Gerald Finley
On February 23, Chandos releases Gerald Finley: Opera Arias, a new collection of arias and songs performed by the renowned Canadian baritone. For this recording, Mr. Finley is joined by soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo-soprano Anna Marie Gibbons; conductor Edward Gardner leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
In addition to arias from operas by Bizet, Donizetti, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Weber, the recording also features arias from two contemporary operas for which Finley created the lead roles: John Adams’ Dr. Atomic (“Batter my Heart”); and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Silver Tassie (“O Bring Me to a Pint of Wine”). The disc concludes with Richard Rodger’s beloved classic from South Pacific, “Some Enchanted Evening.”
Canadian baritone Gerald Finley began singing as a chorister in Ottawa before completing his musical studies in the UK at the Royal College of Music, King’s College, Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio. After his initial appearances at Glyndebourne in the Mozart baritone repertoire, he now appears in a variety of leading roles at the world’s opera houses including London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Salzburg, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. His Don Giovanni has been seen in Vienna, Prague, Rome, New York, Paris, Tel Aviv and London. He has created the lead roles in major premières: J. Robert Oppenheimer (Doctor Atomic), Harry Heegan (The Silver Tassie), Mr. Fox (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Jaufre Rudel (L’amour de loin). He played Owen Wingrave in the Channel 4 film. His most recent engagements include Onegin (Eugene Onegin) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Oppenheimer (Doctor Atomic) at the Metropolitan Opera New York, and the Count (Figaro at the Salzburg Festival. His discography includes work with Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur and Vladimir Jurowski.. His latest release on Hyperion Records is a CD of songs by Ravel. He has also recently released a recording on the Wigmore Live label, the 25th of their series, of songs by Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rorem. Further CDs include Dido and Aeneas on the Chandos label, released in 2009. He has been twice nominated as Gramophone's Artist of the Year in 2006 and 2009.
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