Bryn Terfel's Bad Boys | Classical review

St David's Hall, CardiffIt's the nature of opera and musical theatre that the tenors are the good boys and baritones are the bad. Bass-baritones are especially bad. So it's no surprise to find Bryn Terfel recording a disc of the nasty pieces of work he's so accomplished at portraying; still less to have him do a villains' tour.These cameo glimpses of roles for which he is acclaimed are tightly focused, every word perfectly articulated: Iago from Verdi's Otello, is cruelly calculating, Mé...

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