GWYL PORTMEIRION FESTIVAL Presents Bryn Terfel

SIR BRYN TERFEL CBE

Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel has forged an extraordinary international career, performing regularly on the world’s most prestigious concert stages and opera houses.

Throughout his distinguished career, Bryn has performed roles such as Méphistophélès (Faust), both the title role and Leporello (Don Giovanni), Jochanaan (Salome), the title role (Gianni Schicchi), Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Balstrode (Peter Grimes), and the Four Villains (Les contes d’Hoffmann).

Recent operatic engagements include Scarpia in Tosca at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, and The Met; Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore and Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Vienna Staatsoper; and the title role in Gianni Schicchi at the Verbier Festival.

Other notable operatic highlights include his acclaimed debut as Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for Welsh National Opera, Wotan in The Ring Cycle at both the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera, his role debut as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof for Grange Park Opera, and Sweeney Todd for English National Opera.

Highlights of the 2024–25 season include Scarpia in Tosca at Opernhaus Zürich, as well as the title role in Boris Godunov and Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House. Upcoming engagements also include a concert performance of Der fliegende Holländer at Opéra de Monte-Carlo under Gianluca Marcianò, Tosca in concert with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Kazuki Yamada, and his debut with the Royal Northern Sinfonia under Dinis Sousa at The Glasshouse.

Y BRYTHONIAID

Also taking part in the concert will be renownd male voice choir Cor y Brythoniaid. Following on from a very succesfull and busy 2025 the Choir looks forward to an equally busy 2026 when the Conductor John Eifion Jones celebrates 25 years of conducting.  In 2026 the Choir will be undertaking a very special trip to Scotland to celebrate John Eifions 25yrs as Conductor as well as taking part in the Portmeirion Festival.

PEDAIR 

In addition we are delighted to welcome Pedair to the Festival. The band draws on the talents of four of Wales' most prominent and award-winning folk artists: Gwenan Gibbard, Gwyneth Glyn, Meinir Gwilym and Siân James. Groundbreaking international artists in their own right, all four thrive on collaboration and the thrill of live performance. Together they bring to life traditional material with new arrangements on harps, guitars, piano and accordion.