohesive artistic process, functional relationships with union membership, monitor staffing needs, and implement technical systems to assist communication and functionality within the new Arizona Opera Center. Prior to their experience as a General Director, Ryan was a Manager & Public Relations at ADA Artist Management from October 2009 to January 2012.

Ryan Taylor has a Bachelor of Arts in Music Ryan'story from The University of the South and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Molly O’Gara - Interim Costume Administrator, Diana Konopka - Development Director, and Emily Bishai - Resident Artist Assistant Stage Director report to Ryan Taylor.