Festival In 2000 Terfel founded the Faenol Festival (known in Welsh as "Gŵyl y Faenol"), at the Faenol Estate near Snowdonia, Wales. Billed as "Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival" (often referred to as "BrynFest") turned into an annual music festival featuring internationally famous opera singers as well as popular Welsh artists. In the same year he released We'll Keep a Welcome – The Welsh Album, an anthology of favourite traditional songs. The festival had been voted a £250,000 grant by the Welsh Assembly, but did not take place in 2009 or 2010 and ended as of 2010. Subsequently, the 2012 Faenol Festival took place in London. Operatic repertoire Terfel has performed the following roles on stage: See also List of Welsh musicians References External links Bryn Terfel at Official Deutsche Grammophon site www.brynfest.com Faenol Festival Bryn Terfel biography from BBC Wales 1965 births Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Bards of the Gorsedd Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Grammy Award winners Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Living people People from Caernarfonshire Operatic bass-baritones Welsh Eisteddfod winners 20th-century Welsh male opera singers 21st-century Welsh male opera singers Welsh-language singers Welsh bass-baritones Deutsche Grammophon artists People educated at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle Knights Bachelor Singers awarded knighthoods Österreichischer Kammersänger