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Alumni Profile: Bruce Burroughs '71 M.M.

Vocal Performance

Bruce Burroughs

Until forced to retire from the stage, baritone Bruce Burroughs performed leading roles with opera companies across the country including Busoni's Arlecchino, Mozart's Don Giovanni and the American premiere of Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach.   After the onset of a degenerative spinal disorder, Burroughs took up the pen, serving as a music critic for the Los Angeles Times and as editor-in-chief of The Opera Quarterly .   One of the definitive voices in opera, Burroughs continues to offer his expert opinions to Opera News.