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Reginald Smith, Jr.

BARITONE

"One of the most exciting baritone sounds to come around in years. His voice is ample and thrillingly dramatic..."

OPERA NEWS

Reginald Smith, Jr.

is a GRAMMY® and Emmy Award-winning baritone, lauded as a "passionate performer" (The New York Times) with a voice that is "electric, hall-filling" (The Baltimore Sun), and "one of the most exciting baritone sounds to come along in years" (Opera News). Smith’s 2025-2026 season features his Carnegie Hall debut in Carlisle Floyd’s The Pilgrimage as well as house and role debuts at Seattle Opera as the Pirate King in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance; at Minnesota Opera as Tonio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci; and with the Oakland Symphony in his first Verdi Requiem. He appears at the Houston Grand Opera for his role debut as Peter in Hänsel und Gretel and performs the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. In concert, he returns to The Phoenix Symphony and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for special holiday performances. In recent seasons, Smith made debuts with the Washington National Opera, Baltimore Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic. He also took part in a United in Song concert with the American Pops Orchestra, televised nationally on PBS, and performed in recitals at Mercer University and the Richard Tucker Music Foundation's annual gala. Throughout his operatic career, Smith has performed with leading companies worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, where he won a 2021 GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera Recording for his house debut in 2019, as well as the Dallas Opera and Hong Kong Opera. Born in Atlanta, Smith is a Grand Finals winner of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, among many other accolades.

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His imperious voice blustered and sneered with poisonous villainy.

"Rounding out the excellent lead casting was Reginald Smith, Jr. as Scarpia. From the moment of his grand entrance, walking on chairs so that he towered over the stage, Smith’s imperious voice blustered and sneered. His rendition of the finale to Act I amid the chorus’s impassioned “Te deum” impressed by its poisonous villainy..."

CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW

SCARPIA, TOSCA

THE SANTA FE OPERA

Get in touch.

Reginald is represented by Michael Benchetrit and Minerva Artists. For all professional inquiries, please be in touch with the management. For personal inquiries, he can be reached via email and on social media.

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