The Canadian baritone Gerald Finley has established himself as one of the leading singers and dramatic interpreters of his generation, performing at the major opera and concert venues of the world, in a wide variety of repertoire. As a multiple Gramophone Award winner for his Hyperion recital recordings with Julius Drake – Songs by Samuel Barber (2008), Schumann’s Dichterliebe (2009), and Britten’s Songs and Proverbs of William Blake (2011) – and as a Grammy Award winner for John Adams’ Doctor Atomic (2012), his recording legacy is much acclaimed. Gerald Finley’s work in opera has been founded on Mozart (Glyndebourne, Salzburg, Vienna, Met, Covent Garden), as well as championing new repertoire, most notably in premieres as J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams’ Doctor Atomic and as Howard K. Stern in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Anna Nicole. His concert recording work is equally prestigious, including Britten’s War Requiem and Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony. He has also premiered new works by Turnage, Saariaho, Philips, Picker and Lieberson. Gerald Finley began singing as a chorister in Ottawa, Canada, and continued his musical studies in the United Kingdom at the Royal College of Music, King’s College, Cambridge, and the National Opera Studio.