Sad news: mezzo-soprano Anne Howells has died at the age of 81. Videos of her singing from Così, and ‘Vilja’ from The Merry Widow.

Anne Howells is draped in red

Mozart trio: Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells and Timothy Nolen; 1987; Lyric Opera of Chicago; conducted by Sir John Pritchard

Lehár: December 1983, Geneva