Gwynne Howell Movies

  • 1975
    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

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    This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli...

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 2001
    Tosca

    Tosca

    Tosca

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    Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the...

    Tosca
  • 1983
    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

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    La Fanciulla del West, Puccini's penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold rush. The...

    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
  • 1981
    Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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    Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the...

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann
  • 1982
    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    La Bohème

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    1982 revival of 1974 John Copley production.

    La Bohème
  • 1993
    Verdi Stiffelio

    Verdi Stiffelio

    Verdi Stiffelio

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    Stiffelio is considered "early Verdi" to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it is a final transition between the maestro's earlier...

    Verdi Stiffelio
  • 1996
    Ariodante

    Ariodante

    Ariodante

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    The English National Opera first mounted David Alden's production of Ariodante, one of Handel's greatest masterpieces, in 1993. It met with unanimous...

    Ariodante
  • 2000
    Falstaff

    Falstaff

    Falstaff

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    The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours...

    Falstaff
  • 1984
    Mozart: Requiem in D minor, KV626

    Mozart: Requiem in D minor, KV626

    Mozart: Requiem in D minor, KV626

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    Live performance of Mozart's immortal Requiem in D minor from the Herkulessaal in Munich, 1984. Soprano Edith Mathis, alto Trudeliese Schmidt, tenor...

    Mozart: Requiem in D minor, KV626
  • 2013
    Britten: Curlew River

    Britten: Curlew River

    Britten: Curlew River

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    Netia Jones stages a unique, beautiful performance of Curlew River at St Giles, Cripplegate, with musical director William Lacey.

    Britten: Curlew River