Bryn Terfel

Bryn Terfel in Stockholm in December 2013

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Something wonderful   UK 72 10/26/1996 (8 weeks) If Ever I Would Leave You   UK 85 October 24, 1998 (2 weeks) We'll keep a welcome   UK 33  gold October 28, 2000 (10 weeks) Some Enchanted Evening   UK 49 11/03/2001 (3 weeks) Bryn   UK 6th  platinum 11/08/2003 (13 weeks) Simple Gifts   UK 10  gold 10/22/2005 (11 weeks) Tutto Mozart   UK 59 09/23/2006 (2 weeks) First Love - Songs from the British Isles   UK 16 09/27/2008 (4 weeks) Carols & Christmas Songs   UK 53 December 18, 2010 (2 weeks) Homeward Bound   UK 58 09/21/2013 (2 weeks) Dreams and Songs   UK 38 11/01/2018 (2 weeks)

Singles

World in Union (with Shirley Bassey )   UK 35 10/23/1999 (3 weeks) White Christmas   UK 100 December 23, 2000 (1 week)

Sir Bryn Terfel Jones , CBE [ ˈbrɨn ˈtɛrvɛl ] (born November 9, 1965 in Pant Glas , County of Gwynedd , Wales , United Kingdom ) is a Welsh opera singer ( bass baritone ).

Life

Terfel studied until 1989 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Rudolf Piernay . In the same year he won the Cardiff Singer of the World singing competition in the song category .

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 role debut as Jochanaan in the opera Salome at the Salzburg Festival in 1992 under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi . Bryn Terfel has been recording for Deutsche Grammophon since 1989, and in 1996 he signed a long-term exclusive contract.

Since his operatic debut, Terfel has appeared in the world's major opera and concert halls: Royal Opera House (1992), Vienna State Opera (1993), Metropolitan Opera (1994), Bavarian State Opera (1995), Teatro alla Scala (1997), Carnegie Hall (1998), Paris Opera and Sydney Opera House (1999).

He sang in 1994 and 2008 at the Last Night of the Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall in the interpretation of Rule, Britannia! the fourth stanza in Welsh and interpreted some Welsh songs by Robin Llwyd from Owain .

In 2005 Roger Waters was able to win Terfel for the world premiere of his opera Ça Ira . In 2009 Terfel sang the role of Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca and the title role in Wagner's The Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden . He made his debut as Hans Sachs in Wagner's Die Meistersinger in 2010 in a production of the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff. In the new production of Wagner's Ring at the Metropolitan Opera from 2010 to 2012, Terfel sang Wotan in Rheingold as well as in Die Walküre and in Siegfried .

In 2019 he made his debut as Don Pasquale in the opera of the same name by Gaetano Donizetti at the Royal Opera House.

Honors

• 1993: International Classical Music Award, "Newcomer of the Year"
• 1997: Grammy Award, "Best Classical Vocal Performance"
• 2003: Order of the British Empire , CBE
• 2004: 5th Classical Brit Awards , "Artist of the Year"
• 2005: 6th Classical Brit Awards, "Artist of the Year"
• 2006: Shakespeare Prize of the Toepfer Foundation Hamburg
• 2006: Echo Klassik , "Singer of the Year"
• 2006: Her Majesty's Medal for Music
• 2013: Grammy Award , "Best Opera Recording"
• 2013: International Opera Award , nomination as best singer
• 2017: Knight Bachelor

Web links

• Terfel sings Rule, Britannia! , BBC Symphony Orchestra, Last Night of the Proms, Live 1994, MP3 file (4:27 min, 4 MB)
• Music Sales Awards: UK

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bryn Terfel . The Official UK Charts Company, accessed November 22, 2017.
2. ^ Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood: Knights Bachelor . The London Gazette (Supplement), No. 61803, December 31, 2016, p. N2, accessed on November 22, 2017 (English; pdf; 25 kB).