Welsh Baritone Jones Realises His Dream of Playing 'the Most Evil Villain in All of Opera' ; After Playing Pop Art's Leading Figure Andy Warhol, Baritone Paul Carey Jones Is Moving On to Someone Completely Different - Puccini's Villain Scarpia. He Tells Karen Price How He's Been Preparing to Tackle Such an Evil Role

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FOR the past 10 years Paul Carey Jones has been waiting to play the bad man of opera. Now the Welsh baritone is finally about to sing the role of Scarpia in a production of Tosca with a brand new opera company.

And he's relishing the chance to play the debauched police chief in the Puccini classic with Londonderry-based Northern Ireland Opera.

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Welsh Baritone Jones Realises His Dream of Playing 'the Most Evil Villain in All of Opera' ; After Playing Pop Art's Leading Figure Andy Warhol, Baritone Paul Carey Jones Is Moving On to Someone Completely Different - Puccini's Villain Scarpia. He Tells Karen Price How He's Been Preparing to Tackle Such an Evil Role

"It's something I've been thinking about for a couple of years," says Jones, 37, of the role.

"It's very much a case of finding the right time to go back into the practice room and work o...

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