What is Graham Vick?
[[File:Birmingham Opera Company Graham Vick coaches chorus (cropped).jpg|thumb|Vick coaches the Birmingham Opera Company chorus during a rehearsal]] '''Sir Graham Vick''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (30 December 1953 &ndash; 17 July 2021) was an English [[opera]] director. He was known for being the director of the [[Birmingham Opera Company]]. Vick was born in [[Birkenhead]], [[England]]. Vick was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59090 |date=13 June 2009 |page=8 |supp=y }}</ref> and [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to music and the regions.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63218|supp=y|page=N2|date=31 December 2020}}</ref> Vick died on 17 July 2021 in [[London]] from [[COVID-19]], aged 67.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Graham Vick Death: Opera Director Graham Vick Dies at 67|url=https://www.topinfoguide.com/news/graham-vick-death-opera-director-graham-vick-dies-at-67/|access-date=17 July 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717180244/https://www.topinfoguide.com/news/graham-vick-death-opera-director-graham-vick-dies-at-67/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.birminghamopera.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=6 Birmingham Opera Company biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727214902/https://www.birminghamopera.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=6 |date=2016-07-27 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vick, Graham}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:English entertainers]] [[Category:People from Birmingham]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in London]] {{bio-stub}}