Robert Dean Smith
Robert Dean Smith as the dying Tristan in Christoph Marthaler's production of Tristan und Isolde at the Bayreuth Festival.
Robert Dean Smith was born in Kansas. After studies in Pittsburg and at the New York Juilliard School, he started his career – as a baritone - at the Städtische Bühnen Bielefeld.
His Bayreuth debut came in 1997, when he sang Walther von Stolzing in Wolfgang Wagner's production. His other roles in Bayreuth include Lohengrin, Siegmund and Tristan in Christoph Marthalers production from 2005.
Robert Dean Smith sings at opera houses like Metropolitan, Covent Garden, Teatro Real Madrid, La Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Los Angeles Opera and has been performing at the Bayreuth Festival since 1997.
Robert Dean Smith's Wagner roles
Walther von Stolzing Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Tristan Tristan und Isolde
Lohengrin Lohengrin
Parsifal Parsifal
Tannhäuser Tannhäuser
Siegmund Die Walküre
Erik Der fliegende Holländer
Robert Dean Smith as Lohengrin (concert performance)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer. Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, Act 3, scene 1 & 2. Concertgebouw, 29 October 2010.
Camilla Nylund - sopran (Elsa), Robert Dean Smith - tenor (Lohengrin).
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