Gwynne Howell

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

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

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

Stiffelio is considered “early Verdi” to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it is a final transition between the ...

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

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 ...

1982 revival of 1974 John Copley production.

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