Howell, Gwynne

Overview

Works:	539 works in 1,084 publications in 6 languages and 9,950 library holdings
Genres:	Music Drama Television adaptations Musical settings Film adaptations History Oratorios Overtures Operas Film and video adaptations
Roles:	Performer, Vocalist, Singer, Conductor, Other
Classifications:	M1500.P83, 782.1

Publication Timeline

1960 |

|2020

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Publications about Gwynne Howell

Publications by Gwynne Howell

Most widely held works by Gwynne Howell

Messiah by George Frideric Handel ( Recording )
37 editions published between 1976 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on the first London performance of March 23rd, 1743

Fidelio [Complete] by Ludwig van Beethoven ( Recording )
12 editions published between 1980 and 2004 in German and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Broadcast on Feb. 22, 1941, NBC Radio, from Metropolitan Opera House, New York City

Duke Bluebeard's castle by Béla Bartók ( Recording )
4 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 322 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recorded live at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, January 11, 1992

I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini ( Recording )
25 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 318 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Tragedia lirica in due atti. Libretto: Felice Romani

Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 ; Kyrie in D minor, K. 341 ; Ave verum corpus : K. 618 ; Exsultate, jubilate : K. 165 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Recording )
10 editions published between 1971 and 1986 in 4 languages and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini ( Recording )
in Italian and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents the action of the opera, based on the play by David Belasco, set at the height of the notorious Californian Gold Rush; this opera represents "a major advance on Puccini's previous work, especially in the careful interweaving of Western elements into an altogether larger canvas than anything he had tackled before."

Belshazzar's feast Coronation Te Deum ; Gloria by William Walton ( Recording )
5 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1996 and 2009 in Italian and Undetermined and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The spectacular opening production of London's newly restored Royal Opera House, first broadcast live on BBC television in December 1999, brings a riot of color to Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece

Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Opera in three acts

William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini ( Recording )
4 editions published in 1973 in French and Undetermined and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Xylophone, orchestra accompaniment

Coronation ode op. 44 ; The spirit of England : op. 80 by Edward Elgar ( Recording )
7 editions published between 1977 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stabat Mater by Gioacchino Rossini ( Recording )
23 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Opening the disc is Vivaldi's brief Sonata al Santo Sepolcro, an instrumental work probably intended for inclusion in an Easter church service. This is followed by a Stabat Mater proper, also by Vivaldi. Vivaldi used just the first ten verses of the text, creating one of the most sombre of all settings, here performed by the Canadian ensemble Theatre of Early Music and its director, counter-tenor Daniel Taylor, who in Bach is joined by Emma Kirkby, taking on the soprano part

Ariodante an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1996 and 2001 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The king of Scotland's daughter is treacherously accused of infidelity to her fiancé in this tale of trickery, betrayal, mistaken identity and sexual jealousy"--Container

The cunning little vixen Taras Bulba by Leoš Janáček ( Recording )
3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Guillaume Tell by Gioacchino Rossini ( Recording )
7 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in French and No Linguistic content and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La fanciulla del West opera in tre atti by Giacomo Puccini ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1983 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set at the height of the California gold rush, Carol Neblett sings the role of Minnie, and Placido Domingo is the bandit, Ramirez

The cunning little vixen by Leoš Janáček ( Recording )
5 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Messe in h-moll hohe Messe, BWV 232 by Johann Sebastian Bach ( Recording )
3 editions published in 1991 in Latin and German and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini ( Visual )
13 editions published between 1982 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Puccini's tragic love story is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris among the bohemian students whose hectic gaiety only partially masks the despair and pain that threaten their lives. It remains one of the most popular of all operas with its stark contrasts of lively humour and poignant tragedy

Katya Kabanova by Leoš Janáček ( Recording )
3 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide