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 2026-2027 season opens with his house debut at the Canadian Opera Company as Giorgio Germont in Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, followed by his company and role debut with Anchorage Opera in the title role of Verdi's Macbeth. He returns to The Phoenix Symphony for his celebrated annual holiday performances, before beginning the new year with debuts at the Montgomery Symphony as Marcello in Puccini's La Bohème and the Waco Symphony as bass soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. In the spring, Smith makes his company and role debut as Jochanaan in R. Strauss's Salome with Kentucky Opera, and he closes the season with his house debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as part of the Holland Festival, reprising the role of Older Emile in Terence Blanchard's Champion. 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, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, and Hong Kong Opera.