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 Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Owen Wingrave
Royal Opera House: Tosca
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
All Movies (24)
- La Scala: Cosi Fan Tutte2026
- Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: Tosca2025
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Teatro Real2024
- Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 20232023 · as Sir John Falstaff
- Royal Opera All-Star Gala2020
- Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House2020 · as Baritone
- Verdi: Otello2018 · as Jago
- Royal Opera House: Tosca2018 · as Baron Scarpia
- Klassik am Odeonsplatz 20162016 · as Bariton
- Pelleas et Melisande2015 · as Golaud
- Guillaume Tell2015 · as Guillaume Tell
- Wagner : Parsifal2013 · as Amfortas
- Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival2013 · as Don Alfonso
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg2012 · as Hans Sachs
- Beethoven Missa Solemnis2012 · as Himself
- Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 20102010 · as Don Giovanni
- The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre2010 · as Self (archive footage)
- Adams: Doctor Atomic2008 · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- John Adams: Doctor Atomic2007 · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro2006 · as Comte Almaviva
- Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin2004 · as Jaufre Rudel
- Owen Wingrave2001 · as Owen Wingrave
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro1994 · as Figaro
- The Marriage of Figaro1994 · as Figaro