Texas State School of Music: Reginald Smith Jr., baritone

• Reginald Smith, Jr., baritone

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About Reginald Smith, Jr., baritone

Grammy- and Emmy-winning baritone Reginald Smith, Jr., the 2021 U.S. representative at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, has been lauded as a "passionate performer" (The New York Times) with a voice that is "electric, hall-filling" (The Baltimore Sun), "thrillingly dramatic" (Opera News) and "one of the most exciting baritone sounds to come along in years" (Opera News). Smith, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, is a Grand Finals winner of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio.