Canadian baritone Gerald Finley began singing as a chorister in Ottawa. He completed his musical studies in the UK at the Royal College of Music, King’s College, Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio. Starting with appearances at Glyndebourne in the Mozart baritone repertoire, he now appears in a variety of leading roles at the world’s opera houses including London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Salzburg, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. He has created the lead roles in major premières: J.
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Canadian baritone Gerald Finley began singing as a chorister in Ottawa. He completed his musical studies in the UK at the Royal College of Music, King’s College, Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio. Starting with appearances at Glyndebourne in the Mozart baritone repertoire, he now appears in a variety of leading roles at the world’s opera houses including London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Salzburg, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. He has created the lead roles in major premières: J. Robert Oppenheimer (Doctor Atomic), Harry Heegan (The Silver Tassie), Mr. Fox (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Jaufre Rudel (L’amour de loin), and his Don Giovanni has been seen in Vienna, Prague, Rome, New York, Paris, Tel Aviv and London. He has recorded with Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur and Vladimir Jurowski. He has also recorded as a lieder and song recitalist with Julius Drake on Hyperion. Finley's official website is http://www.geraldfinley.com/
