

In the second act "they are leading me off to the dungeon. Reviewing the production in the San Francisco Chronicle, critic Steven Winn described Smith as "firm-voiced."


His character in the Italian opera puts a curse on the title character and a duke with mixed results. The gay black baritone Houston resident has been performing as Count Monterone in the celebrated company's production of "Rigoletto." Marking his debut with the San Francisco Opera during its summer season has been Reginald "Reggie" Smith Jr.
