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Bryn Terfel

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Bryn Terfel

Bass-Baritone

Born 1965 (61)

Welsh

Opera

Welsh bass-baritone of legendary stature, equally commanding in Wagner, Mozart, and musical theatre.

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Known For

Wotan (Der Ring des Nibelungen)Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro / The Barber of Seville)Don Giovanni Falstaff Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)Jochanaan (Salome)Nick Shadow (The Rake's Progress)Sweeney Todd Wolfram (Tannhäuser)

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Career Highlight

Winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize (1989) and Grammy Award recipient

Principal Houses

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Metropolitan Opera
La Scala
Welsh National Opera
English National Opera
Salzburg Festival
Théâtre de la Monnaie
Santa Fe Opera
Drottningholm Court Theatre

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Recordings featuring Bryn Terfel in the Society index

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