Bryn Terfel – Bad Boys

Synopsis

Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is a towering figure in today's musical world – both physically and artistically. Whether in the opera house or on the recital stage, he blends his powerful, versatile voice with commanding stage presence. Since bass-baritones are usually the "bad boys" in opera, the Welsh singer has put together a program that portrays a gallery of rogues and villains, the "demonic misfits and malcontents of this wonderful music" (Bryn Terfel). The concert features Terfel in a number of demonic roles, including two Satans (one by Gounod and one by Boito), a murderous barber (Sondheim's Sweeney Todd), a swaggering drug dealer (Gershwin's Sporting Life) and much more. He is accompanied in this program – recorded at Cardiff's St. David's Hall in his native Wales – by the Sinfonia Cymru under Gareth Jones.

Additional Info

• No: A025046300000
• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Arrigo Boito, Charles Gounod, Kurt Weill, Giuseppe Verdi, Arnold Schönberg, Stephen Sondheim, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Maria von Weber, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Giacomo Puccini
• Conductor: Gareth Jones
• Orchestra: SINFONIA CYMRU / Chorus: LONDON WELSH CHORALE
• Production year: 2009
• Run time: 01:30:00
• Director: Emyr Afan
• Producers: AVANTI in association with Universal Music, Classical Management & Productions and UNITEL CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV