Welshman Gwynne Howell, a familiar and popular figure in Britain's musical life, is one of the world's leading basses. He has a huge and varied repertoire and has been a member of the Royal Opera in London for twenty-five years. Other operatic engagements have taken him to New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Paris, Munich, Geneva etc, with conductors including Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Boulez, Giulini, Levine, Kleiber and Muti. He is also a busy concert and recording artist.