Baritone Alex Smith received his Master of Music in Voice from the Yale School of Music in the spring of 2024, under Adriana Zabala. He received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied with Lorraine Manz. During his time at Yale, Mr. Smith performed the roles of Musiklehrer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Junius (The Rape of Lucretia), Raimbaud (Le Comte Ory), Father Trulove (The Rake's Progress), and Marco (Gianni Schicchi). In the summer of 2023, he attended The Glimmerglass Festival as a Young Artist where he performed in the chorus of La bohème and Roméo et Juliette, in addition to covering roles in Roméo et Juliette.
As the Resident Artist Baritone this season with Lyric Opera, he sang the roles of Stately String in The Haberdasher Prince and Fiorello in The Barber of Seville, and will sing Ping in Turandot and Cat in the world premiere of Maya and the Magic Ring by Lori Laitman and Dana Gioia.
