Bryn Terfel Quotes (20 Quotes)

I started preparing Wolfram long ago because there was practically no stage time and no rehearsals at the Met, just a week. Luckily I'm a quick learner.

A good pupil-teacher relationship has to be built up over time. I can't see the value of someone coming into the room for a few minutes and saying, Look, you're doing this wrong.

It was the worst thing that's ever happened to me in my very short time on this planet.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

I know many people find Wagner boring, and I'm no different, but by not being pretentious I hope to make it accessible.

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

It was imperative when I started my training to have a teacher who would really look after whatever talent I had as a youngster.

I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it.

By the second day after that performance, I couldn't walk -- I couldn't even get to my front door.

People have come up to me in the street saying 'Hey Meatloaf, I love that song you do, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad,'

I remember when I rang the Opera House in Covent Garden to say, 'I'm having terrible back problems,' ... They tried everything to help get me there. They said, 'You can sing from a chair.' But the thing was, I couldn't even sit.

I missed out on seeing my two boys being born, because of my profession, ... I was rehearsing 'Don Giovanni' in Salzburg when the first one was born, and I was in New York rehearsing 'Figaro' when the second was born.

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.

I hated canceling. Obviously, when you cancel, people miss the artist they've been counting on -- sometimes counting on years in advance. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing I could have done about it. I was going through hell.

I'm accustomed to the ticket sales picking up in the week before the festival. But I am delighted the opera gala on Sunday night is sold out a week before the concert and we've sold more than 7,000 tickets for two other concerts.

I've asked Tom in the past, but I don't know what was wrong with him as Tommy boy didn't return any of my calls,

If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience.

Some people disapprove of crossover, but who cares

For the last ten years my only teacher has been Rudolf Pierne. He is a superb pianist, conductor, linguist and a great singing teacher. He knows my voice and has looked after its development.

Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask.