Yurisich, Gregory (1951– )

Australian baritone. After study in Perth he made his debut at Sydney in 1976, as Paolo in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Other roles with Australian Opera have included Germont, Varlaam, and Masetto. He sang Britten's Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Frankfurt in 1989. He appeared with the English National Opera ensemble as Escamillo, and in the first performances of Oliver's Timon of Athens (1991) and Buller's Bakxai (1992). He has appeared in London at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1990, as William Tell and Bartolo. He made his US debut as Donizetti's Henry VIII in New York (1985); in 1991 he appeared at Glyndebourne, as Leporello.