Appearing in Carmen at the WMC this summer catch a rare treat to see this international tenor in a recital with Michael Pollock on piano. Bring a picnic and enjoy the gardens during the long interval.
Gwyn Hughes Jones has been a star in the world of opera for many years, and has travelled the world entertaining opera lovers.
He began his singing career as a baritone, studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and the National Opera Studio, London. Like another North West Walian opera singer before him, Gwyn won the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Scholarship in 1992. He was also given first prize in the 1995 Neue Stimmen Competition in Gtersloh, the 1996 Arts Council of Wales Young Welsh Singer and was a finalist in the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Gwyn later transfered to the tenor repertoire, and now studies with David Pollard.
He made his professional operatic debut with the Welsh National Opera singing Ismaele Nabucco. He has performed many times with the company, and his roles have included Duke Rigoletto and Don Giovanni in Gounod's Faust with the company.
Gwyn made his European debut as Camille de Rossillon in Die Lustige Witwe with Opera National de Paris in 1999. He debuted in America as Fenton in Falstaff for the Lyric Opera Chicago.
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The Concert Hall