Bryn Terfel

Bryn Terfel is, to my mind, one of the great voices of his generation, and what fascinates me is his trajectory. He built his name on Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni before deliberately moving into the heavier worlds of Puccini and Wagner, a shift that takes real courage and vocal wisdom. The knighthood and the CBE are deserved, but what I respect most is how proudly Welsh he has stayed throughout it all. That cavernous bass-baritone commands a room before he sings a phrase. He is, simply, a singer who silences an audience by sheer authority.

Name (English)

Bryn Terfel

Name (Japanese)

ブリン・ターフェル

Reading

ぶりん・たーふぇる

Born

November 9, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Occupation

opera singer / actor

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2006 The Queen's Medal for Music
• 2012 honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music
• Knight Bachelor
• 2006 Echo Klassik – Male Singer of the Year
• Classic Brit Awards
• Österreichischer Kammersänger
• 2003 honorary doctorate

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn%20Terfel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322211

Tags

• opera singer
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.