ANTHONY SMITH Anthony Smith, baritone
The baritone Anthony Smith was born in Newcastle-upon- Tyne and at the age
of eight became a chorister at York Minster. He studied singing with Otakar
Kraus and Eva Turner at the then Royal Manchester College of Music, took part
in master classes by Tito Gobbi and undertook further work with Pierre Bernac
and with distinguished teachers in Mantua and Rome. In 1973 he won first prize
in the Kathleen Ferrier Competition and the following year triumphed in the
Royal Overseas League Competition. His subsequent career took him to Glyndebourne,
Opera North and Covent Garden, followed, between 1990 and 1994, by a period
spent with the Nice Opera and his début with the Paris Opéra-Contique
His international career has continued with recent appearances at the Opéra
Bastille in Paris.
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