Gerald Finley
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.172 |
Birthday | 1960-01-30 |
Place of Birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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2016
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016
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Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016
1994
Le nozze di Figaro
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The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single "day of madness" in the palac...
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Le nozze di Figaro
2007
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
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The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Fra...
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John Adams: Doctor Atomic
2006
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
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David McVicar's spellbinding production of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO is set in 1830s post-revolution France, where the inexorable unravelling of an old order...
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
2023
Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023
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Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023
2015
Guillaume Tell
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New production. Recorded live at Royal Opera House, July, 05, 2015.
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Guillaume Tell
1994
Le Nozze di Figaro
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Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994. The Marriage of Figaro is a continua...
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Le Nozze di Figaro
2024
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Teatro Real
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Midsummer's eve in Nuremberg and the real-life cobbler-poet Hans Sachs and the guild of mastersingers are pursuing their craft of poetry and music acc...
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Teatro Real
2008
Adams: Doctor Atomic
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John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human history—the creat...
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Adams: Doctor Atomic
2004
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
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This is the 2004 version of Kaija Saariaho's opera performed by the Finnish National Opera and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
2012
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
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With this performance of the Missa solemnis Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, once more attained th...
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Beethoven Missa Solemnis
2010
Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
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Mozart's second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the very blackest of black comedies. Glyndebourne welcomes back...
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Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
2012
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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In “a Wagner staging to treasure” (The Sunday Telegraph), the 2011 Glyndebourne Festival brings to life the legendary German composer’s Die Meistersin...
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2018
The ROH Live: Tosca
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The painter Mario Cavaradossi helps a fugitive escape – and so attracts the attention of Scarpia, the sadistic Chief of Police. Scarpia captures Cavar...
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The ROH Live: Tosca
2013
Wagner : Parsifal
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A young man ignorant of everything, including his own name, arrives at the Kingdom of the Holy Grail. Is he the ‘pure fool, enlightened by compassion’...
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Wagner : Parsifal
2018
Verdi: Otello
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Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of Cyprus rages incessantly. The wind whips, lighteni...
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Verdi: Otello
2001
Owen Wingrave
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Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers...
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Owen Wingrave
2020
Royal Opera All-Star Gala
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Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar cast of singers in favourite arias, duets and choruses from operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Puccini, along with th...
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Royal Opera All-Star Gala
2013
Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival
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Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival
2020
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
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Live from Covent Garden will celebrate ballet and opera in programmes of dance and music, curated by artistic directors of the Royal Opera House: Anto...
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