NEWS
(Upcoming) Return to Puerto Rico - After a thrilling performance of Frère Laurent in Berlioz' Roméo et Juliette in April, Adrian is delighted to return to Puerto Rico to perform the baritone solo in Beethoven's Symphony #9 with Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico in October.
(Upcoming) Bach Around the Clock Adrian is delighted to return to Bach Around the Clock in Staunton, VA. Performances will be offered all day on March 16, 2024, and will culminate in The Cantata Hour at 7:30pm. Be sure to check out the schedule of all the wonderful performers on the Heifetz Institute site!
(Upcoming) Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust - Stay tuned for exciting news as Adrian will be performing Mephistopheles in Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust in Spring of 2024!
Return to Berlioz - After back-to-back engagements performing Berlioz' Romeo et Juliette with the Santa Fe Symphony and Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, critics offered this praise: "American baritone Adrian Smith should be highlighted., whose intervention captured the attention of the audience with both the deep drama of his performance, as well as with the projection of his dark sound." --Juan Luis O'Halloran, Olga Iglesias Project
Beethoven Symphony #9 - A wonderful recording of Adrian's performance of Beethoven's 9th with Lynn Philharmoniais available here!
North Carolina Opera - Reviews are in for NC Opera's Rigoletto!
"Adrian Smith's Monterone poured out imposing tone in his outrage against the Duke." - Roy C. Dicks. Review, CNVC.org.
Lynn Philharmonia - Reviews are in for Lynn Philharmonia's Berlioz' Roméo et Juliette!
"Bass-baritone Adrian Smith...was splendid in the finale. Leveraging excellent diction along with his big, bronze voice, he strode confidently to the apron of the stage and dominated the proceedings as Friar Laurence, invigorating the evening and driving the movement, and the work overall, to a forceful conclusion. --Greg Stepanich, Palm Beach Arts Paper. A great recording of the performance can be found here!
(Upcoming) Bach Around the Clock Adrian is delighted to return to Bach Around the Clock in Staunton, VA. Performances will be offered all day on March 16, 2024, and will culminate in The Cantata Hour at 7:30pm. Be sure to check out the schedule of all the wonderful performers on the Heifetz Institute site!
(Upcoming) Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust - Stay tuned for exciting news as Adrian will be performing Mephistopheles in Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust in Spring of 2024!
Return to Berlioz - After back-to-back engagements performing Berlioz' Romeo et Juliette with the Santa Fe Symphony and Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, critics offered this praise: "American baritone Adrian Smith should be highlighted., whose intervention captured the attention of the audience with both the deep drama of his performance, as well as with the projection of his dark sound." --Juan Luis O'Halloran, Olga Iglesias Project
Beethoven Symphony #9 - A wonderful recording of Adrian's performance of Beethoven's 9th with Lynn Philharmoniais available here!
North Carolina Opera - Reviews are in for NC Opera's Rigoletto!
"Adrian Smith's Monterone poured out imposing tone in his outrage against the Duke." - Roy C. Dicks. Review, CNVC.org.
Lynn Philharmonia - Reviews are in for Lynn Philharmonia's Berlioz' Roméo et Juliette!
"Bass-baritone Adrian Smith...was splendid in the finale. Leveraging excellent diction along with his big, bronze voice, he strode confidently to the apron of the stage and dominated the proceedings as Friar Laurence, invigorating the evening and driving the movement, and the work overall, to a forceful conclusion. --Greg Stepanich, Palm Beach Arts Paper. A great recording of the performance can be found here!
