Terfel is also known as a concert artist, with past performances including the Royal Variety Performance, Last Night of the Proms, the opening ceremony of the Wales Millennium Centre and a performance in New York’s Central Park with tenor Andrea Bocelli and the New York Philharmonic. Other highlights of Terfel’s performances include Hans Sachs in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for Welsh National Opera and the hosting of Brynfest, a four-day event at London’s Southbank Centre held as part of the 2012 Summer Olympic celebrations. He first sang the title role in Sweeney Todd in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production in 2002 and subsequently sang the role in semi-staged performances at the South Bank Centre in London in 2007. Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel (Sweeney Todd) has performed in all the great opera houses in the world, and is especially recognised for his portrayals of Wotan in Wagner’s Ring Cycle which he has most recently performed at The Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, and the title roles in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Verdi’s Falstaff.
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