Sir Bryn to be a father again

Alexander says:

Please do remember that his first marriage ended when his wife left him for a man 20 years her junior (who himself had a child from a previous relationship). Since then, he has been unfailingly kind in any comments he has made about his first wife and about their marriage. His financial support for his children and for his former wife has reportedly been extremely generous, running to several millions of pounds. It is reported that he has never contested that his former wife should continue to live, at his expense, in the house which was their family home during the marriage. It has also been reported that he continues to spend a generous amount of time with his children. Of course, he maintains an international career as an opera singer, which means that he is frequently away from home. That, however, is the case for all successful musicians of his calibre. Perhaps you would argue that musicians who pursue international careers as soloists, conductors, or chamber musicians should never have children. Amid great publicity, Bryn Terfel did cancel important engagements in order to be at home when one of his children underwent a surgical procedure. You may like to argue that nobody should attempt to combine a top-level career as a performing artist with family life, but that is not a question about Bryn Terfel’s alleged midlife crisis: it’s a question that affects every musician in the world who attempts to combine a busy international schedule with family life.

I don’t know the details of when or why Ms Stone’s marriage to her former husband came to an end, and I suspect that very few people do. That, however, has nothing to do with Sir Bryn’s abilities as a father. Everything I have ever read about him suggests that he is a decent, honourable man who has done the very best that he could do for his children.

Out of curiosity, what do you think about Angela Gheorghiu’s relationship with Mihai Ciortea? Is that a female midlife crisis, or just two people who are fortunate enough to be happy together?