the welsh national opera s director, oversaw that performance more than 30 years ago. to entrust someone who was barely out of college with the 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 the world and that s on an international platform and being the welsh national opera it seemed too good an opportunity to pass up. i worked with the highly eminent conductor sir charles mackerras who s world famous for his work in mozart and after a minute of his singing, charles lent over to me and said i don t think we re going to have any problems with this , he said, and we knew, the rest is history, really. though, before bryn made it onto the stage for the wno, he was thrown out. just before he did his first professional engagement with us, singing in cosi fan tutte, he came in with a pal to watch some of his pal s rehearsal.
of global success. in 1989 he won the song prize in the bbc cardiff singer of the world contest. but i was really nervous in that competition and within the days of competing as well i was doing an opera as a student in the guildhall school of music and drama, so it was maybe an insight into how one s career will develop in the future, but 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 knockabout opera that owes as much to the pantomime tradition as it does to opera. aidan lang, currently
he sings it was his beloved wales that set bryn onto the path of global success. in 1989 he won the song prize in the bbc cardiff singer of the world contest. but i was really nervous in that competition and within the days of competing as well i was doing an opera as a student in the guildhall school of music and drama, so it was maybe an insight into how one s career will develop in the future, but 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 knockabout opera that owes as much to the pantomime tradition as it does to opera. aidan lang, currently the welsh national 0pera s director oversaw that
performance more than 30 years ago. to entrust someone who was barely out of college with the 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 the world and that s on an international platform and being the welsh national 0pera it seemed too good an opportunity to pass up. i worked with the highly eminent conductor sir charles mackerras who s world famous for his work in mozart and after a minute of his singing, charles lent over to me and said i don t think we re going to have any problems with this , he said, and we knew, the rest is history, really. though, before bryn made it onto the stage for the wno, he was thrown out. just before he did his first professional engagement with us, singing in cosi fan tutte, he came in with a pal to watch some of his pal s rehearsal. i didn t know who he was, and all of our rehearsals are closed, and nobody