Bryn Terfel at the Bergen International Festival

By Aksel Tollåli, 27 May 2018

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Reviewed at Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen on 25 May 2018

Schumann, Belsazar, Op.57

Schumann, Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op.142 no.4

Schubert, Liebesbotschaft, D.957a

Schubert, Das Fischermädchen, D.957j

Schubert, Litanei auf das Werk Aller Seelen

Schubert, Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Stolberg), D.774

Schubert, Die Taubenpost (Seidl), D.965a

Works by Traditional

Keel, Three salt-water ballads

Works by Traditional

Thomas, Trees

Thomas, Home on the Range

Thomas, Lord's Prayer

Thomas, Golfer's Lament

Thomas, The Green Eyed Dragon

Weill, Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife)

Bock, Fiddler on the Roof: If I were a Rich Man

Sir Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone

Caradog Williams, Piano

Terfel’s craggy Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden

Mark Pullinger, 29th January

The second revival of Richard Jones' staging of Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of Boris Godunov once again stars the Welsh knight.

****1

Sir Bryn Terfel charms Glasshouse audience in reimagined Schubert

Nick Butters, 21st November

Terfel’s charismatic account of Schubert songs orchestrated by a variety of composers, Sofia Gubaidulina’s meditation on his Impromtu and the composer’s own longest symphony make a varied and rewarding evening at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.

****1

“Taffia Tosca” burns with Welsh fire

Mark Pullinger, 26th November

Led by Bryn Terfel's Scarpia and Natalya Romaniw's Tosca – not forgetting Aled Hall's scene-stealing Spoletta – this revival of Jonathan Kent's 2006 staging is urgently paced.

****1

A Belshazzar birthday bash: Sir Bryn Terfel celebrates in Liverpool

Leighton Jones, 9th November

Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast is brought to life Sir Bryn Terfel, Adam Hickox and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra.

****1

Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

****1

Sir Bryn Terfel anchors The Royal Opera's Holländer revival

Dominic Lowe, 29th February

Terfel's performance as the legendary sailor is stronger than ever and, one or two issues aside, this revival of Tim Albery's production is a compelling account of Wagner's first mature work.

***11

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.

Almost all in good fun: Bryn Terfel at the Bergen International Festival