like the character he is singing about, coutu travels the world. bryn travels around the world. he is used all the dazzle of opera houses and the bright lights of the stage but he prefers to live in the quiet of the welsh countryside. bryn grew up in rural north wales where his father was a farmer and his mother a special needs teacher used music therapy in her work. so it was a musical household. my so it was a musical household. my grandfather, my great grandfather, they all had the love of singing. and yes, my parents, great voices that are most probably guided towards being a part of
was here in cardiff that he first performed one of his most iconic roles, that of falstaff, the opera by birdie based on the opera by birdie based on the shakespearean comic character. the shakespearean comic character. ., , ., character. you can see that he wore a fat character. you can see that he wore a fat suit character. you can see that he wore a fat suit underneath. i character. you can see that he l wore a fat suit underneath. oh, cosh, wore a fat suit underneath. oh, gosh. can wore a fat suit underneath. oh, gosh. can i wore a fat suit underneath. oh, gosh, can i touch wore a fat suit underneath. oh, gosh, can i touch it? wore a fat suit underneath. oh, gosh, can i touch it? yeah, i wore a fat suit underneath. oh, gosh, can i touch it? yeah, it i gosh, can i touch it? yeah, it is padded gosh, can i touch it? yeah, it is padded by gosh, can i touch it? yeah, it is padded by wadding - gosh, can i touch it? yeah, it is padded by wadding and i gosh, can i touch it
get nervous? i fun really does begin. do you get nervous? i think- fun really does begin. do you get nervous? i think we - fun really does begin. do you get nervous? i think we have| fun really does begin. do you | get nervous? i think we have - well, i certainly get nervous? i think we have - well, i certainly think- get nervous? i think we have - well, i certainly think i - get nervous? i think we have - well, i certainly think i have i well, i certainly think i have that nervousness that takes me to a certain limit that will hamper anything that i have to do on the stages so the adrenaline is a good adrenaline and a good nervousness. you know, we re all warming up in our dressing rooms and excited to go on the stage, really. find to go on the stage, really. and is there anything to go on the stage, really. and is there anything that can beat performing in a live opera in costume for you? performing in a live opera in costume for you? well, funnily enou~h, costume for you? we
work who is world famous for his work in who is world famous for his work in mozart and after a minute work in mozart and after a minute of his singing, charles wenl minute of his singing, charles went over minute of his singing, charles went over to me and said i don t went over to me and said i don t think we re going to have any problems with this. he said. any problems with this. he said- and any problems with this. he: said. and the rest is history, really. said. and the rest is history, reall . ., , ., , really. though, before bryn made it onto really. though, before bryn made it onto the really. though, before bryn made it onto the stage i really. though, before bryn made it onto the stage for. really. though, before bryn i made it onto the stage for the w and oh, he was thrown out. just before he did his first professional engagement with us in cose fan tutti. i didn t know who he was, all of our rehearsals is closed and nobody was in the company at the time wa