Festen wins at The Olivier Awards
Festen has won Best New Opera Production at the 2025 Olivier Awards.
Premiered at the Royal Opera House in February 2025 this new opera was composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage, with a libretto by Lee Hall and directed by Richard Jones.
Gerald Finley created the role of Helge in this new production continuing many years of collaboration with Mark-Anthony Turnage having previously stared in his operas The Silver Tassie and Anna Nicole.
Elijah Album Release
Gerald Finley’s performance of Elijah with Sir Antonio Pappano, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra has now been released by LSO Live.
This live performance was recorded at the Barbican in January 2024 with Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Dame Sarah Connolly and Allan Clayton.
Kammersänger of the Bayerische Staatsoper
The Bavarian State Opera announced that Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley has been awarded the prestigious title of Kammersänger. The ceremony took place after a performance of Parsifal at the National-theatre, in which Finley sang the role of Amfortas.
Finley has been closely associated with the Bayerische Staatsoper since his house debut as Don Giovanni at the 2011 Munich Opera Festival. He will continue to be a regular guest at the Bayerische Staatsoper. In their next season, he will sing the title roles of the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro and the title role of Macbeth. He will also present a song recital.
Gerald Finley joins other distinguished singers who have been awarded the title of Kammersänger at the Bavarian State Opera, a list that includes Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme, Plácido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Diana Damrau, Waltraud Meier and others.
Bluebeard’s Castle on Tour
In one of his signature roles Gerald Finley performs the Duke in Bluebeard's Castle in Hamburg, Oslo and San Francisco.
Elijah with the London Symphony Orchestra
Gerald Finley returns to the Barbican Centre for performances of Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano on January 28 and 31, 2024. The all star cast includes Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Dame Sarah Connolly,...
New Release of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin – Gerald Finley and Julius Drake
Out June 3. With Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, Gerald Finley and Julius Drake complete their survey of the great Schubert song cycles on the Hyperion Records label. Pre–Order here https://bit.ly/3Ld5bHi
Le Nozze di Figaro in Munich and New York
Following performances as Graf Almaviva at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich Gerald Finley is currently performing this signature role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Performances continue until April 21. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera
US Recital Tour
Following critically acclaimed performances in Vienna, London and Prague Gerald Finley and Julius Drake begin their US recital tour this week performing Schubert, Wolf, Turnage, Lieberson and more.
Bluebeard’s Castle – Theatre of Sound
The Theatre of Sound presented Bluebeard’s Castle at the Stone Nest, London Nov 4 - 14, 2021. A brand new immersive production sung in English, and featuring a stellar cast and dynamic creative team. Gerald Finley, Susan Bullock, Gweneth Ann Rand and Michael Mayes...
Opéra de Paris Concert inaugural saison 21/22
The Opéra de Paris Concert inaugural will take place tonight at the Palais Garnier conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Soloists include Jacquelyn Wagner, Sabine Devieilhe, Clémentine Margaine, Ekaterina Gubanova, Matthew Polenzani and Gerald Finley. It will be broadcast...
Opera für alle – Le nozze di Figaro Berlin
Tonight's premiere of Le nozze di Figaro at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin will be broadcast to the Bebelplatz open air next to the opera house. The new production by Vincent Huguet, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, stars Gerald Finley as Figaro, Anna...
Gerald Finley “Stunning” in Role Debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni at Royal Opera House
Gerald Finley makes his role debut as Leporello in Kasper Holten's inventive and visually stunning production of Don Giovanni at Royal Opera House. The Times' Richard Morrison writes, "stunningly acted and sung by Gerald Finley. Dressed rather...
Gerald Finley Nominated for Singer of the Year at the 2021 OPUS Klassik Awards
Gerald Finley is nominated for Singer of the Year at the 2021 OPUS Klassik Awards. He is also nominated for Leoš Janáček: The cunning little vixen & Sinfonietta in the Opera Recording (20th & 21st Centuries) category. The prestigious German award, presented by...
Watch Gerald Finley’s RWCMD Schwanengesang Stream 29 May – 12 June
Watch Gerald Finley and pianist Simon Lepper performance Schubert’s Schwanengesang. Recorded on 22 May at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, the stream premieres on 29 May and is available through 12 June. RWCMD writes:...
King’s College, Cambridge announces PROUD SONGSTERS, a new album of English Song featuring nine of the Choir’s most celebrated alumni.
King’s College, Cambridge new album, Proud Songsters, is in stores and online now. The recording is a journey through the distinctive musical genre of ‘English Song’, performed by Gerald Finley and some of his fellow former members of the Choir of King’s College,...
Watch Gerald Finley in a Special Earth Day Concert – SONG FOR NATURE – 22 April at 21:00 BST on Sky Arts
Gerald Finley is part of an all-star cast for the London Climate Change Festival’s Song for Nature Concert. He will be performing selections from A Cunning Little Vixen with the English National Opera Orchestra. The concert was specially created to raise awareness of...
Stream Gerald Finley’s Performance as the “King of Scotland” in Royal Opera House’s Ariodante 20 November
The Royal Opera House will present a livestreamed concert performance of Ariodante on Friday, 20 November at 19:30 GMT. Gerald Finley’s King of Scotland will be joined by soprano Sophie Beven as Dalinda, tenor Ed Lyon as Lurcanio, countertenor Iestyn Davies as...
BBC Two to broadcast Gerald Finley Performance of Mozart’s Requiem from English National Opera Saturday,14 November
Gerald Finley's performance of Mozart's Requiem at English National Opera will be broadcast on BBC 2 on Saturday, 14 November at 7pm. BBC writes: "In what promises to be a poignant moment of remembrance, reflection and ultimately hope at a time of national crisis,...
Gerald Finley in Free LSO Stream of Duke Bluebeard’s Castle from 1 November, 2020
Gerald Finley will perform Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (for chamber orchestra) with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Simon Rattle in a streamed concert from 19:00 GMT, 1 November, 2020. The concert performance, also featuring mezzo-soprano Karen...
Watch Gerald Finley Live in Concert on 26 and 30 September
Gerald Finley takes to the stage – and screens – with two forthcoming live streamed concerts. On Saturday, 26 September, at 19:30 BST, Finley joins long-term collaborator pianist Julius Drake at Wigmore Hall. The programme features a combination of the French and...