- Opera singer (tenor).
- He was nominated three times for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Opera Awards, including an Emmy nomination for his role in the premiere production of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles at the Metropolitan Opera in 1991-1992 and won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera in 1986 for his role as Mephistopheles in Doktor Faust.
- He studied at Kirkham Grammar School - where he was Captain of School - Loughborough College of Education and Loughborough University.
- In 1975 he joined Scottish Opera, was a Principal with English National Opera from 1977 to 1985 and had an extensive international career from 1976 to 2019.
- He sang at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, and Welsh National Opera and Northern Ireland Opera in the UK, all the leading North American and European opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera New York (15 seasons) and the Bayreuth Festival (16 seasons).
- After a few years as a PE teacher, followed by postgraduate studies and then as a Senior Regional Officer of the Sports Council, he took up singing.
- Clark was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Loughborough University in 1999.
- His big break came when he was selected by Richard Bonynge to appear in a charity gala at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 25 January 1975 with Joan Sutherland, Heather Begg, Clifford Grant and others in aid of the Australian city of Darwin, recently devastated by Cyclone Tracy. The concert was televised and issued on LP by Decca as 'Darwin: Song for a City'.
- He made his Covent Garden debut at a charity gala in 1975 and never looked back.
- Clark was an English opera tenor, mainly known for his character roles such as Loge and Mime in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen) and the Captain (Wozzeck).
- He recorded for major companies.
- He notched up 122 performances at Bayreuth and 82 over 15 seasons at The Met, amid appearances on all major stages.
- His last role was in September 2019 in the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin's Macbeth Underworld in Brussels.
- He was especially close to Daniel Barenboim after appearing in his Bayreuth Ring.
- Graham sang on into his 70s.
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