Gerald Finley

Biography

Grammy-award winning Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley is a leading singer and dramatic interpreter of his generation, with acclaimed performances at the world’s major opera and concert venues and award-winning recordings on CD and DVD with major labels in a wide variety of repertoire. Mr Finley’s career is devoted to the wide range of vocal art, encompassing opera, orchestral and song, collaborating with the greatest orchestras and conductors of our time.

He began with the baritone roles of Mozart; his Don Giovanni and Count in Le nozze di Figaro have been heard live throughout the world and on DVD. Recent signature roles include Guillaume Tell, J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adam’s Dr. Atomic, and Jaufré Rudel in Saariaho’s L’amour de loin. He created Harry Heegan in Mark Anthony Turnage’s The Silver Tassie.

(From: http://www.geraldfinley.com)

Known For

Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: Tosca 2025
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Teatro Real 2024
Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023 2023
Royal Opera All-Star Gala 2020
Royal Opera House: Tosca 2018
Verdi: Otello 2018
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016 2016
Guillaume Tell 2015
Pelleas et Melisande 2015
Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival 2013
Wagner : Parsifal 2013
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 2012
Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010 2010
Adams: Doctor Atomic 2008
John Adams: Doctor Atomic 2007
Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro 2006 ★ 8.5
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin 2004 ★ 8.0
Owen Wingrave 2001 ★ 7.0
The Marriage of Figaro 1994 ★ 8.5
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro 1994 ★ 4.0