Geoffrey William Chard AM (born 9 August 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian opera singer.
[1] In 1956, Chard appeared in The Marriage of Figaro, in the inaugural production of the Australian Elizabethan Trust Opera Company.
He also appeared as Sergeant Meryll in the 1982 television production of The Yeomen of the Guard.
Returning briefly to Australia in 1982, Chard appeared with the Lyric Opera of Queensland, and, since his permanent return to Australia, in 1985, he has performed many major roles with the Australian Opera.
Chard's opera roles include: Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Rangoni in Boris Godunov, Scarpia in Tosca, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress, Balstrode in Peter Grimes, Don Pizarro in Fidelio, Paolo in Simon Boccanegra, Tonio in Pagliacci, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, and the title role in Voss.