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Roy Cornelius Smith

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American tenor Roy Cornelius Smith has established himself among the ranks of the finest tenors of his generation through his voice of exceptional color and beauty, his compelling dramatic interpretations, and outstanding musicianship. He has already been heard on some of the world's great operatic stages including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Salzburger Festspiele, Norwegian National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, and the New Israeli Opera. He has also appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, to name but a few.

During his tenure as an ensemble member with the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mr. Smith appeared as Calaf, Cavaradossi, Don Jose, Sigmund in Der Ring an einem Abend, Pinkerton, Turiddu, Canio and Otello with Krassimira Stoyanova conducted by Dan Ettinger. He also premiered numerous new productions including Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West directed by Tilman Knabe, the title role in Don Carlo directed by Jens-Daniel Herzog, Max in Der Freischütz directed by Armin Holz, Hagenbach in La Wally directed by Tilman Knabe, Dionysus in The Bassarids by Henze directed by Frank Hilbrich, and Eléazar in La Juive directed by Peter Konwitschny.

Last season, he returned to the roster of the Metropolitan Opera as Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut and will return this season for Fidelio. He also performed Faust in Boito's Mefistofele with Teatro del Giglio di Lucca and returned to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for performances of Calaf. This seasons schedule includes performances of Verdi's Messa da Requiem and Verdi's Aida in Mannheim and Boito's Mefistofele with Teatro Sociale di Rovigo. He also makes his debut in France as Eleazar in La Juive with the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg and debuts with Opera Leipzig as Der Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten.

Recent performances include Florestan in a new production of Fidelio directed by Markus Bothe and conducted by Julia Jones; Canio in I Pagliacci with the Norwegian National Opera and Opera Las Palmas; his debut with the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen where he sang Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, directed by Kasper Holten and Canio in I Pagliacci, directed by Paul Curran under the baton of Stefano Ranzani; Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West with Lyric Opera of Chicago opposite Deborah Voigt, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis; the title role in Andrea Chenier at the Bregenzer Festspiele; Des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at Oper Graz; Calaf in Turandot with New Orleans Opera opposite Lise Lindstrom and Deutsche Oper Berlin opposite Maria Guleghina; Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West with Nashville Opera; Haman in Esther with New York City Opera; Radames in Aida with Opera Birmingham, Erik in Der fliegende Holländer with New Orleans Opera, and Pollione in Norma at the Chautauqua Institution. A past winner of the New York Metropolitan Opera Auditions, his international debut occurred in 1998 at the prestigious Salzburger Festspiele, where he sang Fatty, the Bookkeeper, in Kurt Weill's Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. (Available on Kultur DVD/Video with Catherine Malfitano and Dame Gwyneth Jones, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies). Later that same season he reprised the role in English for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Mr. Smith hails from Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music from the University of Tennessee and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the American Conservatory of Music and currently resides in Vienna Austria.

English

Madame Butterfly

B.F. Pinkerton

Turandot

Calaf (The Unknown Prince)

Carmen

Don José

Aida

Radamès

Andrea Chenier

Andrea Chénier

Pagliacci

Canio

Manon Lescaut

Il Cavaliere Renato des Grieux

Rustic Chivalry

Turiddu

The Girl of the Golden West

Dick Johnson

Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Don Carlo (Italian version)

Don Carlo

Othello

Otello

The Marksman

La Wally

Giuseppe Hagenbach

The Ring in One Evening

Siegmund

The Bassarids

Dionysus

The Jewess

Eléazar

La Bohème

Rodolfo

The Flying Dutchman

Erik

The Eternal Road

Rabbi

The Woman without a Shadow

Die Erscheinung eines Jünglings

1. Stimme der Wächter der Stadt

The Merry Widow

Bogdanowitsch

Boris Godunov

Blijniy Boyarin

Salome

2. Jude

Nabucco

Abdallo

Un messaggero

Tannhäuser

Heinrich der Schreiber

Esther

Haman

Mephistopheles

Faust

Ismaele

Fidelio

Florestan

Der Kaiser

Siegfried

Tristan and Isolde

Tristan

Peter Grimes

The Birds

Hoffegut

The Fairies

Arindal

Electra

Ein junger Diener

Parpignol

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Fatty der Prokurist

The Nightingale

Premier émissaire japonais

McTeague

Waiter, Posse, Guest

Excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen

Gurre-Lieder

Waldemar

The Tales of Hoffmann

Nathanaёl

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