THE BIGGEST SELLING OPERA SINGER IN THE WORLD!

'…the agility of a wrestler and the sexual charisma of a rock star…' Financial Times

• The Album ‘Simple Gifts’ which was released in October 2005 went straight in to the top 10 of the pop album charts and No.1 in the Classical Chart!
• His last album ‘Bryn’ stormed in at number six in the pop album charts
• ‘Bryn’ spent an astounding 73 weeks in the classical album charts with his last album and is still riding high in the classical chart with his current release.
•  He has sold well over 2 million CDs worldwide
• He has been awarded a CBE for services to opera
• Bryn was the subject of a BBC documentary as part of the ‘Imagine’ series produced and presented by Alan Yentob. Stella MacCartney, Saatchi & Dahli have all been featured in this series.
• He has won Male Artist of the Year at the Classical Brits an incredible three times (including the last two years consecutively). He is the only artist to have won the award on more than one occasion, testament to his unprecedented popularity in the UK.
• He also won Classic FM Listeners’ Choice at the 2004 Gramophone Awards
• He recently starred at the Royal Opera House in Die Walkure to phenomenal reviews
• Bryn is known to many for his rousing performances at the opening and closing ceremonies of rugby matches – including the 1999 World Cup in which he appeared alongside Shirley Bassey, and Wales’ winning Six Nations season earlier this year
• Another major project that Bryn is undertook is the lead role as Louis XVI on a CD recording of Ca Ira, the brand new opera composed by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. 
• Bryn also runs his own festival in Faenol which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend. The festival has established a huge following, and this year guest artists included Andrea Bocelli, Van Morrison, Alison Moyet, Aled Jones, Katherine Jenkins and Catrin Finch.     
• Bryn’s appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs revealed his love of Elvis as part of his wide-ranging musical taste.  
• In 2006 Bryn was named winner of the Shakespeare Prize, which honours outstanding contributions to European Cultural Heritage. The jury singled out Terfel as one of the most extraordinary bass-baritones of our time – a performer whose sweeping voice, natural stage presence, and unique personality are “writing music history”. Past winners include Graham Greene, Sir Simon Rattle, Richard Attenborough, and Matthew Bourne.
• In an award-winning year for Bryn, he was also honoured with the Queen’s Medal for Music in July 2006. He is only the second person to be given this prize.