About
Christine Taylor Price
Highlights of the 2026 season include a touring production of Kurt Weill’s Happy End, in which she appears as Lieutenant Lillian Holiday in a landmark collaboration between The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and the Seagle Festival. She returns to Opera Saratoga to star as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and joins Opera Montana for the world premiere of A River Runs Through It, an operatic adaptation by composer Zach Redler, in which she is originating the role of Jessie.
Highlights of the 2026 season include a touring production of Kurt Weill’s Happy End, in which she appears as Lieutenant Lillian Holiday in a landmark collaboration between The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and the Seagle Festival. She returns to Opera Saratoga to star as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and joins Opera Montana for the world premiere of A River Runs Through It, an operatic adaptation by composer Zach Redler, in which she is originating the role of Jessie.
Recent seasons have seen Ms. Price in a wide range of leading roles, including Amalia in She Loves Me at Opera Saratoga, Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Gulfshore Opera as well as Opera in Williamsburg where she also appeared as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. She was featured in Ohio Light Opera’s 2023 and 2024 seasons as Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld and Angèle Didier in The Count of Luxembourg, and played the role of “Soldier” in Zach Redler’s The Falling and the Rising in San Diego.
Her operatic repertoire reflects a particular affinity for Mozart, with performances including Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Serpetta (La finta giardiniera), Papagena, and the title role in Bastien und Bastienne. Additional roles include Frau Fluth in Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor and the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. She has appeared with companies and orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, New World Symphony, Portland Baroque Orchestra and Opera Columbus.
A dedicated recital artist, Ms. Price maintains an ongoing collaboration with pianist Steven Blier and the New York Festival of Song, appearing in performances at Caramoor, The Juilliard School, Merkin Hall, and the Arizona Chamber Music Festival. She has also created and performed her own autobiographical cabaret, The Price of Love, a one-woman exploration of life and love in New York through musical theatre repertoire.
Ms. Price’s early training included a master class with Renata Scotto for the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, followed by a special recital at the Park Avenue Armory. She was also a semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and was a young artist with Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Ravinia Steans Institute and the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie.
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ms. Price began her studies at Juilliard’s Pre-College Division at age sixteen before earning degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and returning to Juilliard for her Master of Music and Artist Diploma in Opera Studies.