His first engagement in Europe came from Giancarlo Menotti, who brought a production of Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg from the Spoleto Festival, USA, to the Rome Opera.
He was introduced to Paris in 2000, in the role of Pierre Bezukhov in Francesca Zambello's production of War and Peace at the Opera National de Paris, followed by a reprise of Der Zwerg, Golitsin in Khovanscina (Opera News summed it up when writing about his Golitsin: "Brubaker once again showed that, for sheer stamina in high-lying music, he has few rivals" ) and Dmitri in Boris Godunov.
Continuing his career in Europe, Mr. Brubaker appeared at the Salzburg Festival, singing the title role in Der König Kandaules, and Alviano in Die Gezeichneten (“Robert Brubaker is a tour-de-force as Alviano using his light helden tenorvoice to convey the anguish he feels.” – Michael Sinclair, TheOpera Critic); Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera Covent Garden; Laca in Jenufa at the Glynebourne Festival.
He has also had the opportunity to sing Peter Grimes in Aldeburgh, where Benjamin Britten wrote the opera, and Boris in Katya Kabanova at the Janáček Festival in Byrno.
On DVD: Chairman Mao in Metropolitan Opera HD Live Production of Nixon In China, conducted by the composer, John Adams available on Nonesuch Golitzin in Khovanshchina at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona available on Opus Arte Alviano Salvago in Franz Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten from the Salzburg Festival, directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff and conducted by Kent Nagano available on Euro Arts.