John Rhys Evans

Who was John Rhys Evans?

John Rhys Evans was a Welsh baritone noted for operatic roles including the "Leading Man" in the Merry Widow, the King in The Vagabond King, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro; Don Carlos in Ernani, and leading roles in L'elisir d'amore, Madame Butterfly, I Pagliacci, La Boheme, The Gypsy Baron, Carmen, Die Fledermaus and Don Giovanni. He sang more than 40 different roles in the course of his career, which lasted from his first public appearance in 1953 to 1994.

One of his most prestigious moments was a request from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to sing as a soloist at the Ceremony for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle in 1969.