Sam Smith

Sam Smith is an NHS Manager by day, and, for five years now, a reviewer by night. He covers opera, classical music and the occasional piece of jazz for musicOMH, and theatre and ballet for other websites. He has a PhD in Political History from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a particular love of Wagner. He fondly remembers going to Bayreuth at the age of seven to watch the entire Ring Cycle, and his signed book from Wolfgang and Gudrun remains one of his most cherished possessions. He is just at home, however, listening to a Handel oratorio, and loves the gargantuan Proms as much as the intimate Wigmore Hall. More generally, Sam has a wide ranging interest in the performing arts, art and architecture, and has been known to have spent more time in exhibitions on the Italian Renaissance or German Expressionism than it would take to see Götterdämmerung!
Sam Smith


Articles by Sam Smith


La bohème @ Royal Opera House, London (Reviews)

Falstaff @ Royal Opera House, London (Reviews)

The English Concert/Bicket @ Wigmore Hall, London (Reviews)

La fille du régiment @ Royal Opera House, London (Reviews)

LSO/Davis @ Barbican Hall, London, 19 (Reviews)

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra/Gergiev @ Barbican Hall, London (Reviews)

Miss Fortune @ Royal Opera House, London (Reviews)

OAE/Cummings @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (Reviews)

Le nozze di Figaro @ Royal Opera House, London (Reviews)

Deustche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Langrée @ Barbican Hall, London (Reviews)

OAE/Elder @ Royal Festival Hall, London (Reviews)

Padmore/Lewis @ Wigmore Hall, London, 14 (Reviews)

Così fan tutte @ Royal Opera House, London (Reviews)

BBCSO/Bělohl (Reviews)

Master Class (Features)

Rusalka @ Royal Opera House, Royal Opera House (Reviews)

Die Meistersinger von N (Reviews)