Bryce Smith (Bass) hails from Lumberton, Mississippi and has
been a resident artist with Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, Dicapo
Opera Theatre, Natchez Festival of Music and Tulane Summer Lyric
Theatre in New Orleans. In 2004, he made his professional concert debut
as the soloist in Handel’s
Messiah at Carnegie Hall.   

Smith has received many awards from companies such as the Mobile
Opera Guild, Denver Lyric Opera Guild and the Metropolitan Opera
National Council Auditions. Last summer, he became a D.C. favorite, first
performing with the Capitol Symphony Orchestra for the Horatio Alger
Association of Distinguished American’s 60th Anniversary Inaugural
Dinner at Andrew Mellon Auditorium.  He has also performed the national
anthem at Susan G. Komen Foundation’s 18th & 19th annual National Race
for the Cure, the largest race/walk fundraising event in the world with
over 50,000 participants on the Mall in D.C.   

Last season, Smith was seen as Zuniga in Hudson Opera Theatre’s
production of
Carmen, Raimondo in New Jersey Association of Verismo
Opera’s
Lucia di Lammermoor, Count Capulet in Romeo et Juliette and
Ashby in
La fanciulla del West with Dicapo Opera Theatre.

This season, Smith debuts with Regina Opera Company in
Lucia di
Lammermoor
as Raimondo, will return in Gianni Schicchi as Simone and
in Faust as Mephistofeles.  He will also be seen in Opera Manhattan's
productions of
Don Giovanni, Faust and Bluebeard's Castle.  For more
information, please visit
www.bryce-smith.com.