Canadian baritone Gerald Finley began singing as a chorister in Ottawa, Canada. He completed his musical studies in the UK at the Royal College of Music, King’s College, Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio with the support of the Friends of Covent Garden, The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and was the winner of Glyndebourne’s John Christie Award.
Gerald Finley began his opera work in the Mozart roles at Glyndebourne and it now includes a variety of leading roles in the world’s opera houses including London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. At the Royal Opera Covent Garden his roles include Count, Figaro, Creonte in Haydn’s L’anima del filosofo, the Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen, Don Giovanni,Germont in La Traviata and Golaud in Pelleas et Melisande, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, which won him a nomination for 'Outstanding Achievement In Opera' at the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards. Last seaon, he returned for the title part in Eugene Onegin to great critical acclaim.