The Boy is Back in Town
Met this morning. The internationally renowned Welsh bass baritoneÌýisÌýin Belfast for a concert with the tomorrow night.
I was due to interview him at 11.15 this morningÌýfor Sunday's Sounds Classical.ÌýAnd with no one to look after the child at 11.14, I rushed in toÌý´óÏó´«Ã½ reception with two-year-old daughter and nappy bag in one arm, Bryn'sÌýlatest cd "Bad Boys" in the other, which I had just taken out of the car cd player. TheÌýtwo-year-old had just given it a favourable review . "I like that music". But she also lovesÌýAqua's Barbie Girl.
Bryn was sitting in reception, and as I babbled at him, 'hello I'm doing the interview with you, this is my daughter, thank you for coming in,ÌýOMG it's Bryn Terfel in front of me, don't panic',ÌýI was saved by my phone ringing. As I took the call, Bryn, let's put him in context, oh yes, only one of the world's leading opera singers right now,Ìýstarted entertaining my wee girl withÌýsilly voices and animal impressions.Ìý
When he offered to carry the nappy bag upstairs to the studio and continued to entertain her by pulling comedy faces all the way upÌýthe three floors, I thoughtÌýif the New York Met, La Scala and the Royal Opera at Covent Garden no longer wanted his services he could haveÌýa big future in children's entertaining.
His album may be called "Bad Boys" but he's really a big softie.
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Comment number 1.
At 15th Jan 2010, alaninbelfast wrote:It's going to be very, very difficult to work Aqua's Barbie Girl into Sounds Classical ... unless you got Bryn to sing it!
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