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9 JULY 2008
Performance (opera)
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A snippet from the New York Times from 1998, Die Zauberfloete: "The robust-voiced British baritone Gerald Finley, also making his Met debut, is a lively and endearing Papageno"
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And a couple of snippets on La Boheme, 2001 at the Met
CD / DVD
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An excellent review from Opera News from 2003 of Gerry's CD of Mozart's Requiem
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A couple more reviews of Die Zauberfloete CD from 1997: “The singers … range from the outstanding – Christiane Oelze’s Pamina, Gerald Finley’s Papageno…” BBC Music Magazine; “...Gerald Finley as a colourful, mellifluous Pappageno [sic]” The Whole Note
8 JULY 2008
****************** NEWS ********************
Gerry has been nominated for the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2008 – Artist of the year: see above to vote
7 JULY 2008
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Extracts from Angela Hewitt's online diary about her recent Trasimeno festival with Gerry.
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Wednesday 10 July 2008: Midday concert on Dutch Radio 4 between 13.00-16.02 local time includes the first half of Gerry’s Viennese recital, 4 October 2007 – the Russian songs. Many thanks indeed Martin. http://www.radio4.nl/page/programma/14/2008-07-10
CD / DVD
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A tremendous review from Opera News of the recently released DVD of Le nozze di Figaro from ROH: "[Gerald Finley] plays a subtly dangerous man, gradually consumed by frustration and undone by the cleverness of those surrounding him. Finley's posture alone can speak volumes, and his singing offers constant pleasure." Many thanks indeed Robert
4 JULY 2008
Performance (concert and recital)
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Details of the arias sung by Gerry at the Gubbio concert on 29 June
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... plus full details of his recital two days later in Magione. Vive le Canadien!
3 JULY 2008
Performance (concert & recital)
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A great review of Gerry's recent Jahreszeiten in Vienna - many thanks indeed to Uschi for her translation
2 JULY 2008
CD / DVD
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A very early recording with a contribution by Gerry: Rossini Arias with Della Jones
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...and another early CD: Gerry with the Cambridge Singers, recorded in 1988 at UCL. Brother Sun and Sister Moon
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Great reviews of one of Gerry's early recordings - Cosi fan tutte with Simon Rattle - 5 out of 5 stars from BBC Music magazine; Classical CD of the month from Rondo (in German); "Gerald Finley’s rich, expressive vocal acting" Scena Musicale; "Finley adds to his growing reputation with a fiery performance." The Telegraph. Plus track samples for you to listen to
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A fine review (Opera News) of Gerry's recently released Ives CD with Julius Drake "Romanzo di Central Park"
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Three new excellent reviews (operatoday.com, SF Chronicle, BBC Music Magazine) of Gerry and Julius' previous Ives CD, "A Song for Anything": Five out of five stars – BBC Music Magazine;“Audiences have rarely had the opportunity to hear such superb singing of Ives…. one of the finest recorded tributes ever paid to Charles Ives.” operatoday
1 JULY 2008
Happy Canada Day Mr Finley!
26 JUNE 2008
Performance (concert & recital)
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A review (Wiener Zeitung)) of Gerry's recent Jahreszeiten in Vienna: a translation will follow shortly
CD / DVD
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A couple more glowing reviews (Toronto Star and The Whole Note) of the recently released Le nozze di Figaro from ROH starring the excellent Gerry as Count Almaviva
25 JUNE 2008
CD / DVD
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News that the long anticipated release of Gerry's Schumann CD with Julius Drake (Dichterliebe and other Heine settings) will be released in September. Details plus sample tracks, can be found by clicking the image below
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From www.geraldfinley.com:
…he is delighted to be recording Dido and Aeneas with Sarah Connolly and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for Chandos Records.
He then teams up with the pianist Julius Drake once again to record another eagerly awaited solo recital disc for Hyperion Records. On this occasion they are recording a wonderful selection of songs by Ravel."
21 JUNE 2008
CD / DVD
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News that the DVD of John Adam's Doctor Atomic, starring Gerry as Oppenheimer and filmed last year at the Nederlandse Opera, will be released by Opus Arte on 1 August 2008. (Many thanks for the info.) Click the DVD image for details:
20 JUNE 2008
Back after a non-musical interlude
Performance (recital and concert)
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Details and reviews of Gerry's lunchtime recital at the Wigmore Hall last Monday. The broadcast will be repeated tomorrow at 2pm on BBC Radio 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/lunchtimeconcerts/pip/uc87j/
6 JUNE 2008
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A trailer on Youtube from the Royal Opera House, advertising Le nozze di Figaro: Click the DVD cover below to run the trailer
Performance (opera)
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A new photo of Gerry in rare laughing mode as Agamemnon in Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide
Performance (concert & recital)
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Another good review (the Times) of Gerry's recent Sea Symphony at the Festival Hall: "The London Symphony Chorus were on marvellous form, and baritone Gerald Finley made Walt Whitman's ecstatic invitations to his soul to "sail farther" seem emotionally true." With many thanks to JaneM
3 JUNE 2008
Interviews
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A podcast from http://www.operalovers.net/ about the opera "Pinocchio" which features an interview with Gerry and his sons, recorded on 8 March 2008
2 JUNE 2008
Performance (concert and recital)
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Details of the following concerts at the Wigmore Hall (http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/) to whom we are very grateful: Christmas Concert 18 December 2002 ; 12 November 2003 ; and first details of a Gala for Jean Meikle, 22 December 2005
CD / DVD
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Details of a marvellous 1997 recording of Haydn's Die Schöpfung (Creation) conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, plus track samples to listen to.
30 MAY 2008
Performance (recital & concert)
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Many thanks again to the Wigmore Hall (http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/) for furnishing us with details of the following recitals by Gerry: 9 June 1999 ; 2 October 2000; 11 December 2001
29 MAY 2008
Performance (recital & concert)
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Many thanks indeed to Wigmore Hall (http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/) for furnishing us with details of the following recitals by Gerry: 4 October 1996; 15 October 1997; 24 March 1998;
28 MAY 2008
Biography
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A second rather fine photo of Gerry by Sim Cannety-Clarke - scroll to bottom of Biography section
Scrapbook
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Lovely photo of Gerry with Simon Rattle at a concert with the Berlin Philharmonie, April 2008. With thanks to http://www.geraldfinley.com
Performance (concert & recital)
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Another great review (Guardian) of "a faultless Gerald Finley" in last week's performance of the Sea Symphony at the Festival Hall
27 MAY 2008
Performance (concert & recital)
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Wonderful review from the Times of last week's powerful Sea Symphony at the Festival Hall: "In tone colour and sensibility, Gerald Finley proved ideal casting as the baritone soloist. Whether puffed with pride over “sailors of all nations” or muted in contemplation, alone on the night beach, his voice radiated natural ease". (Many thanks to JaneM)
Schedule (2008)
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http://www.geraldfinley.com has just announced that Gerry is to appear in a semi-staged performance of Adams' Doctor Atomic in Atlanta, USA, in November (thanks also to Robert)
24 MAY 2008
Performance (concert & recital)
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First review of Thursday's performance of the Sea Symphony from the Festival Hall where "the full-strength London Symphony Chorus ... was close to its considerable best,[and] that the two soloists left little to be desired"
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Details and a review of the San Francisco Chronicle's Opera in the Park event, September 2005: Gerald Finley… was at once suave and intimate in the familiar "Di Provenza il mar, il suol,”
20 MAY 2008
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The exciting possibility that Gerry will reprise his role as Jaufré Rudel in Saariaho's opera L'amour de loin in the UK premiere taking place at ENO next year
CD / DVD
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Details of the award-winning DVD, Holocaust - A Music Memorial Film. This film, produced by the BBC, marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and features among many other things, a performance of music from the opera "The Emperor of Atlantis" [or The Denial of Death] by Viktor Ullmann, sung by Gerry.
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On the same page (and in Video/audio section) a youtube clip can be viewed of Gerry, Iwona Hossa, Tove Dahlberg and Edgaras Montvidas singing an extract from "Emperor of Atlantis", taken from this DVD. Many thanks indeed to Petra
18 MAY 2008
Performance (recital and concert)
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A fine review (FT) of Gerry et al in Beethoven's 9th at the Barbican in April 2006
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Details and a fine review of Gerry et al in Beethoven's 9th in New York in October 2006
Performance (opera)
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Several new reviews (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Contra Costa Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Jose Mercury News, Metroactive, Opera, Operawest) of the world premiere of Doctor Atomic, San Francisco, 2005: “Finley, who seems to age visibly over the three-hour performance, sings heroically as Oppenheimer…” “…a performance by baritone Gerald Finley, as nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, that is at times phenomenal” “…his clear, warm, powerful and seductive voice soaring through the house”
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A flyer from Gerry's recent run of Doctor Atomic at the Lyric Opera Chicago. Many thanks Petra
17 MAY 2008
Performance (opera)
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Further details of Gerry's forthcoming appearances as Doctor Atomic in New York, 2008 and in London, 2009
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Further details of next year's Peter Grimes at English National Opera, featuring Gerry's first Balstrode
15 MAY 2008
Performance (concert & recital)
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Seen in this month's issue of Opera News: "Gerald Finley (Prague Spring Festival). Finley joins Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra, which is celebrating its 150th season, for Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel, a good showcase for the fine expressivity of Finley’s textured baritone"
14 MAY 2008
CD / DVD
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To celebrate Gerry's Vaughan Williams concerts in Brighton last Sunday, Prague on May 16, London, on May 22, and Leicester on 23 May, you can now hear Gerry singing Songs of Travel by clicking on the track titles on the CD page. I have also added a review of the CD from La Scena Musica, plus an in depth review of Gerry’s CD of The Sea Symphony, the musicweb.com CD of the Month, including comparisons with other recordings: "Finley is the classiest baritone"
13 MAY 2008
Performance (concert and recital)
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Review from the Guardian of Sunday's Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert at the Brighton Dome. Many thanks JaneM (and John)
Performance (opera)
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A photo from the NY Met's 2008 calendar of Gerry (Mr October) as their 2005 Don Giovanni leading Zerlina astray. Many thanks indeed to Robert
Performance (concert & recital)
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First review (The Argus) of the wonderful Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert at the Brighton Dome on Sunday.
9 MAY 2008
Performance (opera)
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A new photo of Gerry, levitating as Oppenheimer in Doctor Atomic - the photo is being used in the NY Met 2008-9 booklet. Further details of the live Met broadcast of Doctor Atomic have also been added. With huge thanks to Robert
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Also many thanks to Petra and John for the article from playbillarts.com about the upcoming NY Doctor Atomic
Broadcast schedule
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The Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert this Sunday at The Dome, Brighton, featuring Gerry singing Songs of Travel, will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 next Wednesday, 14 May, at 7pm. Click here for details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/c71f9/
1 MAY 2008
Broadcast Schedule
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The performance of Doctor Atomic at the New York Met on 8th November will be broadcast in cinemas around the world - thanks to all who let me know
30 APRIL 2008
Performance (concert & recital)
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Two German reviews of the recent concert of Webern and Beethoven at the Berlin Philharmonie. No mention of soloists except that they were "worth hearing"
Performance (opera)
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More photos of Gerry's shirtless Don Giovanni at Covent Garden, 2003 (they just don't seem to have taken any with his shirt on - ah well...)
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Very nice photo of Gerry as Don Giovanni (scroll to bottom of page) , with Sam Ramey's Leporello, NY Met, 2005
Scrapbook
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Antonio Pappano's delight in the ROH Le nozze di Figaro from an article in the ROH in house magazine: "Figaro was so lucid, with a wonderful cast, and the particular intelligence of the relationship between the Count [Gerry] and Countess. It was a terrific endeavour, very inspired and tightly prepared."
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