American tenor William Burden has won an outstanding reputation in a wide-ranging repertoire throughout Europe and North America.

This season, Mr. Burden returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Alwa in Lulu, both the Dallas Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera as Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri, and the Seattle Opera as Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles. This summer he returns to the Opera Company of Philadelphia as the Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, and makes his debuts at the Cincinnati Opera as Don Jose in Carmen and the Edinburgh Festival as the title role in Judas Maccabeus. Next season he tours Europe with Les Arts Florissant, and returns to the Seattle Opera for the world premiere of Amelia.  

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