'Opera House? My Pub Solo Was More Daunting!' ; Centre Feature Bryn Terfel Is Returning to the Royal Opera House Stage Next Week in His Second Outing As the Flying Dutchman. Karen Price Joins Him for Lunch Where He Tells Her About Rehearsals - and His Impromptu Performance in a London Bar

Western Mail › February 20, 2009

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AS I step inside the foyer of the Royal Opera House, the unmistakable voice of Bryn Terfel can be heard over the speakers.

It's just a week before The Flying Dutchman opens and the Welshman is rehearsing on the main stage.

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'Opera House? My Pub Solo Was More Daunting!' ; Centre Feature Bryn Terfel Is Returning to the Royal Opera House Stage Next Week in His Second Outing As the Flying Dutchman. Karen Price Joins Him for Lunch Where He Tells Her About Rehearsals - and His Impromptu Performance in a London Bar

His rich bass-baritone sound echoes through the corridors, foyers and cafe-bars of the famous Covent Garden venue as director Tim Albery puts him through his paces.

An hour or so later, a relaxed Terfel is sitting in the artists' restaurant, where he's tucking into a lunch of jacket potato, beef and corn on the cob.

He's pleased with how rehearsals are going - and he's even more delighted ...

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