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Gerald Finley

Jan 30, 1960 (65 years old) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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

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Adams: Doctor Atomic
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
Don Giovanni
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The Marriage of Figaro
Figaro
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The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
Self (archive footage)
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The Marriage of Figaro
Comte Almaviva
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The ROH Live: Tosca
Baron Scarpia
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Guillaume Tell
Guillaume Tell
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Owen Wingrave
Owen Wingrave
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Wagner : Parsifal
Amfortas
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John Adams: Doctor Atomic
J. Robert Oppenheimer

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