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ALLAN SMITH (Baritone) |
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Allan Smith is increasingly in demand on both the operatic and concert stages. He appeared recently as Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte in London and joined Bristol Choral Society for Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Other recent opera roles include Aeneas in Dido & Aeneas and Pandolfe in Massenet’s Cendrillon, both for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He also appeared as Schaunard in La Boheme in the Anghiari Festival, Italy and performed the role of Enzo in Sweetness and Badness for Welsh National Opera.
On the concert platform Allan has been bass soloist in St. Matthew Passion in Chester Cathedral, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music with the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the role of Dio (God) in the Hebrew Cantata: Dio, Rigore e Clemenza with Orchestra Atalanta Fugiens in Italy. This year he gave Lieder recital in Oxford and will do so again later in the year. He has performed in recital at Westminster Cathedral, Carlisle International Festival and St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Other repertoire includes Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orff's Carmina Burana (with Ex Cathedra and Birmingham Royal Ballet), Fauré's Requiem with BBC National Chorus of Wales, Bach's St. John Passion in Liverpool Cathedral and Tewkesbury Abbey, and Schubert's Mass in C in Denver, USA. Throughout the U.K. Allan has sung performances of Brahms' German Requiem, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Fauré's and Duruflé's Requiem.
Allan’s commitment to new music has led to his presentation of world or regional premieres of numerous contemporary works, including American composer, Gerald Busby’s Amends and Martin Bussey’s Three Scots Songs.
On CD, he has featured in Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb with AVIE. (AV2072) and future plans include his solo debut album of Lieder settings of Robert Burns.
Allan is native of Scotland. He Studied at the University of Wales and continued his studies at the University of Cambridge and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, where he won the Sir Geraint Evans Prize, the Lee Freeman Prize and the Philip Jenkins Memorial Prize.
Vocal studies then continued in Milan with Giovanna Canetti before commencing a training program last year with English National Opera.
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