San Diego Opera debut. American baritone Morgan
Smith will be reprising the role of Starbuck he created for the 2010 World
Premiere of Moby-Dick at Dallas Opera.
He has enjoyed a long association with Seattle Opera where he made professional
debut in 2001 singing Donald in Billy Budd and has returned to sing the title role of
Don Giovanni, Silvio in
I Pagliacci, Ricardo in
I Puritani, and Peter Niles in
Mourning Becomes Electra. Recent
performances include Figaro in The Barber
of Seville, Papageno in The Magic
Flute, Marcello in La bohème,
Falke in Die Fledermaus, Leandre in
Love for Three Oranges and Guglielmo
in Così fan tutte for Oper Leipzig as
well as Marcello for Berlin Staatsoper and Opera Colorado. Other notable
performances include Escamillo in Carmen
with Fort Worth Opera and Tacoma Opera and both Morales and Zuniga in
Carmen with Los Angeles Opera. As a
performer of modern vocal music he sang the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s
chamber piece For a Look or a Touch
and created the role of Ted Steinert in
Frau Margot with Ft. Worth Opera , both of which are available on recording.