1. Sam Roberts-Smith was born on 30 December 1985 and is an Australian operatic baritone who has performed with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, the Ten Tenors, Sydney Philharmonia, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and various other opera companies in Australia and overseas.
Sam Roberts-Smith attended Hale School, as did his older brother, Ben Roberts-Smith.
Sam Roberts-Smith graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2008 where he sang in an alternating cast the role of John Proctor in the Australian premiere of Robert Ward's opera The Crucible.
Sam Roberts-Smith joined Opera Australia in 2009 where he made his principal debut as Morales in Carmen in 2011.
That same year Roberts-Smith joined the Opera Australia Young Artist Program and subsequently the principal artist ensemble.
Sam Roberts-Smith has won numerous Australian and international awards, including the Joan Sutherland Vocal Scholarship, first place in the 2009 Australian Singing Competition, Symphony Australia Young Vocalist Award, Best Performance Award at the 2014 Paris Opera Awards, and the inaugural Deutsche Oper Berlin Award in 2016.
Sam Roberts-Smith joined The Ten Tenors from 2015 to 2017, and toured Australia, the US and Argentina with them.
Sam Roberts-Smith appeared opposite Emma Matthews in 2016 as Zurga in the West Australian Opera production of Bizet's Les pecheurs de perles.
In July 2019, Sam Roberts-Smith was invited to join the Golden Key International Honour Society in recognition of his academic achievements.
In October 2020, as West Australian social distancing restrictions eased, Sam Roberts-Smith performed the role of Guglielmo in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte for West Australian Opera, the first major opera company to return to live performance with a fully staged production in Australia.
Sam Roberts-Smith has a Master's degree in Human Resource Management from Edith Cowan University and appears on the ECU School of Business and Law's 2021 Dean's List.