Bryn Terfel, a bass-baritone from Wales, won the Lieder Prize at the International Singing Competition Cardiff in 1989. Since then, he has performed at all the world’s major opera houses. His roles include Méphistophélès in Faust, the title role and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Jochanaan in Salome, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Wolfram in Tannhäuser, and Balstrode in Peter Grimes. He also sang in the critically acclaimed production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Welsh National Opera, Wotan in the Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera, as well as Sweeney Todd at the English National Opera. His recent performances include Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Balstrode at the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Opera House, the Dutchman at Grange Park Opera, Falstaff at the Zurich Opera and the Bavarian State Opera, Scarpia at the Zurich Opera and the Opéra National de Paris, Don Pasquale at the Royal Opera House, and Boris Godunov at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Royal Opera House. He is also a versatile concert singer, having performed at the BBC Proms, given lieder recitals in all the world’s major cities, and directed his own festival in Faenol, North Wales, for nine years. His discography includes operas by Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss, as well as over fifteen solo albums, and he has been awarded the Grammy, the Classical Brit, and the Gramophone Award. In 2003, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his musical achievements, received the Queen’s Medal for Music in 2006, was knighted in 2017, honored with the title of “Austrian Kammersänger” for his services to the Vienna State Opera, and received a European Cultural Prize at the Tonhalle Zurich in 2022. He was a recipient of the Shakespeare Prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation and was awarded the “Freedom of the City of London” in 2015.
15. June 2022
Gerald Finzi
Let us garlands bring
Traditional
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn
Lieder von Ivor Novello
Folk Songs aus Wales
Jesus Guridi
Viejo Zortzico
Franz Schubert
Liebesbotschaft
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus
Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
Die Taubenpost
Claude Debussy
Claire de Lune
Nuit d’étoiles
Robert Schumann
Mein schöner Stern
Richard Wagner
O du mein holder Abendstern (aus Tannhäuser)
Traditional
Ar Hyd y Nos
Claude-Michael Schönberg
Stars (aus Les Misérables)