Welsh baritone.
Gwyn Griffiths studied in London at the Royal Academy of Music and in Italy with Mariano Stabile. He began his career in Ireland, singing in Dublin, Waterford and Cork, and also performed at the Wexford Festival.
He was a member of the Glyndebourne company, appearing at several Edinburgh Festivals in Ariadne auf Naxos, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Arlecchino. He joined Touring Opera 58, the last appearance of Carl Rosa artists before the merger with Sadler's Wells the following year, singing Masetto and Alfio. His roles with Sadler's Wells included major baritone parts by Mozart (Figaro, Papageno); Verdi (Rigoletto); Puccini (Marcello, Scarpia, Sharpless, Jack Rance); Leoncavallo (Tonio) and Giordano (Gerard). He created the role of Tovey in The Mines of Sulphur (Bennett 1965). At Covent Garden he sang Wagner (Alberich) and Strauss (Faninal, One-Eyed Brother Die Frau ohne Schatten). With Welsh National Opera roles included Ford Falstaff.
With Scottish Opera he sang Alberich in Das Rheingold (1967) and Götterdämmerung (1968).
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