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
- Born
- 1960-01-30 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known for
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (1994) — Figaro
- Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro (2006) — Comte Almaviva
- The Marriage of Figaro (1994) — Figaro
- Owen Wingrave (2001) — Owen Wingrave
- Turnage: Anna Nicole (2011) — Howard Stern
- John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2007) — J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin (2004) — Jaufre Rudel
- Parsifal - Wiener Staatsoper (2017) — Amfortas
- The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte (2026) — Don Alfonso
- Turnage: The Silver Tassie (2000) — Harry Heegan
- Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film (2005)
- Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016 (2016) — Bariton
- Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023 (2023) — Sir John Falstaff
- Guillaume Tell (2015) — Guillaume Tell
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Teatro Real (2024)
- Adams: Doctor Atomic (2008) — J. Robert Oppenheimer