Ryland Davies obituary: tenor and eminent member of Scottish Opera
Ryland Davies, who has died aged 80, was an outstanding tenor who began his career with Scottish Opera when he sang Ferrando in their historic…
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Ryland Davies, who has died aged 80, was an outstanding tenor who began his career with Scottish Opera when he sang Ferrando in their historic…
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Ryland Davies obituary: Son of a steelworker who played rugby for Wales before becoming an opera tenor at Glyndebourne, Covent Garden and the Met
Welsh operatic tenor who impressed audiences with the sweetness of his voice and his effortless projection
When tears well up during stretches of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s curious hybrid which you never expected to move you, something special's going on. The magic happened last night in an evening which I didn't anticipate equalling “the Carmelites experience” at Glyndebourne. But, in its very different way, it did, in terms of casting, conducting and a production (by Bruno Ravella) that wasn’t too interventionist but had some powerful ideas of its own.