Bryn Terfel is a world-renowned Welsh bass-baritone opera singer. Bryn Terfel is the son Hefin and Nesta Jones
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His father was a farmer in Pant Glas, Caernarfonshire, Wales. His native language is Welsh.
He chose Bryn Terfel as his professional name to avoid confusion with another Welsh baritone, Delme Bryn-Jones. From a young age, he had an interest in and talent for music.
A family member taught him to sing, beginning with traditional Welsh songs. Bryn Terfel made his operatic debut as Guglielmo in Cos Fan tutte for Welsh National Opera in 1990.
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Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel (Image: GETTY)
Later that year he sang the title role in The Marriage of Figaro, a role he performed for the first time with the English National Opera in 1991.
That same year, he made his international operatic debut as the Speaker in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, and he made his US debut as Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera.
Since then, he has become one of the most sought-after opera singers of his generation, performing in some of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Vienna State Opera.
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