Karla Burns [SEP] voice type
Karla Burns
Karla Burns (born December 24, 1954) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and actress who has performed nationally and internationally in opera houses, theaters, and on television. She is notably the first black person, African-American or otherwise, to win the Laurence Olivier Award, Britain's most prestigious award for theatre.
Biography.
Karla Burns was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas to parents Ira Willie Lee Burns and Catherine S. Burns. Burns credits her parents for inspiring her musical gifts
Hattie in Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate" with the London Sinfonietta on the 1990 EMI Studio recording.
- Songs of New York 1984
- Karla Burns...A Spiritual Mosaic in 1998
- Karla Burns and Earnest Alexander - A Christmas Celebration in 2001
- Burns By Request in 2004
- La Burns ... A Red Hot Momma's Tribute with Mark Foley, JC Combs and Bill Thompson in 2005
External links.
- Opera News July 1996
- Opera News October 1997