Opera Singer. One of the world's most sought-after tenors, Graham Clark was closely associated with the works of Wagner and Janácek. He has received international acclaim for his interpretations of these composers, as well as for his work in many contemporary operas and selected traditional works. He began his career in 1975 with Scottish Opera, was a member of the English National Opera from 1978 to 1985, and sang with Opera North and the Welsh National Opera. He made his U.S. debut in 1985 at the Metropolitan Opera as Steva in Jenufa and appeared there 82 times in a wide range of roles including Loge and Mime in Das Rheingold, Mime in Siegfried, Captain Vere in Billy Budd, Herod in Salome, The Captain in Wozzeck, Prince/Marquis/Manservant in Lulu, Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos, Albert Gregor in the Met premiere of The Makropulos Case, and Bégearss in the world premiere of The Ghosts of Versailles, for which he received an Emmy nomination for the PBS broadcast. His career brought him to the leading opera houses of the world including Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera, among many others. From 1981 to 1992 he appeared annually at the Bayreuth Festival, where he sang in over 120 performances. He received three nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Opera and won the coveted Olivier Award in 1986 for his portrayal of Mephistopheles in Busoni's "Doktor Faust." He recorded for Philips, Decca, EMI, Erato, and Teldec and taught at the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artists Program. He appears in several video recordings, including the Metropolitan Opera's "The Ghosts of Versailles" and "Bayreuth," performances of "Die Meistersinger," "The Flying Dutchman," and "Ring des Nibelungen."