Morgan Smith

The graduate of Columbia College at Columbia University as well as Mannes College of Music in New York City, Morgan was an Seattle Opera young artist (1999-2000) and in 2001 there made his professional debut playing Donald on stage in Billy Budd. The show is a huge hit for audiences in Seattle Mr. Smith has performed roles in a dozen other operas since that debut -- including Count Alamaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni (title role), Silvio in I Pagliacci, Riccardo in I Puritani as well as Peter Niles in Mourning Becomes an Electra. A regular on the concert stage Smith has also performed in several other productions. Smith made his Dallas Symphony debut in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, and was also featured as a member of The San Antonio Symphony for the North American premiere of Vier Praludien und Ernste Gesange, Detlef Glanert's orchestral version of the adored work by Brahms. Additional concert repertoire include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; the Requiems composed by Brahms, Faure, Mozart and Durufle; Mass in C Minor of Mozart as well as the Mass in G Minor of Vaughan Williams; Bach's B Minor Mass as well as numerous cantatas, and Weihnachts Oratorium; Handel's Messiah as well as L'Allegro il Penseroso and the Moderato and Haydn's The Creation and Lord Nelson Mass.