Robert Brubaker has established himself as a leading tenor in opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, praised for the clarity and power of his voice and the impact of  his acting.

Career highlights include Mime in Siegfried at the Metropolitan Opera conducted by James Levine and broadcast internationally; his appearances at the Salzburg Festival in the title role of Zemlinsky’s Der König Kandaules, and as Alviano in Die Gezeichneten, both with Kent Nagano; as Count Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace with the Opéra National de Paris, directed by Francesca Zambello; Mephistopheles in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere of Busoni’s Doktor Faust; Golitsin in Khovanshchina at the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Gran Teatre del Liceu inBarcelona; Albert Gregor in The Makropulos Case at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Catherine Malfitano; at Houston Grand Opera, and English National Opera, where it was also recorded for Chandos Records with Sir Charles Mackerras; Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at Covent Garden on opening night of Antonio Pappano’s first season as music director; Guido Bardi in Zemlinsky’s Eine Florentinische Tragödie with James Conlon conducting, Aegisth in Elektra, and Herodes in Salome at Teatro alla Scala.

Recent engagements include Chairman Mao in Nixon in China composed and conducted by John Adams at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Loge in Das Rheingold at Teatre de la Maestranza in Seville, Don Ignacio in Of Love and Other Demons at Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg composed and conducted by Peter Eötvös, Alviano in Die Gezeichneten at Los Angeles Opera, and Herodes in Salome at Teatro Comunale di Balogna. Future engagements include the title role of Zemlinsky’s Der König Kandaules at the Volksoper in Vienna, Der Hauptman in Wozzeck at the Opers Festival of Santa Fe; Mime in a new production of Siegfried at the Metropolitan Opera New York and the Witch in Hansel and Gretal at the Metropolitan Opera.

Mr. Brubaker appears on DVD, as Count Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace with the Opéra National de Paris, directed by Francesca Zambello available on TDK; as Alviano Salvago in Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten from the Salzburg Festival, directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff and conducted by Kent Nagano, as Golitzin in Khovanshchina at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and as Herodes in Salome also at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.  Mr. Brubaker can be heard on audio recordings in the title role of Der König Kandaules from the Salzburg Festival conducted by Kent Nagano, available on Andante Records; Gregor in The Makropulos Case conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and Boris in Katya Kabanova conducted by Carlo Rizzi on Chandos Records; and on Naxos American Classics’ recording of Avodat Shabbat by Herman Berlinski, conducted by Gerard Schwartz.