Morgan Smith

He graduated from Columbia College at Columbia University and Mannes College of Music in New York City, Morgan began his career as an Seattle Opera young artist (1999-2000) then in 2001 made his professional debut playing Donald in Billy Budd. Smith is well-known as a Seattle favorite and has played the roles in 12 different productions such as Don Giovanni, Silvio in I Pagliacci (title role), Riccardo I Puritani, Peter Niles Mourning Becomes Electra and the role of Count Alamaviva, in Le nozze di Figaro. Smith has been a regular performer, made his Dallas Symphony debut in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Also, he appeared in his part in the North American premier of Detlef Glanert's orchestral adaptation of Brahms' beloved Cycle Vier Praludien and Ernste Gesange as part of the San Antonio Symphony. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is also on the list, as are the Requiems written by Brahms Faure Mozart Durufle, and Masses C Minor Mozart Vaughan Williams as well as Bach's B Minor Mass. Handel's Messiah, L'Allegro Penseroso Moderato as well as Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Bach's B Minor Mass, many cantatas, and Bach's Weihnachts Oratorium.