Reviews
August 4, 2012
- OperaOnline gave Adrian a fantastic review for Don Pasquale with Cape Cod Opera which can be found here.
May 1, 2012
- The Arts Fuse judicial review for Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Huntington Theatre, Boston Massachusetts.
March 9, 2012
- Article in BU Today about Duke Bluebeard's Castle at the Incite Festival in New York.
October 10, 2011
- The Boston Globe's review of Duke Bluebeard's Castle in Boston.
Previous Engagements
Following performances in Morganelli's Hercules vs. Vampires and Higdon's Cold Mountain, Adrian returns to the North Carolina Opera in January to portray Count Monterone in Rigoletto.
South Carolina Bach - On December 14th and 15th Adrian joins the South Carolina Bach Choir in performances of Bach's Magnificat in E-flat. For tickets and more information, please visit the SC Bach facebook page here.
Christ Church Greenville - Adrian will be performing as the baritone soloist in the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah with the Christ Church Parish Choir. Join us Sunday, December 17th at 5pm in the Nave. More information here.
Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition -
Adrian was honored to win 3rd place in the Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition on May 7th, 2017.
Asheville Lyric Opera -
Returning to the ALO in July, Adrian will sing Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love on July 14th at 8PM and July 16th at 3PM. For tickets and more information, visit the ALO website here.
2017 Upcoming Performances -
Check back soon for more information regarding performances of
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Verdi's Rigoletto
El Paso Opera-
In March, Adrian joins El Paso Opera for their production of Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella). Adrian will be singing the role of Alidoro. Please click here for more information. See you in Texas!
Lynn University Philharmonia-
Please join Adrian and the Lynn University Philharmonia for their performance of Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette February 25 & 26, 2017 at Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center. To purchase tickets, please visit this page. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on the 25th and 4:00 p.m. on the 26th.
NC Opera-
Adrian will be joining NC Opera on Sunday, October 30th at 3PM for their presentation of HERCULES VS. VAMPIRES by American composer Patrick Morganelli. NC Opera's website describes the show:
"What happens when a cutting edge Hollywood composer meets a classic sword and sandals flick from the 60s? Hercules vs. Vampires combines a performance of singers, orchestra, and Patrick Morganelli’s new operatic score performed live in sync with a screening of Mario Bava’s 1961 film Hercules in the Haunted World. Music, muscles, myth – this show has everything!"
Join in on the fun by clicking here.
Clearlakes Chorale
- This weekend Adrian will join his friends, the Clearlakes Chorale in Wolfeboro, NH as the baritone soloist for the Mozart Requiem. This is Adrian's fourth appearance with this dynamic and energetic ensemble.
Concerts are Saturday, May 14 at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 15 at 2:00 at First Congregational Church of Wolfeboro. Tickets and information are available here. See you at the lake!
Santa Fe Opera
- This summer, Adrian will return to the Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Singer, where he will be singing Friar Jean in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Larkens in Puccini's La fanciulla del West, the Major Domo in Strauss' Capriccio, and will cover the Doctor in Barber's Vanessa. Please visit the opera's website for tickets and more information.
SC Bach Choir
- On Sunday May 1st, Adrian will join the SC Bach Choir for their spring concert at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church. The concert is at 4 p.m. and tickets, available here, are $15 general admission, $10 seniors, and $5 for students. Please join Adrian, conductor David Rhyne and this superb ensemble for an afternoon of great music.
Concert Includes
Motet: "Jesu meine Freude"/"Jesus, my joy" (BWV 227)
Violin Sonata
Cantata 82 "Ich habe genug"/"I have enough"
Asheville Lyric Opera
- Adrian is currently in production for ALO's production of The Magic Flute as bird catcher Papageno. The Magic Flute will play Friday April 8th and Sunday April 10th. Tickets are available here.
El Paso Opera
- This winter, Adrian will be making his debut with El Paso Opera singing Zuniga in their production of Carmen. Performance dates are March 17th & 19th. Please visit the opera's website for tickets and more information.
Asheville Lyric Opera
- Adrian is currently on the road with the Asheville Lyric Opera in their touring production IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA singing the role of Basilio. Happy Autumn!
Asheville Lyric Opera
- Adrian is thrilled to announce that in October he will make his debut with the Asheville Lyric Opera for their production IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA singing the role of Basilio. He is excited to spend the fall in his native Western North Carolina and work with the ALO for the first time. Performances are October 23 & 25 at Diana Wortham Theatre, downtown Asheville. For information about the performance and to purchase tickets, please click here or call 828.257.4530.
Virginia Opera
- This fall, Adrian returns to the Virginia Opera to cover Sweeney Todd in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore. He will also sing and cover roles in Salome, and sing the role of the Messenger in La Traviata.
June 30, July 1, 3, 7, 2014
- Adrian will be featured on the Western Piedmont Symphony's Summer Pops Concert Series, "A Musical Journey Through the Americas." Please click here for information. Performances will be held in Hickory, Lenoir, Sparta, and Banner Elk, North Carolina.
July 31 - August 9, 2014
- Adrian is pleased to announce his main stage debut with the GLOW Lyric Theatre for their 2014 Festival Season singing Colline in Puccini's La Boheme. Performances will take place at the Gunter Theatre in downtown Greenville, SC. For tickets and more information, please visit glowlyric.com or purchase tickets directly through the Peace Center box office.
June 1, 2014
- You're invited to Adrian and talented collaborative pianist Dewitt Tipton for a wonderful recital in Flat Rock, NC at 4 p.m. at St. John of the Wilderness Church. Selections include Faure op 85, Strauss op 27, Vaughn Williams Songs of Travel, and arias from Lerner and Loewe's Camelot and Bizet's Carmen. Following the performance, please join us for a delicious reception provided by the church.
August 2013 - April 2014
- Adrian will join the ranks at Virginia Opera for a fall full of outreach to local schools and an exciting opera season in Norfolk, VA. Adrian will be singing the role of Lackey and will cover the role of Truffaldin Ariadne auf Naxos as well as cover the role of Zuniga in Carmen. For more information about Virginia Opera's season, click here.
June - August, 2013
- The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York has invited Adrian to join them for their 2013 season. Adrian will cover King Arthur in Camelot. For more information, click here.
March 24, 2013
- Adrian is privileged to join the Atlanta Sacred Chorale for their MasterWorks performance of Mozart's Requiem. For more information, please click here. For tickets, please click here.
March 2, 5, 8, & 10, 2013
- Joining the Atlanta Opera for their production of La Traviata, Adrian will be singing the role of Dr. Grenvil. Tickets and information here.
December 8 & 9, 2012
- Happy Holidays! Making his third appearance with the Clearlakes Chorale in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Adrian will be singing Bach's Magnificat and traditional carols in a two concert appearance. Tickets and information here.
November 2-4, 2012
- Adrian will be singing the role of the Master of Ceremonies in Massenet's Cendrillion at Kentucky Opera.
November 10, 2012
- Adrian will be singing the role of Angelotti in Tosca in a semi-staged concert performance with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra in Owensboro, KY. This is in conjunction with Kentucky Opera's 2012-2013 season.
August 3-5, 2012
- Join Adrian on Cape Cod for the Cape Cod Opera production of Don Pasquale this August. Performed in English, this production will take place at the Tilden Arts Center on the campus of Cape Cod Community College. Tickets and info available at 508 246 0039 or here.
May-June, 2012
- This summer, Adrian will join the Gerdine Young Artists at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
April 19-22, 2012
- Adrian will perform the role of Marquis de la Force in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites with the BU Opera Institute. Information about this event can be found here.
April 22, 2012
- Adrian will be participating in the NATSAA Competition's regional round.
March 25, 2012
- Adrian will perform the bass solo in Handel's Dettingen Te Deum with Boston's Coro Allegro at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts at 3:00 p.m.
March 11, 2012
- Adrian will reprise the role of Duke Bluebeard in Duke Bluebeard's Castle at the BU InCite Festival this weekend in New York City. He will be performing Sunday evening at 5:00 & 8:00 p.m. at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
Bio as it appeared prior to April 15, 2016
With a deep, rich tone and commanding stage presence, bass-baritone Adrian N. Smith is establishing himself as a rising young opera star. Most recently, he was heard in to role of Don Basilio in Asheville Lyric Opera's production of Il barbiere di Siviglia. Last summer, he joined the Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist for productions of La fille du Régiment, Salome, and the world première of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain, based on an epic Civil War novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. A recent alumnus of Virginia Opera’s Emerging Artist Program, Smith’s assignments included Joseph Porter in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, the title role in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Zuniga in Carmen, Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, and First Nazarene and Fifth Jew in Strauss’ Salome.
In recent seasons Smith performed Colline in La bohème with Opera North, and Angelotti in a concert performance of Tosca with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra amidst a wealth of début performances including King Arthur in a performance of Camelot at Glimmerglass Opera, Dr. Grenvil in Atlanta Opera’s La traviata, and The Dodo in the U.S. premiére of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Additional credits include appearances as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, The Old Doctor in Vanessa, Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, as Geronimo in Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, as Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des carmélites, and in the title role of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.
On concert stages, Mr. Smith’s engagements include Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat and Mass in B Minor, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Händel’s Messiah and Dettingen Te Deum, and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor at Boston Symphony Hall.
Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Voice Performance Lenoir-Rhyne University, a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Boston University, and was a member of the Boston University Opera Institute where he earned a Certificate in Opera Performance. He is an alumnus of the young artist training programs at Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Kentucky Opera. He was a prize winner in the NATS Regional Competition and the Heafner/Williams Vocal Competition.
South Carolina Bach - On December 14th and 15th Adrian joins the South Carolina Bach Choir in performances of Bach's Magnificat in E-flat. For tickets and more information, please visit the SC Bach facebook page here.
Christ Church Greenville - Adrian will be performing as the baritone soloist in the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah with the Christ Church Parish Choir. Join us Sunday, December 17th at 5pm in the Nave. More information here.
Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition -
Adrian was honored to win 3rd place in the Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition on May 7th, 2017.
Asheville Lyric Opera -
Returning to the ALO in July, Adrian will sing Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love on July 14th at 8PM and July 16th at 3PM. For tickets and more information, visit the ALO website here.
2017 Upcoming Performances -
Check back soon for more information regarding performances of
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Verdi's Rigoletto
El Paso Opera-
In March, Adrian joins El Paso Opera for their production of Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella). Adrian will be singing the role of Alidoro. Please click here for more information. See you in Texas!
Lynn University Philharmonia-
Please join Adrian and the Lynn University Philharmonia for their performance of Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette February 25 & 26, 2017 at Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center. To purchase tickets, please visit this page. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on the 25th and 4:00 p.m. on the 26th.
NC Opera-
Adrian will be joining NC Opera on Sunday, October 30th at 3PM for their presentation of HERCULES VS. VAMPIRES by American composer Patrick Morganelli. NC Opera's website describes the show:
"What happens when a cutting edge Hollywood composer meets a classic sword and sandals flick from the 60s? Hercules vs. Vampires combines a performance of singers, orchestra, and Patrick Morganelli’s new operatic score performed live in sync with a screening of Mario Bava’s 1961 film Hercules in the Haunted World. Music, muscles, myth – this show has everything!"
Join in on the fun by clicking here.
Clearlakes Chorale
- This weekend Adrian will join his friends, the Clearlakes Chorale in Wolfeboro, NH as the baritone soloist for the Mozart Requiem. This is Adrian's fourth appearance with this dynamic and energetic ensemble.
Concerts are Saturday, May 14 at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 15 at 2:00 at First Congregational Church of Wolfeboro. Tickets and information are available here. See you at the lake!
Santa Fe Opera
- This summer, Adrian will return to the Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Singer, where he will be singing Friar Jean in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Larkens in Puccini's La fanciulla del West, the Major Domo in Strauss' Capriccio, and will cover the Doctor in Barber's Vanessa. Please visit the opera's website for tickets and more information.
SC Bach Choir
- On Sunday May 1st, Adrian will join the SC Bach Choir for their spring concert at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church. The concert is at 4 p.m. and tickets, available here, are $15 general admission, $10 seniors, and $5 for students. Please join Adrian, conductor David Rhyne and this superb ensemble for an afternoon of great music.
Concert Includes
Motet: "Jesu meine Freude"/"Jesus, my joy" (BWV 227)
Violin Sonata
Cantata 82 "Ich habe genug"/"I have enough"
Asheville Lyric Opera
- Adrian is currently in production for ALO's production of The Magic Flute as bird catcher Papageno. The Magic Flute will play Friday April 8th and Sunday April 10th. Tickets are available here.
El Paso Opera
- This winter, Adrian will be making his debut with El Paso Opera singing Zuniga in their production of Carmen. Performance dates are March 17th & 19th. Please visit the opera's website for tickets and more information.
Asheville Lyric Opera
- Adrian is currently on the road with the Asheville Lyric Opera in their touring production IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA singing the role of Basilio. Happy Autumn!
Asheville Lyric Opera
- Adrian is thrilled to announce that in October he will make his debut with the Asheville Lyric Opera for their production IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA singing the role of Basilio. He is excited to spend the fall in his native Western North Carolina and work with the ALO for the first time. Performances are October 23 & 25 at Diana Wortham Theatre, downtown Asheville. For information about the performance and to purchase tickets, please click here or call 828.257.4530.
Virginia Opera
- This fall, Adrian returns to the Virginia Opera to cover Sweeney Todd in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore. He will also sing and cover roles in Salome, and sing the role of the Messenger in La Traviata.
June 30, July 1, 3, 7, 2014
- Adrian will be featured on the Western Piedmont Symphony's Summer Pops Concert Series, "A Musical Journey Through the Americas." Please click here for information. Performances will be held in Hickory, Lenoir, Sparta, and Banner Elk, North Carolina.
July 31 - August 9, 2014
- Adrian is pleased to announce his main stage debut with the GLOW Lyric Theatre for their 2014 Festival Season singing Colline in Puccini's La Boheme. Performances will take place at the Gunter Theatre in downtown Greenville, SC. For tickets and more information, please visit glowlyric.com or purchase tickets directly through the Peace Center box office.
June 1, 2014
- You're invited to Adrian and talented collaborative pianist Dewitt Tipton for a wonderful recital in Flat Rock, NC at 4 p.m. at St. John of the Wilderness Church. Selections include Faure op 85, Strauss op 27, Vaughn Williams Songs of Travel, and arias from Lerner and Loewe's Camelot and Bizet's Carmen. Following the performance, please join us for a delicious reception provided by the church.
August 2013 - April 2014
- Adrian will join the ranks at Virginia Opera for a fall full of outreach to local schools and an exciting opera season in Norfolk, VA. Adrian will be singing the role of Lackey and will cover the role of Truffaldin Ariadne auf Naxos as well as cover the role of Zuniga in Carmen. For more information about Virginia Opera's season, click here.
June - August, 2013
- The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York has invited Adrian to join them for their 2013 season. Adrian will cover King Arthur in Camelot. For more information, click here.
March 24, 2013
- Adrian is privileged to join the Atlanta Sacred Chorale for their MasterWorks performance of Mozart's Requiem. For more information, please click here. For tickets, please click here.
March 2, 5, 8, & 10, 2013
- Joining the Atlanta Opera for their production of La Traviata, Adrian will be singing the role of Dr. Grenvil. Tickets and information here.
December 8 & 9, 2012
- Happy Holidays! Making his third appearance with the Clearlakes Chorale in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Adrian will be singing Bach's Magnificat and traditional carols in a two concert appearance. Tickets and information here.
November 2-4, 2012
- Adrian will be singing the role of the Master of Ceremonies in Massenet's Cendrillion at Kentucky Opera.
November 10, 2012
- Adrian will be singing the role of Angelotti in Tosca in a semi-staged concert performance with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra in Owensboro, KY. This is in conjunction with Kentucky Opera's 2012-2013 season.
August 3-5, 2012
- Join Adrian on Cape Cod for the Cape Cod Opera production of Don Pasquale this August. Performed in English, this production will take place at the Tilden Arts Center on the campus of Cape Cod Community College. Tickets and info available at 508 246 0039 or here.
May-June, 2012
- This summer, Adrian will join the Gerdine Young Artists at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
April 19-22, 2012
- Adrian will perform the role of Marquis de la Force in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites with the BU Opera Institute. Information about this event can be found here.
April 22, 2012
- Adrian will be participating in the NATSAA Competition's regional round.
March 25, 2012
- Adrian will perform the bass solo in Handel's Dettingen Te Deum with Boston's Coro Allegro at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts at 3:00 p.m.
March 11, 2012
- Adrian will reprise the role of Duke Bluebeard in Duke Bluebeard's Castle at the BU InCite Festival this weekend in New York City. He will be performing Sunday evening at 5:00 & 8:00 p.m. at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
Bio as it appeared prior to April 15, 2016
With a deep, rich tone and commanding stage presence, bass-baritone Adrian N. Smith is establishing himself as a rising young opera star. Most recently, he was heard in to role of Don Basilio in Asheville Lyric Opera's production of Il barbiere di Siviglia. Last summer, he joined the Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist for productions of La fille du Régiment, Salome, and the world première of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain, based on an epic Civil War novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. A recent alumnus of Virginia Opera’s Emerging Artist Program, Smith’s assignments included Joseph Porter in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, the title role in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Zuniga in Carmen, Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, and First Nazarene and Fifth Jew in Strauss’ Salome.
In recent seasons Smith performed Colline in La bohème with Opera North, and Angelotti in a concert performance of Tosca with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra amidst a wealth of début performances including King Arthur in a performance of Camelot at Glimmerglass Opera, Dr. Grenvil in Atlanta Opera’s La traviata, and The Dodo in the U.S. premiére of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Additional credits include appearances as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, The Old Doctor in Vanessa, Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, as Geronimo in Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto, as Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des carmélites, and in the title role of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.
On concert stages, Mr. Smith’s engagements include Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat and Mass in B Minor, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Händel’s Messiah and Dettingen Te Deum, and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor at Boston Symphony Hall.
Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Voice Performance Lenoir-Rhyne University, a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Boston University, and was a member of the Boston University Opera Institute where he earned a Certificate in Opera Performance. He is an alumnus of the young artist training programs at Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Kentucky Opera. He was a prize winner in the NATS Regional Competition and the Heafner/Williams Vocal Competition.
