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Robert Dean Smith (born 2 May 1956 in Kansas) is an American operatic tenor.
Smith studied at Pittsburg State University (Kansas) with Margaret Thuenemann, at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City with Daniel Ferro, and with Professor Janice Harper in Europe.[citation needed] Like many dramatic tenors, he began his career as a baritone and sang for several years in German opera houses[which?]. He sings a variety of opera and concert repertoire, in different languages and styles.
From 2007 to 2008 he performed Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger in Dresden; Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Lyric Opera of Chicago with Deborah Voigt and Christine Brewer; Tristan und Isolde at the Madrid Teatro Real and the Bayreuth Festival; Tannhäuser at the Berlin Staatsoper; Der fliegende Holländer at the Bavarian State Opera (Bayerische Staatsoper) in Munich and the Vienna State Opera; Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera, London at Covent Garden; and Fidelio in Tokyo.[citation needed]
On March 22, 2008, Smith made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the lead role in Tristan und Isolde — which was broadcast in the Met's Live in HD series in cinemas in the US, and also aired live on NPR and other radio stations in the US and abroad, as part of the live Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network season. Smith was brought in to replace an ailing Ben Heppner.[1]
In January 2015, during the final scene of Tristan und Isolde with Elisabete Matos at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, a 210 kg fake rock suspended over Smith as the recently dead Tristan began descending. When Smith noticed it was not stopping he rolled away and quickly got to his feet, provoking laughter from the audience. There was a subsequent investigation into “l’affaire du rocher”, concluding with the conviction and eight-month prison sentence of a stagehand for sabotage.[2][3][4]
^"Smith Joins 'Tristan and Isolde' Cast". BroadwayWorld.com. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^Colcombet, Louise (31 March 2019). "Le ténor américain avait frôlé la mort : sur la piste du sabotage à l'opéra de Toulouse". Le Parisien. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^"Toulouse : Un machiniste condamné pour la chute d'un rocher du décor en plein opéra". 20 minutes. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^Marshall, Alex (17 September 2021). "Fake Rock Nearly Crushes Opera Star: Accident or Sabotage?". New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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