Wynne Evans
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About
Welsh opera tenor best known for his role as the mustachioed Gio Compario, a singer who appears in commercials for the insurance site Go Compare. Among his opera credits is his role as Ubaldo Piangi in The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall.
Before Fame
He studied at the National Opera Studio after attending Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Trivia
He's hosted and made guest appearances on various UK TV and radio stations. In 2012, he was made a member of the Gorsedd of the Bards of Wales.
Family Life
He married Tanwen Evans in 1999 and has two children named Ismay and Taliesin.
Associated With
He was in a Go Compare advertisement with Stephen Hawking in which the renowned scientist sucked Evans into a black hole, thus ending his reign of singing about car insurance.
