Gwynne Howell Movies
- 2001
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 Chorus...
- 1981
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 hig...
- 2000
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 o...
- 1995
Ermione
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Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachino Rossini's epic opus ERMIONE is based on Jean Ra...
- 1984
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 P...
- 1982
La Bohème
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1982 revival of 1974 John Copley production.
- 2009
Lulu
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New peoduction, 2009. Filmed by the Royal Opera House in co-production with Opus Arte, June 13/17.
- 2013
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.
- 1993
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 (bu...
- 1975
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 (Amelia...
- 1983
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 co...
- 1996
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...
- 1991
Kurt Masur: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
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Acclaimed German conductor Kurt Masur leads the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus in this performance of Beethoven's marvelously sprawling Symphony no....