Morgan Smith

Graduate of Columbia College at Columbia University as well as Mannes College of Music in New York City, Morgan made his debut as a Seattle Opera young artist (1999-2000) and in 2001 there made his professional debut as Donald in Billy Budd. Smith, an established Seattle fan, has been featured in more than 12 shows, including Don Giovanni in the title part, Silvio and I Pagliacci in I Pagliacci as well Riccardo of I Puritani. He also performed the role of Peter Niles, in Mourning Becomes Alive. He is a regular performer in the concert hall and in the orchestra, Mr. Smith made his Dallas Symphony debut with Bach's St. Matthew Passion, and debuted with an orchestra from the San Antonio Symphony for the North American premiere of Vier Praludien and Ernste Gesange, Detlef Glanert's orchestral arrangement of the popular cycle by Brahms. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is also on the program, along with the Requiems written by Brahms Faure Mozart Durufle, masses by C Minor Mozart Vaughan Williams and 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.