Brent Michael Smith ’20 · bass
Hometown
Owosso, Michigan
Education
B.M. from Hope College, M.M. from University of Northern Iowa
Competitions
Finalist in the Loren E Zachary Competition (2019); Opera Index Competition Award (2018) and two-time Regional Finalist Award-Winner in MONC Auditions (2018, 2019); First Place in the Opera Grand Rapids Competition (2012)
Previous Roles
Lakai, Ariadne auf Naxos, Santa Fe Opera; The Commentator, Scalia/Ginsburg, Ariodate, Serse, both at The Glimmerglass Festival; Ashby, La fanciulla del West, Friedrich Bhaer, Little Women, and Colline, La bohème, all with Michigan Opera Theatre; Dr. Grenvil, La traviata with Owensboro Symphony (KY) and Lafayette Symphony (IN); Harry Hopkins, A Woman in Morocco with Kentucky Opera. Upcoming: God of Evil/Procrustes, Hercules vs Vampires with Arizona Opera
Upcoming Roles
Tchélio, The Love for Three Oranges, Opera Philadelphia’s O19 Festival; Colline (cover) La bohème and Drokan, The Thirteenth a Child (world premiere), Santa Fe Opera
Roles at AVA
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Russian Romances
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) · Figaro
- Roméo et Juliette · Fr. Laurence
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Così fan tutte · Don Alfonso
- Russian Romances
- Suor Angelica and Le Villi · Ensemble
- La traviata · Marchese D'Obigny
- Recital #3 - French Repertoire
- Jubilate! A concert of sacred music
- Ariadne auf Naxos · Truffaldino
- Das Rheingold · Fafner
- Il trovatore · Ensemble