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Kevin Burdette is an American bass who has worked as a soloist with the Teatro alla Scala,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Santa Fe Opera,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Seattle Opera, Teatro Colón,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dallas Opera,<ref name="Waleson">Template:Cite news</ref> San Diego Opera, Washington National Opera,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> New York City Opera,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Opéra de Montréal, Boston Lyric Opera,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Glimmerglass Opera,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Opera Philadelphia, and the Spoleto Festival USA,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> as well as many regional opera companies including Florentine Opera, Opéra de Québec, Portland Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Atlanta Opera,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Virginia Opera,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Wolf Trap Opera Company, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Memphis,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Gotham Chamber Opera, Knoxville Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, Toledo Opera, and the Lyric Opera of San Antonio. He has created multiple roles, including Beck Weathers in Joby Talbot's Everest, Eric Gold and the Ghost of Bazzetti in Jake Heggie's Great Scott, Papinou in Talbot's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Ob in Mark Adamo's Becoming Santa Claus, all with Dallas Opera, and Blindman and Stobrod Thewes in Jennifer Higdon's Cold Mountain, Manuel Toulon in Huang Ruo's M. Butterfly, Correspondent in John Corigliano's Lord of Cries, and Henry B. Isaacson and Justice Wills in Theo Morrison's Oscar, all with Santa Fe Opera.<ref name="Waleson" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
His concert engagements have included solo work with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic (with Gustavo Dudamel),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Philharmonia Orchestra (with Esa-Pekka Salonen),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> National Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, Seattle Symphony,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (with Neeme Järvi),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (with Kent Nagano), Utah Symphony Orchestra (with Keith Lockhart), Nashville Symphony, Boston Baroque,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the EOS Orchestra, AXIOM Ensemble (with Alan Gilbert),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra at venues including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall.
A recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant awarded by the Shoshana Foundation,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Award, presented by New York City Opera to an artist who demonstrates outstanding dramatic ability, and the Alumni Promise Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> from the University of Tennessee, he has been a member of both l'Opéra National de Paris young artists' Program and the San Francisco Opera young artist program.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Burdette received his master's degree in vocal performance at the Juilliard School, two Bachelor of Arts degrees (B.A. in College Scholars and a B.A. in music with a minor in history) from the University of Tennessee, and spent a year studying at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. He was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee.