American bass Kevin Langan made his San Diego Opera debut as Duke of Norfolk in Henry VIII in 1983, returning as Dr. Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro in 1986 and 2002, Basilio in The Barber of Seville in 1987 and 1993 and Daland in The Flying Dutchman in 1987, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1989, Colline in La bohème in 1990 and 2000, Alidoro in Cinderella in 1996, Timur in Turandot in 1997, Sarastro in The Magic Flute in 2001, Olivier Michaud in Thérèse Raquin in 2003 and will appear as Friar Laurent in Romeo and Juliet in 2010. He enjoys a long history with San Francisco Opera where he has appeared in 40 different productions beginning with Samson and Delilah. Other roles he has performed in San Francisco include Timur, Colline, Ramfis in Aida, Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino, Henry VIII in Anna Bolena, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Sobakin in The Tsar’s Bride and Sarastro, a role he has also taken to Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Omaha, West Palm Beach, Washington DC and Santa Fe. He has appeared in thirteen different productions with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and in twenty different productions with Santa Fe Opera. He has extensive recording credits and appears on the DVD release of David Hockney’s Turandot, Aida with Luciano Pavarotti, Samson and Delilah with Plácido Domingo and Orlando Furioso with Marilyn Horne, among others.