David Rogers-Smith is a versatile performer in classical, musical theatre and cabaret styles. With a Bachelor of Education in Music (Melbourne University) behind him, his career began as a chorister with solo tenor appearances including the title role in Britten’s St Nicholas Cantata, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem and the Melbourne premiere of Lloyd Webber’s Requiem. He also sang in the chorus with the Australian Opera for Verdi’s Requiem, and performed with the a capella group ‘The Phones’.

In 1993, David became a member of the ensemble of The Phantom of the Opera, understudying the role of operatic tenor, Ubaldo Piangi. He played the role many times opposite Christa Leahmann, Helen Noonan and Margaret Haggart. During this time he studied with Robert Gard OBE. David left Phantom to join the Asian/African tour of Les Miserables in which he played the role of the thug Brujon and understudied the starring role of Jean Valjean.

During the Cape Town season of Les Miserables, David was invited back to Australia to play the role of Piangi for the Australasian tour. He played approximately 1000 performances in Brisbane, Adelaide, Auckland, Melbourne and Perth. He then played in The Three Tenors, for corporate functions and wrote and starred in his first cabaret show David Rogers-Smith - UNPLUGGED!!

David has also starred in Jack Hibberd’s Dimboola; Big Stuff (a tribute to Leonard Bernstein with Natalie and Mark Jones); Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens; as General Kromov in The Merry Widow with Marina Prior; and his highly acclaimed Ziegfeld Tenor opposite Caroline O'Connor in Funny Girl for the Production Company. A different role was walking cover to the drag/soprano role of Mary Sunshine in Chicago.

In 1999 David starred with rave revues as Buddy Plummer in Follies in Concert at the Crown Showroom with Nancye Hayes and John O’May and A Night at the Opera with Independent Classics. In 2000, a Bastille Day Cabaret with Denise Shepherd; A Night At The Opera 2000; starring in Forbidden Broadway 2000, a cabaret review with impersonations of Mandy Patinkin, Topol and a soprano nun amongst many others; Gaugin – A Synthetic Life with ChamberMade Opera and a new Three Tenors corporate act.

David had a hit with both sold-out and return seasons at Chapel Off Chapel of Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little and a sell out with the cabaret show There Are Bears In There. 2001 also saw David’s operatic debut in the Melbourne Festival’s flagship Salome with the Kirov Opera; A Night at the Opera 2001 and his acclaimed Nessun Dorma in Hats Off at the National Theatre.

2002 saw David in three cabaret show including The Bears; performing with Independent Classics as a soloist in their Proms series (Melbourne Town Hall) and various concerts, and singing Nessun Dorma again with the corporate act The Three Waiters.

2003 saw David perform the leading role of Michele in The Saint of Bleecker Street (described as “magnificently sung” by THE AGE and “brilliantly portrayed” by the HERALD SUN) and a new one man show Being Alive (with a return by popular demand performance); Mozart’s The Impresario for Emotionworks plus a morning melodies show From Pirates to Phantom. David also sang Mozart’s Requiem at St Patrick’s Cathedral as well as singing Flavours of America in the Barossa Festival with Guila Tiver and Greg Roberts. David finished off 2003 with a concert at the Melbourne Town Hall as soloist with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra and starring with Amelia Farrugia and Roger Lemke in Deep In My Heart with The Australian Pops Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House.

In 2004 David made his debut performance with the Sydney Symphony at the Opera House; wrote and performed Thoughts Unspoken at Chapel Off Chapel (directed by Shaun Murphy); starred in two MYO concerts at the Melbourne Town Hall; sang the role of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Melbourne Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre; sang as the tenor soloist in Lloyd Webber's Requiem; and the role of St Nicholas in Benjamin Britten's St Nicholas Cantata. He performed again with The Australian Pops Orchestra at the Melbourne Concert Hall in The Best of British. The year finished off with Carols at Como Park complete with fireworks.

2005 saw a reprise of the role of Pinkerton in Butterfly ("powerful and lusty...a fine characterisation" - Sunday Herald Sun); a brand new cabaret show, Feeling Good back at Chapel Off Chapel and Kingston; featuring in The Proms at the Melbourne Town Hall; a classical recital Music is the Food of Love at The Assembly Hall; the Missa Criolla with the National Boys Choir at Hamer Hall and various Carols.

In 2006 David toured as a member of the international cast of The Phantom of the Opera to Taipei and Hong Kong, reprising his role as the operatic tenor Piangi, and put together a new cabaret show with Mark Jones at the piano.

2007 has seen some cabaret dates and Phantom in Singapore and Melbourne (so far).