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Huw RHYS-EVANS |
Born in Tregaron, Dyfed, Huw Rhys-Evans won the Blue Riband for the Singer of the Year at the Royal Eisteddfod of Wales, and, on three occasions, the Tenor Solo Award. Following studies with Kenneth Bowen at the Royal Academy of Music, where he gained numerous awards, he was awarded the Tenor Prize at the 1990 Great Grimsby International Competition for Singers and completed his studies at the National Opera Studio.
His many and varied oratorio engagements have included Bach Passions in the Netherlands, B Minor Mass in Besançon, France, St Matthew Passion with the Northern Chamber Orchestra, Joshua at St John’s, Smith Square, Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall, Saul with the Darmstadt Konzertchor, Germany, Creation with the English Chamber Orchestra, Nelson Mass at the Fenice Theatre, Venice, Italy, Elijah with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Rossini Stabat Mater at Westminster Abbey.
Huw Rhys-Evans’ operatic engagement have included Ernesto Don Pasquale and Ismaele Nabucco for WNO, Vivaldo Die Hochzeit des Camacho at the Flanders International Festival, Belgium, Ferrando Cosi fan tutte with Madrid Comic Opera and Opera d’Automne, France, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni for Perth Festival Opera, Belmonte Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Opera Project, Nadir The Philosopher’s Stone with Collegium Musicum 90 (broadcast on BBC Radio 3), Tamino Die Zauberflöte with the North Netherlands Philharmonie Orchestra, Pang Turandot with Mid-Wales Opera, Brighella Ariadne auf Naxos for the Fondation Royaumont, France,and First Jew Salome at the Bastille Opera.
Huw Rhys-Evans is particularly celebrated as a singer of Rossini, his roles including Carlo/Goffred Armida, Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ramiro La Cenerentola, Idreno Semiramide and Belfiore Il viaggio a Reims sung for companies such as the Fondation Royaumont, the Rossini in Wildbad Festival, Germany, the Spier Arts Trust, South Africa, Chelsea Opera Group and Opera North.
Huw Rhys-Evans’ future engagements include Belfiore Il Viaggio a Reims in Strasbourg, and in the UK, St Matthew Passion in Manchester and Southwark Cathedrals, Lloyd Webber Requiem with the Scottish Opera Orchestra and Carmina Burana at both the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall as well as a wide range of concerts with choral societies throughout the UK
Huw Rhys-Evans has recorded Tamino and Almaviva for Opera Vox Cartoons and his varied CD credits include All Through the Night (Welsh Songs for Harp), Judge Boildieu Le Calife de Bagdad, Gouvy Stabat Mater/Egill Cantata, Vivaldo Mendelssohn Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Ferrando Cosi fan tutte, Pedrillo Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Carmina Burana, Haendel Judas Maccabaeus, Messiah and Elgar The Kingdom.