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Reginald Smith, Jr., Baritone / Richard Bado, Piano

OCTOBER 9, 2020 Available on demand through November 8 Who’s Who

REGINALD SMITH, JR. () BARITONE

HGO studio alumnus Reginald Smith, Jr. has been seen at HGO most recently as Amonasro in (2020). Other HGO appearances include the roles of Bonze in Madame Butterfly; Speaker, Priest, and Armoured Man in outdoor performances of and Speaker in selected mainstage performances of The Magic Flute (all 2015); Dancaïre in and Marullo in (2014); and Blind in Die Fledermaus (2013–14). Smith’s 2019–20 season opened with his much- anticipated debut at The Metropolitan as Jim in ; also last season, he performed the role of Jake in Porgy and Bess at Opera. Previous roles include Sharpless in (Opera Memphis); Amonasro in Aida (Opera Idaho); Senator Charles Potter, General Airlie, and Bartender in Gregory Spears’s Fellow Travelers (); Monterone in Rigoletto (Portland Opera); and Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algeri (Opera Memphis). His orchestral appearances include Christmas Pops Concerts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Oregon Symphony.

RICHARD BADO (UNITED STATES) The Sarah and Ernest Butler Chorus Master Chair PIANO

HGO Studio alumnus Richard Bado is director of artistic operations and chorus master at HGO. He made his professional conducting debut in 1989 leading HGO’s acclaimed production of at the newly restored Cairo Opera House in Egypt. Since then, he has conducted for Houston Ballet, , Opéra national de Paris, Opera, the Aspen Music Festival, , the Russian National Orchestra, the Florida Philharmonic, the Montreal Symphony, and Wolf Trap Opera. With HGO, he has conducted (2016) and Robert Wilson’s production of Four Saints in Three Acts at the Edinburgh Festival (1996). An accomplished pianist, Bado appears regularly with Renée Fleming in recital. He has also played for Cecilia Bartoli, , , , , Ramón Vargas, , Jamie Barton, Ryan McKinny, and Nathan Gunn. Bado holds music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he received the 2000 Alumni Achievement Award, and West Virginia University; he also studied advanced choral conducting with Robert Shaw. He has appeared on with . For 12 years, he was the director of the opera studies program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He has served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Dolora Zajick Institute for Young Dramatic Voices, the International Vocal School in Moscow, and the Texas Music Festival, and has served on the music staffs of the , , the Bolshoi Opera Young Artist Program, Opera Australia, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Utah Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera. He regularly judges for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He received HGO’s Silver Rose Award in 2013 in celebration of his 25th year as chorus master. Program 3 Lieder für Bariton Robert Owens Fremde Stadt (1925-2017) Eine Geige in den Gärten Im Nebel

Creole Songs arr. Camille Nickerson Mister Banjo (1888-1982) Lizette, ma chêre amie Chêre, mo lemmé toi

Nightsongs H. Leslie Adams Prayer (b. 1932) Drums of Tragedy The Heart of a Woman Night Song Sence You Went Away Creole Girl

It’s Me, O Lord Traditional, arr. Betty Jackson King Steal Away Traditional, arr. Dave Ragland Ain’t-a That Good News! Traditional, arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.

Credits

Ben Doyle Video Director Guarantor Streaming Partner Molly Dill Producing Director Daniel James Video Producer Michael James Clark Lighting Designer Kristen Burke Stage Manager Video Production Produced in Jeremy Johnson English Subtitles association with Dotti Staker Hair & Makeup Austin Opera

Performing artists, stage directors, and choreographers are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, the union for opera professionals in the United States.

Stage crew personnel provided by IATSE, Local #51.

Wardrobe personnel provided by Theatrical Wardrobe Union, Local #896.