Graham Clark (born in 1941, Lancashire, England) is an English opera tenor, mainly known for his character roles like Loge, Mime and the Captain. He has sung at all the leading North American and European opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (14 seasons) and Bayreuth Festival (16 seasons) and he has recorded for all the major companies. Clark studied at Kirkham Grammar School - where he was Captain of School - Loughborough College of Education and Loughborough University.

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  • Graham Clark (born in 1941, Lancashire, England) is an English opera tenor, mainly known for his character roles like Loge, Mime and the Captain. He has sung at all the leading North American and European opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (14 seasons) and Bayreuth Festival (16 seasons) and he has recorded for all the major companies. Clark studied at Kirkham Grammar School - where he was Captain of School - Loughborough College of Education and Loughborough University. After a few years as a PE teacher and then as a Senior Regional Officer of the Sports Council, he took up singing. In 1975 he was appointed Principal by Scottish Opera and was Principal with English National Opera from 1977 to 1985. He has been nominated three times for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Opera Awards, including an Emmy and won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera in 1986 for his role as Mephistopheles in Dr Faustus. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Loughborough University in 1999.
  • Graham Clark és un tenor d'òpera anglès. És conegut principalment per papers de caràcter com Loge i Mime o el Capità de Wozzeck. Ha cantat sovint al Gran Teatre del Liceu, així com al Festival de Bayreuth i a la Metropolitan Opera de Nova York. El 1986 va guanyar el premi Olivier pel seu paper de Mefistòfil a l'obra Doktor Faust de Ferruccio Busoni. Clark, abans de dedicar-se a l'òpera, va ser professor de gimnàstica. Això fa que les seves interpretacions operístiques tinguin un important component físic.
  • Graham Clark est un chanteur lyrique anglais (ténor).
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  • Graham Clark (born in 1941, Lancashire, England) is an English opera tenor, mainly known for his character roles like Loge, Mime and the Captain. He has sung at all the leading North American and European opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (14 seasons) and Bayreuth Festival (16 seasons) and he has recorded for all the major companies. Clark studied at Kirkham Grammar School - where he was Captain of School - Loughborough College of Education and Loughborough University.
  • Graham Clark és un tenor d'òpera anglès. És conegut principalment per papers de caràcter com Loge i Mime o el Capità de Wozzeck. Ha cantat sovint al Gran Teatre del Liceu, així com al Festival de Bayreuth i a la Metropolitan Opera de Nova York. El 1986 va guanyar el premi Olivier pel seu paper de Mefistòfil a l'obra Doktor Faust de Ferruccio Busoni. Clark, abans de dedicar-se a l'òpera, va ser professor de gimnàstica.
  • Graham Clark est un chanteur lyrique anglais (ténor).
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