Brent Michael Smith, bass, is from Owosso, Michigan, a small town of 15 thousand people with a rich history in architecture, American industry and noteworthy people such as naturalist and author James Oliver Curwood and former presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey. He comes from two hardworking, middle-class families with heritage stemming from San Luis Potosí, Mexico and a combination of Irish, English and German ancestry.

Brent moved to Zürich, Switzerland to join the International Opera Studio (IOS) of Opernhaus Zürich for the 2020-2021 season. Since 2021-2022, he has been an Ensemble Member there performing such roles as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Frère Laurent in Romeo et Juliette and Fafner in Das Rheingold, among others. 

During his time in Zurich, Brent has had the privilege to be a part of three DVD recordings that have also been live-streamed worldwide on such platforms as ARTE TV, and Medici TV. He has enjoyed working with conductors and directors on new and revival productions, including Gianandrea Noseda, Marco Armiliato and Fabio Luisi in addition to Andreas Homoki, David Alden and Ted Huffman, among others.

He has sung with such companies as Opera Philadelphia, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Santa Fe Opera, Kentucky Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Central City Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit Opera). 

Brent is tennis player and fan, loves all dogs (particularly Spitz types such as the Pomeranian and the Samoyed) and he is an avid reader.
 

Brent is a former Finalist of the Queen Sonya International Music Competition (2021) and National Semifinalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2020). He has won prizes in the Grand Rapids Opera Competition (2012), Giargiari Bel Canto Competition (2018), Opera Birmingham Competition (2018) and Opera Index Competition (2018) and Il Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino (2021). He has received grants from the Loren L. Zachary Competition (2019) and the Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition (2019).