Roy Cornelius Smith

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Roy Cornelius Smith is an American tenor, from Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

Smith has been heard on some of the world's greatest operatic stages including the Salzburger Festspiele, the Metropolitan Opera, Volksoper Wien, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Smith has a D.M.A. from the American Conservatory of Music, and BA and MA degrees from UT.

[edit] Awards and honors

• 1990 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition
• 1997 Licia Albanese/Puccini International Voice Competition
• The Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Award

[edit] External sites

• Herbert Barrett page