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John Rhys Evans (5 September 1930 – 2 January 2010) 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. ==Early life== John Rhys Evans was born into a very artistic and musical family in Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, S. Wales. His family was Welsh-speaking and Evans learned Welsh before he learned English. He was the son of William John Evans, a coal miner, who became one of Cilfynydd’s best musicians at the time and the choral conductor of the Pontypridd male choir. His mother was Sarah Anne, a church organist. Since he was very young, Evans would be taken to sing in chapel singing festivals by his parents. He was educated at Hopkinstown Junior School, Cilfynydd School and later at Pontypridd Boys Grammar School. His family moved to Cilfynydd in 1941. After grammar school (1941-1948), he enrolled in the Royal Army Service Corps (1949-1950), but was medically discharged with rheumatic fever. He took a job as a Costing Clerk at the Aero Zip Fastener Company in Wales (1950-1952), where he was responsible for weekly wage analysis for seven hundred employees. Evans had planned to become a rugby player, but decided to take singing lessons to placate his parents, as they insisted and encouraged him to sing, his father saw the potential in his voice. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Drama in London (1952–1954); Guildhall School of Music, London (1954-1958) and Munich University, Music Department, Germany (1958-1959). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Rhys Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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