Annette Bryn Parri is a Welsh pianist, best known as an accompanist to opera stars such as which Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer?
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Annette Bryn Parri Annette Bryn Parri is a Welsh pianist, best known as an accompanist to opera stars such as Bryn Terfel, Rebecca Evans and Jason Howard. Parri appears regularly on the National Eisteddfod stage, and also at the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen.
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Bryn Terfel Sir Bryn Terfel Jones, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (] ; born 9 November 1965) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro and Don Giovanni, but has subsequently shifted his attention to heavier roles, especially those by Wagner.
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John Boulter John Boulter is a British tenor best known for his appearances as a soloist in the BBC's long-running variety series "The Black and White Minstrel Show". Along with bass Tony Mercer and baritone Dai Francis, Boulter was one of the show's three front men.
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Welsh Singers Competition The Welsh Singers Competition is a biennial singing competition that is held in Cardiff, Wales. The winner of the competition represents Wales in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World the following year. The Competition is open to Welsh singers at the early stages of their career. The final of the competition is held at St David's Hall in Cardiff.
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Richard Watson (singer) Richard Charles Watson (1903 – 2 August 1968) was an Australian bass opera and concert singer and actor. He is probably best remembered as a principal with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who sang the comic bass-baritone roles of the Savoy Operas, but he appeared in a wide range of operas at the Royal Opera House and with the Carl Rosa Opera Company with singers including Lotte Lehmann and Lauritz Melchior, under conductors including Sir Thomas Beecham and Bruno Walter.
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Michael Langdon Michael Langdon (November 12, 1920March 12, 1991) was a British bass opera singer.
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Rebecca Evans (singer) Rebecca Evans is a Welsh operatic soprano.
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Tudor Davies Tudor Davies (12 November 18922 April 1958) was a Welsh tenor.
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Helmut Kretschmar Helmut Kretschmar (born 3 February 1928) is a German classical tenor who spent most of his career performing in concerts and recitals with major orchestras and at important music festivals internationally. Although he focused his career mainly within the concert repertoire, Kretschmar did appear two times on the opera stage, notably singing in the world premiere of Arnold Schoenberg's "Moses und Aron" in 1954. Possessing a rich and warm lyric tenor voice, Kretschmar excelled in the concert repertoire of Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, and Felix Mendelssohn. Also an admired interpreter of Lieder, Kretschmar performed and recorded a number of works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Hugo Wolf.
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Peggy Ann Jones Peggy Ann Jones (born 1939) is an English opera singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. During a fifteen-year career with that company, beginning at age 19, she was particularly known for her interpretations of the title role in "Iolanthe", Pitti-Sing in "The Mikado", Phoebe Meryll in "The Yeomen of the Guard", and Mad Margaret in "Ruddigore". She later performed on television, in films and in musicals in London's West End. Jones's best-known recordings include the role of Pitti-Sing on both the 1973 D'Oyly Carte "Mikado" and the company's 1966 film version of "The Mikado".
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Johanna Peters Johanna Peters (3 January 1932 – 27 May 2000 ) was a Scottish mezzo-soprano who played a prominent role in British operatic life during her 40-year career, first as singer, and later as a distinguished voice teacher at the Guildhall School of Music. As a singer, she was particularly known for her intelligent portrayal of a wide variety of character parts and created the roles of Hippolyta in Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and The Widow Sweeney in Nicholas Maw's "The Rising of the Moon". For many years she and her companion, Anne Wood, ran their own small touring company, Phoenix Opera.
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Mark Padmore Mark Padmore is a British tenor appearing in concerts, recitals, and opera.
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William Ludwig (singer) William Ludwig (born William Ledwidge) (15 July 1847 – 25 December 1923) was an Irish operatic baritone who rose to fame in the second half of the nineteenth century. He was famous as an interpreter of Wagner, becoming in Britain and the United States the definitive Dutchman. He later became an equally famous concert artist. His most active period was from 1874 to 1908.
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Richard Lewis (tenor) Richard Lewis CBE (10 May 191413 November 1990) was a Welsh tenor.
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David Ward (singer) David Ward, CBE (1922-1983) was an opera singer with a bass voice.
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Harold Rubens Harold Rubens (1918–2010) was a Welsh pianist and human rights activist.
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Percy Heming Percy Heming (6 September 188311 January 1956) was an English operatic baritone singer and actor. He was noted for his performance as Scarpia in "Tosca" but was also known for his comic parts and lighter operas.
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Buddug Verona James Buddug Verona James is a Welsh mezzo-soprano opera singer who studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Opera Studio and in Rome. She was born in Cardigan, Wales.
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Bryn Fôn Bryn Fôn (born 27 August 1954) is a Welsh actor and singer-songwriter.
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Alan Rowlands Alan Rowlands (1 March 1929 – 2 January 2012) was an English pianist (though born in Swansea, Wales) who made notable contributions to British musical life both as a teacher and as a performer.
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Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer whose career began in the mid-1950s, best known for both her powerful operatic voice and for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films "Goldfinger" (1964), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), and "Moonraker" (1979).
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Irene Eisinger Irene Eisinger (8 December 19038 April 1994) was a German and British opera singer and film actress. Her career was closely linked to the foundation and the early years of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.