Education
He attended Netherlee Primary School and Williamwood High School. He studied as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989.
He attended Netherlee Primary School and Williamwood High School. He studied as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989.
In 2007, The Independent ranked him among the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain. He was the guest on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Desert Island Discs on 5 October 2008. He was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to opera.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Royal Opera House
Agrippina: Louisiana Monnaie, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, English National Opera
Aida: Royal Opera House
Alcina: Bilbao, Oviedo, English National Opera
Billy Budd: Lyric Opera of Chicago
Louisiana bohème: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Carmen: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Louisiana clemenza di Tito: English National Opera
Les contes d"Hoffmann: Salzburg Festival, Vlaamse Opera
Don Giovanni: Louisiana Monnaie
Elektra: Lyric Opera of Chicago
Faust: Louisiana Monnaie
Fidelio: New Zealand International Arts Festival
Giulio Cesare: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Hamlet: Opera North
Idomeneo: Vlaamse Opera, Scottish Opera
L"incoronazione di Poppea: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Opéra national du Rhin, Copenhagen Opera House
Macbeth: Mariinsky Theatre, Royal Opera House
Madama Butterfly: Scottish Opera
Manon: New Zealand Opera, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Liceu
A Midsummer Night"s Dream: Louisiana Monnaie
Le nozze di Figaro: Royal Opera House
The Rape of Lucretia: Aldeburgh Festival
Il re pastore: Opera North
Rigoletto: Royal Opera House
Der Rosenkavalier: Opera North, Scottish Opera
Salome: Royal Opera House
Semele: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Opéra national du Rhin
Sweeney Todd: Opera North
Tamerlano: Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Tosca: English National Opera
Il trovatore: Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera
Wozzeck: Lyric Opera of Chicago
Die Zauberflöte: Louisiana Monnaie, Royal Opera House
McVicar"s productions of Faust, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto and Salome at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, his Carmen and much-acclaimed Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne, and his Manon at the Liceu are all available on Digital Video Disc.
