"Bass baritone, Roland Burks (Tonio/Taddeo in “Pagliacci”) makes sounds as rich and filling as Gnocchi… That said, it’s deliciously overwhelming when a handsome bass baritone in a clown wig is belting out Italian libretto at your right elbow."
Elizabeth Withey, the Edmonton Journal, Canada

"As Ferrando (“Il Trovatore”), basso Roland Burks gripped the listener on stage and in the audience with his “Allerta, allerta!”… Mr. Burks possesses a true basso cantante with resonance, beauty, power and an Italianate vibrato that conjured up memories of the great bassos of post war Italy."
Nino Pantano, The Italian Voice

"Roland Burks as Pasha Selim, with Soprano Amanda Pabyan as Constanza in Anchorage Opera’s, “Die Entfürung Aus Dem Serail”. “Surely the audience felt cheated that Mozart didn’t give Pasha Selim (Roland Burks in “Die Entfürung Aus Dem Serail”) one note to sing. Burks’ commanding stage presence and soothing speaking voice felt like a tease.” "
Sarah Henning, Anchorage Daily News