Gerald Finley
Born: 30th January 1960, Montreal, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Artist's website: http://www.geraldfinley.com/
Gerald Finley was born in Montreal and studied at the University of Ottawa, King's College Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London. He is particularly renowned as a Mozart singer, including Papageno, Guglielmo and both Figaro and Count Almaviva amongst his many international successes. Other repertoire includes Marcello, Yeletsky, the title-role in Eugene Onegin, and an acclaimed Captain Balstrode for English National Opera in 2009. He has been involved with the premieres of several important contemporary operas, creating the roles of Harry Heegan in Mark-Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie and Lawyer Stern in the same composer's Anna Nicole in 2011, the title-role in Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr Fox and, most famously, Doctor Oppenheimer in John Adam's Doctor Atomic. Finley is also a prolific recitalist with an extensive song discography to his name: his recordings of songs by Schumann, Ravel, Ives and Barber (all with the pianist Julius Drake) have been particularly well-received.
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Gerald Finley on the First Night of the Proms
17th Jul 2025
In advance of singing Vaughan Williams in tomorrow night's opening concert, the Canadian bass-baritone reflects on his 45-year relationship with the Proms - which began with a 'baptism of fire' just hours after he arrived in London to begin his studies at the Royal College of Music in 1979...
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Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer from Edward Gardner in Oslo
18th Apr 2025
With Gerald Finley as an eloquent Dutchman and Lise Davidsen firing on all cylinders as the sea-captain's daughter whose love redeems him, this new live recording of Wagner's early opera emerges as a serious contender in a crowded field.
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem
Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone) Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Disc of the month
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Stanford: Songs of the Sea, The Revenge & Songs of the Fleet
Gerald Finley (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies
Susan Gritton (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Martin Winter, Radio Announcer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Barbara Hooper, Robert Layton, Ursula Vaughn Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg Kor, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult
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Coming soon. Puccini: Tosca
Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi), Gerald Finley (Scarpia), Alessandro Corbelli (Sacristan), Ossian Huskinson (Angelotti), Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Siphe Kwani (Sciarrone), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jakub Hrůša, Oliver Mears
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Coming soon. Puccini: Tosca
Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi), Gerald Finley (Scarpia), Alessandro Corbelli (Sacristan), Ossian Huskinson, Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Siphe Kwani (Sciarrone), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jakub Hrůša, Oliver Mears
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