Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel has established an extraordinary career, performing regularly on the prestigious concert stages and opera houses of the World, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Opéra National de Paris; Teatro Alla Scala and Zürich Opera. Roles for which he is most noted include Falstaff, Dulcamara, Wotan and Holländer. Recent additions to his repertoire include Reb Tevye, Boris Godunov and Sweeney Todd.

After winning the Song Prize at the 1989 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Sir Bryn made his professional operatic début in 1990 as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Welsh National Opera.

He marked his 50^th birthday and twenty five years in the profession with a special one-off Gala Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The celebrations continued at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre, where he sang Scarpia in a special concert performance of Tosca with Welsh National Opera. Recent performances include Scarpia in Paris and Berlin, Hans Sachs in Kasper Holten’s new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dulcamara in Elisir D’amore for Vienna State Opera, Falstaff for Opéra National de Paris and Holländer in Der fliegende Holländer with Zürich Opera.

Operatic highlights include his début in the role of Hans Sachs in the critically acclaimed production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for Welsh National Opera; Wotan in The Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera, New York; his début in the role of Reb Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof for Grange Park Opera and his début in the role of Boris Godunov for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

An acclaimed recitalist, he is equally renowned for his versatility as a concert performer with highlights ranging from the opening ceremony of the Wales Millennium Centre, BBC Last Night of the Proms, and the Royal Variety Show to a Gala Concert with Andrea Bocelli in Central Park, New York. He has given recitals all around the world and for nine years hosted his own festival in Faenol, North Wales.

Sir Bryn is a Grammy, Classical Brit and Gramophone Award winner with a discography encompassing operas of Mozart, Wagner and Strauss, and more than fifteen solo discs.

In 2017, he received a knighthood for his service to music.

March 2018