Background
Jones, Dame Gwyneth was born on November 7, 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales. Daughter of Edward George and Violet (Webster) Jones.
Jones, Dame Gwyneth was born on November 7, 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales. Daughter of Edward George and Violet (Webster) Jones.
Student, Royal College Music, London. Student, Accademia Chigiana, Siena, Italy. Student, International Opera Center, Zurich, Switzerland.
Doctor honorary musica, University Wales and Glamorgan.
throughout the world including La Scala, Milan, Rome Opera, Berlin State Opera, Munich State Opera, Hamburg, Paris, Metropolitan Opera, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Zurich, Geneva, Dallas, Chicago, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Bayreuth Festival, Salzburg Festival, Arena di Verona, Edinburgh Festival and Welsh National Opera; Kammersangerin in Austria and Bavaria; known for many opera roles including Leonara, 11 Trovatore, Desdemona, Otello, Aida, Aida (Verdi), Leonore, Fidelio (Beethoven), Senta, The Flying Dutchman (Wagner), Medea, Medea (Cherubini), Sieglinde, Die Walkiire (Wagner), Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Verdi), Elizabeth, Don Carlos (Verdi), Madame Butterfly (Puccini), Tosca (Puccini), Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Mozart), Salome (R. Strauss), Kundry, Parsifal and Isolde, Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), Helena, Aegyptische Helena (R. Strauss), Farberin. Frau “hue Schatten, Elektra, Elektra (R. Strauss), Elizabeth/Venus, Tannhauser Wagner), Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss), Briinnhilde, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Wagner); TV films: Fidelio, Aida, Flying Dutchman, Beethoven 9th Symphony, Tannhauser, Poppea (Monteverdi), Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss), Die Walkiire, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung, Die lustige Witwe; recordings for Decca, DGG, EMI, CBS; Honorary Doctor of Music (Wales); Shakespeare Member Royal Opera, Covent Garden, England, since 1963, Vienna State Opera, since 1966, Deutsche Opera Berlin, 1966, Munich Bavarian State Opera, since 1967.
Fellow: Royal Welsh College Music and Drama, Royal College Music. Member: Royal Academy Music London (honorary), Rah (honorary).
Married Till Haberfeld.