Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel [ brɨn tɛrvɛl ], CBE (* November 9, 1965 in Pant glass, County of Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom; actually Bryn Terfel Jones) is a Welsh singer ( bass-baritone ) and is considered one of the most famous concert and opera singer in this voice worldwide.
Life
Terfel studied until 1989 at the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Rudolf Piernay. In the same year he won the singing competition Cardiff Singer of the World in the category "Songs ".
In 1990, Bryn Terfel made his operatic debut as Guglielmo ( Così fan tutte ) at the Welsh National Opera, and later in the same season in 1991 as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro ) at the English National Opera. A milestone in his career was his sensational debut as lokanaan in the opera Salome at the Salzburg Festival in 1992 under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi. Since 1989, Bryn Terfel takes on the German Grammophon, 1996, he signed a long -term exclusive contract.
Since his opera debut Terfel came to the great opera houses and concert halls of the world: Royal Opera House (1992 ), Vienna State Opera (1993 ), Metropolitan Opera (1994 ), Bavarian State Opera (1995), Teatro alla Scala (1997), Carnegie Hall (1998), Paris Opera, Sydney Opera House (1999).
He sang in 1994 and 2008 at the Last Night of the Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall in the interpretation of Rule, Britannia! the fourth verse in Welsh and interpreted some Welsh songs by Robin Llwyd from Owain.
2005 Roger Waters Terfel won for his opera Ça Ira.