Hugh Smith - Tenor


Opera Performances * Concert performaneces * Solo performances

Hugh Smith made his professional debut in Madama Butterfly at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples in 1996. He has performed with Opera de Paris, l'Opera National de Paris, Berlin Deutsche Oper, Concertgebouw, Den Norske Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Lithuanian Opera, Netherlands Opera, New National Theatre, Tokyo, Opera North, The New Israeli Opera, Opera de Puerto Rico, and Edinburgh Festival.

In the United States he has appeared at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera in the Parks, Richard Tucker Gala, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dayton, Houston Grand Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Pacific, San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, Spoleto Festival, Toledo Opera, and the Kennedy Center in honor of Luciano Pavarotti.

In 2008 Mr. Smith performs Forza del Destino with the Israeli Opera, Don Carlos with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta, La Gioconda Israeli Opera and Otello in Wroclaw, Poland.

In 2007, he appeared in Manon Lescaut with The Florida Grand Opera and in Une tragédie Florentine by Alexander Von Zemlinsky with the Opera de Lyon (France). He completed the year in St. Louis with Holiday concerts with Nicole Cabell, soprano, and the Compton Heights Concert Band. In January 2008, Hugh is performing in the New Israeli Opera's production of La Forza Del Destino.

In 2005, Hugh sang Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest under Maestro Valery Gergiev; Netherlands Opera in Norma; a recital at Bowling Green State University; and sang with the Madison Symphony in Mahler's Symphony No. 8. Summer 2005 included Tokyo's New National Theatre (Madame Butterfly), and soloist with Sigrun Hjalmtysdottir (Iceland's Diddú) in Saint Louis. He completed 2005 in Manon Lescaut in Norway.

2006 took him to Tel-Aviv for The New Israeli Opera production of Don Carlos. He toured with Opera North; performed Lohengrin at Opera de Lyon, France; and Fancuilla del West at the Concertgebouw.

Smith holds a Masters in Music from Bowling Green State University, Ohio and continued his studies at the Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia.

Opera Performances:
Alfredo, La Traviata (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera de Puerto Rico, and Theatre Sao Carlos in Lisbon)
Cavaradossi, Tosca (Netherlands Opera)
Des Grieux, Manon Lescaut (Den Norske Opera, Opera Pacific, Opera North, and Bayerische Staatsoper)
Don Carlo, Don Carlo (Opera National de Paris and Lithuanian Opera, Israeli Opera)
Don Jose, Carmen (National New Theater, Tokyo; Opera Company of Philadelphia, Michigan Opera Theatre, and Toledo Opera)
Enee, Les Troyens (Chatelet Theatre Musical De Paris)
Faust, Faust (Dayton)
Forresto, Attila (Lyric Opera of Chicago and Bologna)
Gustaf III., König von Schweden in Un Ballo in Maschera (Berlin Deutsche Oper)
Laca, Jenufa (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Charleston and Spoleto USA)
Lenski, Eugene Onegin (Opera Pacific and Academy of Vocal Arts)
Manrico, Il Trovatore (Opera Pacific and Academy of Vocal Arts)
Matteo, Arabella (Chatelet Theatre de Musicale de Paris)
Pollione, Norma (Opera Geneve, Berlin Staatsoper, San Diego Opera, Netherlands Opera)
Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly (Tokyo; Houston, San Francisco and Napoli - Teatro San Carlo)
Riccardo, Un Ballo in Maschera (Academy of Vocal Arts)
Rodolfo, La Boheme (Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton, Hamburgische Staatsoper and Baltimore Opera)

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Concert performaneces:
Beethoven’s Ninth (Puerto Rico Symphony)
Die Liebe der Danae (Avery Fisher Hall, NY)
Giovanna d'Arco (Carnegie Hall)
Le roi Arthus (King Arthur) (Avery Fisher Hall)
Lelio ou Le Retour a la vie (Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique)
Les Troyens (Edinburgh Festival)
Manon Lescaut (Concertgebouw-Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland)
Nabucco (Carnegie Hall)
Te Deum op. 22 by Berlioz (Concertgebouw-Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland)
Tosca (Met in the Parks, NY)
Messa Da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi (Deutsche Oper Berlin, BBC Philharmonic; Bologna, teatro comunale)
Symphony No. 8 by Mahler (Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife, Madison Symphony)

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Solo performances:
American Symphony Orchestra & Concert Chorale of New York
BBC Philharmonic
Bochum Philharmonic
Bowling Green University Orchestra
Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall
Compton Heights Concert Band of St. Louis
Dayton Philharmonic
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Kennedy Center Awards in honor of Luciano Pavarotti
Madison Symphony
Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
Pacific Symphony
Philadelphia Orchestra
Puerto Rico Symphony
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Toledo Symphony
Tucker Gala, NY

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Uodated January 2008

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