Bryn Terfel
Baritone Bryn Terfel has been one of the world's most beloved singers since the 1990s. In addition to opera, he has performed and recorded art song, popular music, and songs in the Welsh language with great success.
Terfel was born Bryn Terfel Jones in Pant Glas, Wales, on November 9, 1965. His father was a farmer, and he grew up speaking Welsh. Terfel gained stage experience as a child participating in singing contests, and by the time he entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he was already a seasoned performer. Terfel began using his middle name to avoid confusion with singer Delme Bryn-Jones. Winning two major prizes at Guildhall, Terfel scored a breakthrough at the 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, which was widely broadcast and attracted the attention of star conductors such as Sir Georg Solti. He made his operatic debut at the Welsh National Opera the following year as Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte. Specializing in roles such as Figaro in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Terfel won the Young Singer of the Year award from Britain's Gramophone magazine. Terfel signed with the Deutsche Grammophon label in 1994 and released the Schubert song recital An die Musik. He quickly became a very prolific recording artist, issuing six albums in the year 2000 alone. In 2003, Terfel was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire; he had already been serving as the honorary monarch of the Welsh island of Bardsey.
Terfel has mostly remained with Deutsche Grammophon since then but has appeared on smaller labels, including Marquis, for several Welsh-language releases; he has spoken out in support of Welsh language and culture. His crossover albums, such as Homeward Bound, covering American hymnody and recorded with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, have been best-sellers. In 2018, Terfel released Dreams and Songs, which combined musical theater selections, Welsh songs, and other popular material. On stage, he has continued to perform opera, often taking on Wagnerian roles such as that of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger as his voice darkened in middle age. In 2016, he sang the title role in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Royal Opera House. His operatic repertory includes about 30 works, with Wagner, Mozart, and Puccini the most frequently occurring composers among them. He has also been an enthusiastic performer of oratorio (Mendelssohn's Elijah is one of his specialties) and of classical art song. By the time he released the album Sea Songs on Deutsche Grammophon in 2024, his recording catalog comprised more than 50 items. In 2023, he performed a Welsh-language work by Paul Mealor at the coronation of King Charles III.
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Bryn Terfel: The Verbier Recital (Live)
Clásica - Editado por Verbier Festival Gold el 27/05/2022
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Bryn Terfel - We'll Keep A Welcome
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Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/07/1999
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Dreams and Songs
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 14/09/2018
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Verdi: Falstaff (Live)
Clásica - Editado por Verbier Festival Gold el 1/04/2001
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Homeward Bound
Bryn Terfel, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Orchestra at Temple Square, Mack Wilberg
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/2013
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Cecilia & Bryn
Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1/06/1998
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Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond
Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg el 1/01/1995
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Mendelssohn: Elijah
Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1/01/1997
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Fauré / Duruflé: Requiem
Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/1998
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Seiji Ozawa, Jessye Norman, Peter Schreier, Bryn Terfel, Saito Kinen Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 7/01/1994
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Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie
Deborah Voigt, Bryn Terfel, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/1996
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Elgar: The Wand Of Youth Suites; Songs From The Starlight Express; Dream Children
Charles Mackerras, Alison Hagley, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1/07/1992
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Carols & Christmas Songs
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/2010
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Bryn Terfel - Opera Arias
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Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/09/1995
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The Mozart Album
Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Thomas Quasthoff, Bryn Terfel, René Pape
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/2006
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Handel: Arias
Bryn Terfel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/07/1997
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Bryn Terfel sings Favourites
Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/10/2003
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Last Night of The Proms - The 100th Season
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics International el 1/12/1994
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Karl Jenkins : Cantata Memoria (For the Children)
Bryn Terfel, Elin Manahan Thomas, Catrin Finch, Sinfonia Cymru, Karl Jenkins
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 7/10/2016
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Opera 2012
Cecilia Bartoli, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Bryn Terfel, Joyce Di Donato, Juan Diego Flórez
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1/01/2012
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