San Diego Opera debut. American bass Kevin Burdette’s recent roles include Stefano in The Tempest with L’Opera de Quebec, a role he will reprise with the Metropolitan Opera, the leading role of Prophet/King in the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters with Gotham Chamber Opera and Opera Company of Philadelphia, Bartolo in The Barber of Seville with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Ko-Ko in The Mikado with Virginia Opera, Papageno in The Magic Flute for Opera Grand Rapids and Phoenix Opera, Leporello in Don Giovanni with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Death/Loudspeaker in The Emperor of Atlantis and the Photograph of the Father in The After-Image for Boston Lyric Opera, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress with The Princeton Festival, Ogro in Montsalvatge's El gato con botas with Gotham Chamber Opera, Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Colline in La bohème with Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and his debut with Santa Fe Opera as Mr. Scattergood in Menotti's The Last Savage.