My passion with you. So im on a mission to find out how opera is trying to attract new audiences and reinvent itself. This time i meet sir Antonio Pappano in the run up to the end 0lmert he is taking us Behind The Scenes Notjust he is taking us behind the scenes not just at londons he is taking us Behind The Scenes Notjust at londons old Royal Opera House, but right back to where it all started back. Let me take you to the opera. Just outside cardiff, really looking forward to it. Can i come along and listen to you do that . Of course you could, yeah oh, thank you he speaks welsh. What does that mean . See you in wales. 0k, great, see you in wales. He sings. Bryn s musical education at the Guildhall School of music brought him to london for the first time. He won a coveted place there in 1984 and in his last year he was awarded the schools top music prize, the gold medal. Hello, bryn, i made it to wales croeso i gymru come on, say it, we are in the middle of recording croeso i gymru he
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