Graham Clark
10 November 1941 Littleborough – 6 July 2023
Until 1975, he was a physical education teacher, then he made his debut as an opera singer with the Scottish Opera, after vocal
studies with Bruce Boyce in London. From 1978 to 1985, he was a member of the English National Opera. He sang throughout the UK,
including Covent Garden and the Glyndebourne Festival. Internationally, he was a mainstay of the Bayreuth Festival from 1981 to
2004, and sang 15 seasons at the New York Met between 1985 and 2010. He also appeared in Berlin (both at the Staatsoper and the
Deutsche Oper), Vienna (Staatsoper), Paris (Opéra, Opéra Bastille, Champs-Élysées, Châtelet),
Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Toulouse, Wexford, Tokyo, Geneva, Zürich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Salzburg, Stockholm, Rome, Torino,
Catania, Milano (Scala), Brussels, Amsterdam, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and
a lot of other places.
His repertory was focused on Wagner (both Mimes, Loge, David, Steuermann, Melot, Young seaman), but he also sang Herodes,
Hauptmann in Wozzeck or Števa Burja. He sang until 2019.
Reference: Graham Clark's website
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