12 Facts About Rhys Meirion

Rhys Meirion is a Welsh opera and classical tenor singer.

Rhys Meirion was born on 24 February 1966 in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.

Rhys Meirion joined the English National Opera in 1999 and became a company principal from 2001 to 2004.

Rhys Meirion has sung leading roles at Oper Frankfurt, West Australian Opera and Opera Australia.

Rhys Meirion was born on 24 February 1966 in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, and was brought up in Tremadog.

Rhys Meirion studied at Trinity College, Carmarthen, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Education before working as a primary school teacher at Ysgol Pentrecelyn near Ruthin.

In 1999, Meirion joined English National Opera, initially joining the Jerwood Young Singers programme.

Rhys Meirion was a company principal at the opera company from 2001 to 2004, where he sang most of the leading operatic tenor roles including Rodolfo in La Boheme and Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.

Rhys Meirion sang Alfredo in La Traviata, Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore, Nadir in The Pearl Fishers, Marcello in Leoncavallo's La boheme, Duke in Rigoletto, Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Tamino in The Magic Flute, the title role in Ernani, Sailor in Tristan und Isolde, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier, Froh in Das Rheingold and Zinovy in Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk.

In 2002, Rhys Meirion made his Australian debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme for West Australian Opera, and his European debut as Rodolfo for Stadtische Buhnen Frankfurt.

Rhys Meirion has appeared at the Henley Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, North Wales International Music Festival, Swansea Festival.

Rhys Meirion has released three solo CD recordings on the Welsh record label Sain, and one on the Australian label Stanza AV.