Gerald Finley
Friday, March 19, 2010
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Baritone Gerald Finley
Canadian-born Gerald Finley is an operatic baritone with a literary bent. His recital at Carnegie's Zankel Hall on Saturday night features settings of Heinrich Heine and James Joyce. Later this month, he'll give the premiere of Peter Lieberson's "Songs of Love and Sorrow," a cycle based on poems by Pablo Neruda. He joins us to share his latest CD, which includes roles that he himself has created, including J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams's opera Doctor Atomic.
Comments [3]
There's a great french film, DIVA, by Jean-Jacques Beineix starring Wilhelmina Wiggins from 1981 about a young man, Jules, who sneaks a recording of his favorite opera singer. A really unusual film - you should see it if you haven't already!
To pull it all together: I'm a Ringhead who grew up listening to a lot of the Dead, thanks to his Deadhead dad. Subcultures Unite!
Mr. Finley: "Batter My Heart" will haunt me until I get taken to Valhallah. Bravo!
I've heard that Wagner fanatics are know as Ring Heads.
Has Mr. Finley ever heard of that?
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