Bryn Terfel
Coronation Concert review – a cobbled-together bunch of B-listers
With all respect to Olly Murs and Nicole Scherzinger, true star power was lacking at this well-performed celebration for King Charles III – drones and Muppets were the highlights instead
Alexis Petridis
07, May, 2023 @10:49 PM
Gianni Schicchi review – Bryn Terfel on fine fraudulent form in Puccini’s dark comedy
Terfel leads a talented young cast and Domingo Hindoyan conducts the RLPO with wit and passion in a performance where no one puts a foot wrong
Tim Ashley
12, Mar, 2023 @10:11 AM
The week in classical: RPO/ Petrenko; Esther Woo and Yekwon Sunwoo – review
Vasily Petrenko takes over at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – and pumps up the volume. And a new violin-piano duo make their mark
Stephen Pritchard
25, Sep, 2021 @11:30 AM
The week in classical: Falstaff; Hallé; Leipzig BachFest; Dunster festival – review
Trademark high spirits and a genial Falstaff kick off Grange Park Opera’s summer season. Plus online treasures great and small
Fiona Maddocks
19, Jun, 2021 @11:30 AM
Bryn Terfel/Britten Sinfonia review – deep, unaffected sincerity
With works by Bach, Gerald Finzi and Ivor Novello – plus a warming Christmas carol – this concert confirmed music’s power to console in troubled times
Tim Ashley
05, Oct, 2020 @2:51 PM
New York Metropolitan Opera hosts starry lockdown gala
Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel and Renée Fleming join the company’s ambitious pan-continental living-room soiree
Imogen Tilden
24, Apr, 2020 @9:00 AM
The week in classical: Don Pasquale; Rigoletto; Zauberland – review
Everything revolves around Bryn Terfel’s tremendous, tragicomic Don Pasquale, while Verdi holds his own in a concept-laden Rigoletto
Fiona Maddocks
19, Oct, 2019 @11:00 AM
Don Pasquale review – Bryn Terfel softens Donizetti's hard edges
Terfel sounds wonderful and is deeply touching as the elderly bachelor in Damiano Michieletto’s overly fussy, modern-dress staging
Tim Ashley
15, Oct, 2019 @12:12 PM
The week in classical: Tosca; Orchestra of Santa Cecilia/Pappano; Igor Levit – review
Bryn Terfel’s terrifying Scarpia is the main draw in the Royal Opera’s latest Tosca. Elsewhere, Igor Levit is in total command
Fiona Maddocks
02, Jun, 2019 @7:00 AM
Bryn Terfel: ‘All conductors like Italian food. It’s ingrained’
The opera singer on Plácido Domingo’s cookbooks and what to eat to survive Wagner
John Hind
15, Dec, 2018 @5:59 PM
The week in classical: Falstaff; The Skating Rink; Pushkin – review
Bryn Terfel is a magnificent Falstaff in a fine revival at Covent Garden. Elsewhere, two opera world premieres
Fiona Maddocks
14, Jul, 2018 @12:00 PM
Bryn Terfel on wine, Wagner and song
The joy of comedy roles, the genius of Claudio Abbado, and why English is the hardest language to sing in … the bass-baritone answered your webchat questions
10, Jul, 2018 @1:44 PM
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