Biography
Gerald Finley
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.
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“Mr. Finley has long been recognized as a recitalist of rare versatility, a concert artist of the first rank and an opera singer of distinction in a broad repertory”
– The New York Times
Concert Schedule
BWW Review: COSI FAN TUTTE at the Met Opera
Two years ago, when I first saw photos of the projected new COSI FAN TUTTE,which was a production that originated at English National Opera and was slated to come to the Met, I was circumspect. I had grown up on three previous incarnations of COSI, the first dating from the 1950's a very traditional...
broadwayworld.com
Classical MusicOpera“Così Fan Tutte”“Così Fan Tutte” is the most cynical of Mozart’s mature operas: two friends disguise themselves to see if they can woo each other’s girlfriend. Phelim McDermott’s Met production, set at Coney Island, plays into the idea that love is a game, but it ...
Cosi Fan Tutte | The New Yorker
Classical MusicOpera“Così Fan Tutte”“Così Fan Tutte” is the most cynical of Mozart’s mature operas: two friends disguise themselves to see if they can woo each other’s girlfriend. Phelim McDermott’s Met production, set at Coney Island, plays into the idea that love is a game, but it ...
newyorker.com
Love is certainly in the air at the Met today! In the middle of a busy week of preparations for the opening of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, soprano Nicole Car, Serena Malfi - Mezzosoprano, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley came together to sing the opera’s sublime Act I trio “Soave sia il vento.”
Così fan tutte opens tomorrow, February 15: bit.ly/3895r7L
Videogrpahy by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera
Così fan tutte opens tomorrow, February 15: bit.ly/3895r7L
Videogrpahy by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera
Love is certainly in the air at the Met today! In the middle of a busy week of preparations for the opening of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, soprano Nicole Car, Serena Malfi - Mezzosoprano, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley came together to sing the opera’s sublime Act I trio “Soave sia il vento.”
Così fan tutte opens tomorrow, February 15: bit.ly/3895r7L
Videogrpahy by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera
NEW CONCERTS ANNOUNCEMENT: Gerald Finley will return to the LA Phil January 7-10, 2021 for concerts of Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet with Isabel Leonard, Nicholas Pham, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Berlioz’ Romeo and Juliet | Walt Disney Concert Hall
It’s hard to imagine anyone having a more powerful reaction to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet than Hector Berlioz. The composer was utterly devastated when he first witnessed a production, despite the fact that he spoke not a word of English and relied on an ineloquent, garbled French translatio...
laphil.com
Singing his fourth Mozart role at the Met, bass-baritone Gerald Finley appears as Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte beginning on February 15. Don’t miss this “opera singer of distinction” (The New York Times) and long-time audience favorite in Mozart’s delightful comedy.
On stage through March 14: bit.ly/3895r7L
Photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera
On stage through March 14: bit.ly/3895r7L
Photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera
NEXT PERFORMANCES: Gerald Finley returns to The Metropolitan Opera as Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte opening on February 15, 2020.
Così fan tutte
Coney Island once again comes to the stage of the Met with the first revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular staging inspired by the side shows of the boardwalk. The pairs of young lovers are a casting dream: soprano Nicole Car, mezzo-soprano Serena Malfi, tenor Ben Bliss, and bass-baritone Luca Pis...
metopera.org
#ICYMI: we spot @GeraldFinley in this clip of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Anna Nicole at @TheRoyalOpera , along with the stellar Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role.
Let's partay, indeed.
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Today at 12:30pm is my premiere as Fiordiligi in #Cosìfantutte @MetOpera. I'm excited to sing this role for the first time at the MET in Phelim McDermott's production conducted by Harry Bicket&with #SerenaMalfi @HeidiStober #BenBliss @lucapisaroni& @GeraldFinley.ToiToiToi!🍀🍀🍀 https://t.co/XdlZTQPR1e
The @nezetseguin era begins in earnest next season @MetOpera. New productions: Michael Mayer’s “Aida,” a Barrie Kosky “Fiery Angel,” “Die Zauberflöte” by Simon McBurney, and two by Ivo van Hove: “Don Giovanni” and Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.”
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I'm excited to share that I will revisit Berlioz's "Romeo and Juliet" with the @LAPhil next season. Happy to perform this stunning work with such a great team! @mtilsonthomas @grecchinois @GeraldFinley
January 7-10, 2021
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