in the guildhall school of music and drama. so it was maybe an insight into how one's career would develop in the future. but, yeah, undoubtedly cardiff singer of the world gave you those steps up the ladder much quicker than expected. and it was with the welsh national opera that bryn made his professional operatic debut in cosi fan tutte by mozart. this is a knock—about opera that owes as much to the pantomime tradition as it does to opera. aidan lang, currently the welsh national opera's general director, oversaw that performance more than 30 years ago. to entrust someone who was barely out of college with a title role at wno was... ..not a risk, but it was an adventure for the company to take. we saw him at cardiff singer of world, and that's on an international platform. and being the welsh national opera,