From Deseret News archives:
Duo to join choir for yule treat
Von Stade won't be facing the choir alone this time. She'll be joined by her close friend and frequent collaborator Bryn Terfel. The Welsh baritone will be flying into Salt Lake City immediately after a grueling schedule of performances in Vienna and London's Royal Albert Hall.
The Salt Lake concerts mark Terfel's first appearance with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and choir director Craig Jessop is thrilled to have both singers onstage together. "We're really excited. This was a real coup to get both Bryn and Flicka (von Stade's nickname)."
The choir has solid roots in Wales its first director and a sizable number of early members were Welsh converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And the way Jessop tells the story, this Welsh connection was indirectly responsible for getting Terfel to perform at this year's Christmas concerts.
Jessop admitted that Terfel isn't as well-known in Utah as he should be, or as he is in Europe. On the other side of the Atlantic, Terfel sells out wherever he performs. "He's the Pavarotti of the baritone world. But few people realize that here. That's partly because baritones never get quite the attention that tenors do."
Comments
- Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges 10:27 a.m.
- Hair-pulling raises more questions 10:09 a.m.
- Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 8:51 a.m.
- 25-year sentence in scuba slaying 8:50 a.m.
- Gunman in NY school surrenders 8:49 a.m.
- Fed: Weak economy won't spur jobs 8:48 a.m.
- Subway train stops short of woman 8:37 a.m.
- Ida weakens, heads east 8:34 a.m.
- Obama pressed into role as healer 8:14 a.m.
- FBI reassessing past look at Hasan 8:14 a.m.
- Utah group finds homes for orphans
- Soccer MVPs know how to win
- Senators want food tax restored
- Matheson gets no thanks from GOP
- Jazz blow big lead, hang on
- Price injured; Miles has cast removed
- Alta's Ohai is Ms. Soccer 2009
- Mitchell seeks to block witnesses
- Bystanders framed for child porn
- TCU showdown has big implications
- House passes health care bill
235 - TCU showdown has big implications
184 - Lobo suspended
182 - Cougars crush hapless Cowboys
154 - Utah Jazz fall apart against Kings
131 - Senators want food tax restored
119 - TCU 4th in AP poll; U. 16th, Y. 22nd
118 - Thousands protest health bill
117 - RSL rallies to advance
103 - No 'backlash' for pioneers, gays analogy
102
f you don't have an Xbox 360 and always wanted one, Saturday is your day.
the only one who did his homework?
How do you as a Gay get so many posts approved by the DNEWS.....its...
It's certainly inaccurate, but not for the reason you specified. The...
Whole lot of haters on this board today. Senator Hatch is absolutely right;...
Everyone needs to realize that the best thing for the BCS would be for TCU to...
As stated earlier there are already plenty of anti-discrimination laws on the...
The problem that I see with this, and I do believe the host families have...
Let me guess, your day job is selling swamp land on the internet. BYU has a...
I don’t know why my comments are being censured... I guess we can't...
That the best thing for the BCS would be for TCU to be included in the...




You can be the first to comment on this story.