In 1992 Burden was called to the San Francisco Opera to sing Count Lerma in
Don Carlo and Janek in
The Makropoulos Case. Gilbert Griffiths in
Tobias Picker's An American Tragedy (Metropolitan Opera, 2005), Dodge in Daron Hagen's
Amelia (Seattle Opera, 2010), Nikolaus Sprink in Kevin Puts's
Silent Night, Dan Hill in Christopher Theofanidis's
Heart of a Soldier (San Francisco Opera, 2011), Peter in Mark Adamo's
Gospel of Mary Magdalene (San Francisco Opera, 2013), Frank Harris in Theodore Morrison's
Oscar (Santa Fe Opera, 2013), and Louis in the stage premiere of Kevin Puts's
The Hours (Metropolitan Opera, 2022). His performance in
The Hours was video-cast on December 10 as part of the
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series. He performed the role of
Antonin Scalia in the revised version of Derrick Wang’s
Scalia/Ginsburg (
Glimmerglass Festival, 2017). While singing the title role in Leonard Bernstein's
Candide in 1992 at the Skylight Opera Theater in Milwaukee, he met his future wife, Carol Chickering, who was singing the role of Cunegonde. Bill and Carol went on to have two children, a daughter, Claire, and a son, Jaxon. His repertoire includes many lead roles, including: •
Scalia, in
Scalia/Ginsburg, Burden also sang in concert with
Les Arts Florissants, the
BBC Orchestra, and the
Berlin Philharmonic, among others. He is currently a faculty member at
Mannes School of Music, where he serves as Chair of the Voice Department, and
The Juilliard School. Burden has also studied with Arthur Levy. ==Comments==