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During his professional career, John Rhys Evans participated in many operatic festivals: the
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After Evans returned to London he took a job in the social services. Then came the meeting with his wife, who was from Mexico City, and the beginning of the road to his come-back. He moved to Mexico City in 1973, where he joined the local church choir and was heard by a representative from the
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Concert in Mexico City with tenor Ray Fitzimmons, Margaret McFee Navarro and pianist Erika Kubacsek. Critic comments were of a "voice with exceptional quality, warm rich in overtones with that dark rolling sound in the lower register suggestive of the
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During a career that lasted from 1953 to 1994, Evans played more than forty roles. His debut as a concert artiste in Wales made a very good impression. He was received warmly by the audience and in his first solo, the prologue from
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voice to which is added a keen dramatic style." Other critics wrote: "Evans, with glorious voice and classic profile, looks capable of sweeping every woman in town off her feet. He is a dashing Danilo, brimful of charm and
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looks"; "Evans, the Danilo, is a down-to-earth unromantic figure, but he has an agreeable assurance and a strong baritone voice of unusual but pleasantly resonant
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he showed a richness of tone and impressive power. His diction and clarity of tone were excellent. His reputation rose quickly as a
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which was most feelingly sung in Welsh. He was a permanent guest artiste at the Glyndebourne Festival for over two years, appearing in
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