Standing at six and a half feet and possessing a big frame and a dark beard, Lundberg made a striking figure on stage.
[1] Two important early successes for Lundberg came in 1988, when he sang in the United States premieres of Richard Strauss's Friedenstag and Krzysztof Penderecki's Die schwarze Maske, both with the Santa Fe Opera.
In 2003 he made his first appearance at the Lyric Opera of Chicago portraying the title role in Wagner's Siegfried under conductor Sir Andrew Davis.
He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on October 5, 2005 as the Officer in Ariadne auf Naxos with Violeta Urmana in the title role.
In addition he had three daughters with his previous wife, whom served as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's second pianist, the late Melody Lord Lundberg.