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.
22. September 2014
Bryn Terfel, Bassbariton
Malcom Martineau, Klavier
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Die beiden Grenadiere op. 49/1
Widmung op. 25/1
Du bist wie eine Blume op. 25/24
Mein Wagen rollet langsam op. 142/4
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Liebesbtoschaft D957
Litanei D343
Auf dem wasser zu singen Op.72
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
John Ireland (1879-1962)
Sea-Fever
Vagabond
The bells of San Marie
Frederick Keel (1871-1954)
Three salt-water ballads:
Port of many ships
Trade winds
Mother Carey
PAUSE
Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Now sleeps the crimson petal op. 3/2
Weep no more, sad fountains op. 12/1
Go, lovely rose op. 24/3
Fair house of joy op.12/7
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Chansons de Don Quichotte
Chanson du depart de Don Quichotte
Chanson à Dulcinée
Chanson du Duc
Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte
Selection of Arias from “ Bad Boys” in Opera