Since the time of his professional debut in 2001 at the Seattle Opera in the role of Donald in Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd,  baritone Morgan Smith has performed with numerous opera companies and symphonies across North America, reaching an audience of over 500,000 people. Originally from White Plains, NY, Smith is a graduate of Columbia College and the Mannes College of Music. He has since been  been heard in a number of roles at the Seattle Opera, including the title role in Don Giovanni, Riccardo in I Puritani, and Silvio in I Pagliacci. Opera News  had the following to say about his Silvio: "Morgan Smith was riveting. Smith has a delightfully easy-sounding baritone that on this occasion was charged with passion: Silvio's ardor provided extraordinary relief amid the rest of the opera's meanness and misery. He almost stole the show."

Future engagements include Handel's Messiah with the Seattle Symphony, Escamillo in Carmen with Ft. Worth Opera, the role of Starbuck in the world premiere of Jake Heggie's Moby Dick for his debuts with the Dallas Opera, and the San Diego Opera, and the title role in Don Giovanni with Opera Cleveland .

The young baritone has also performed with the San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Portland Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Sarasota Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Florentine Opera, El Paso Opera, the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Sun Valley Center for the Performing Arts, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, and the Bellingham Music Festival. Roles performed include: Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Marcello in La Bohème, Don Alvaro in Il Viaggio a Reims, Slook in La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Top in The Tenderland, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Belcore in L'Elisir D'Amore , Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Escamillo and Don Giovanni. The Bellingham Herald had the following to say about his performance as Don Giovanni: "Morgan Smith of the Seattle Opera gave an electrifying performance as Don Giovanni, radiating saturnine power, dark magnetism and cruel charm. His ample, cognac-smooth voice has just enough snarl to give it bite. This young singer already inhabits the role the way James Bond fills a tux."

Mr. Smith has also appeared with many orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Portland Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Yakima Symphony, and North Arkansas Symphony.

Smith is also known for his interpretation of modern orchestral and operatic repertoire. Credits include the role of Ted Steinert in the world Premiere of Thomas Pasatieri's Frau Margot with Fort Worth Opera, Manfred in the world premiere performance and recording (Naxos) of Jake Heggie's For a Look or a Touch, Harry or Larry in Elliot Carter's What Next?, covering Gerald Finley as Robert Oppenheimer  in the world premiere of John Adams' Dr. Atomic for the San Francisco Opera, the world premiere of Richard Cumming's Aspects of Hippolytus, and the title role in the Tony Kushner/Maurice Sendak adaptation of Hans Krasa's children's opera, Brundibar, with Seattle's Music of Remembrance under the baton of Gerard Schwarz.