NEWS
(Upcoming) Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust - Adrian is thrilled to announce that he will be returning to Puerto Rico in June of 2024! He will be singing Mephistopheles in Berlioz' La Damnation de Faust with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico as part of the Pablo Casals Festival. More information can be found here.
Return to Berlioz - After back-to-back engagements performing Berlioz' Roméo 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 Philharmonia is 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!
Return to Berlioz - After back-to-back engagements performing Berlioz' Roméo 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 Philharmonia is 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!
