Gerald Finley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 30, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Owen Wingrave
Turnage: Anna Nicole
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
Parsifal - Wiener Staatsoper
The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte
Turnage: The Silver Tassie
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016
Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023
Filmography
La Scala: Cosi Fan Tutte
Movie · as Don Alfonso
The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte
Movie · as Don Alfonso
Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: Tosca
Movie
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Teatro Real
Movie
Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff" Salzburger Festspiele 2023
Movie · as Sir John Falstaff
Royal Opera All-Star Gala
Movie
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Movie · as Baritone
Royal Opera House: Tosca
Movie · as Baron Scarpia
Verdi: Otello
Movie · as Jago
Parsifal - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Amfortas
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016
Movie · as Bariton
Guillaume Tell
Movie · as Guillaume Tell
Pelleas et Melisande
Movie · as Golaud
Wagner : Parsifal
Movie · as Amfortas
Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival
Movie · as Don Alfonso
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Movie · as Himself
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Movie · as Hans Sachs
Turnage: Anna Nicole
Movie · as Howard Stern
Mozart's Don Giovanni - Glyndebourne Festival 2010
Movie · as Don Giovanni
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Movie · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Movie · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro
Movie · as Comte Almaviva
Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film
TV · 1 ep
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
Movie · as Jaufre Rudel
Owen Wingrave
Movie · as Owen Wingrave
Turnage: The Silver Tassie
Movie · as Harry Heegan
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Movie · as Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Movie · as Figaro
Death in Venice
Movie · as English Clerk