Sir Bryn Terfel CBE (Voice)

Biography

Bryn Terfel has performed in all the great opera houses of the world, and is especially recognised for his portrayals of Figaro and Falstaff. He made the transition into the Wagner repertoire as Wotan in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre.

Bryn has an impressive discography of opera and lieder recordings and many solo albums. Simple Gifts, recorded with London Voices and the London Symphony Orchestra, won the Best Classical Crossover Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards. In 2003, Bryn was awarded a CBE for services to Opera in the Queen’s New Year Honours list and in 2006 was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music. 

A proud Welshman, Bryn hosts The Bryn Terfel Faenol Festival – known as Brynfest – every year on his estate in North Wales. 

In 2013 he was appointed artist-in-residence with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and was nominated for Male Singer in the inaugural Opera Awards.