Roy Cornelius Smith, tenor, was born in the USA. His repertoire includes Calaf in Turandot, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Don Jose in Carmen (Bizet), Erik in Der fliegende Hollander, Tristan in Tristan un Isolde (Wagner), Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Max in Der Freischutz (Weber), Eleazar in La Juive (Halevy), Florestan in Fidelio (Beethoven), Faust in Mefistofele (Boito), the Emperor in Die Frau Ohne Schatten (R. Strauss), the title role in Peter Grimes (Britten), the title role in Andrea Chenier (Giordano), Radames in Aida (Verdi) and others. He performs at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and in the opera houses of Chicago, Berlin, Oslo, Copenhagen, Mannheim, Strasbourg, Leipzig, Antwerp, Bregenz, New Orleans and others. At the Israeli Opera he sang the Rabbi in the Eternal Road (Weill).