Robert Howarth read music at the University of York and is fast establishing a growing reputation as director and conductor of early and classical repertoire.
His engagements include Opernhaus Zürich (Il ritorno d’Ulisse), Norwegian Opera (Haydn L’isola disabitata), Hamburg State Opera (Alcina), Opera North (Giulio Cesare, The Magic Flute), Welsh National Opera (Il ritorno d’Ulisse), Theater St Gallen (Alcina, The Fairy Queen), The Grange Festival (Agrippina, Tamerlano), Longborough Festival Opera (Ulisse) English Touring Opera (Alcina, Tolomeo), Early Opera Company (Acis & Galatea), Academy of Ancient Music (Poppea), Dartington (Charpentier Actéon, Purcell King Arthur, Bach et al. The Great Passion, Agrippina) and Birmingham Opera Company (Ulisse, Il ballo delle ingrate, Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Dido & Aeneas). Howarth was Music Director for the play Farinelli & the King in London and New York City.
He has conducted the Hallé, Danish Radio, Bilbao Symphony, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Royal Seville Symphony, RTE National Symphony, Salzburg Mozarteum, Bournemouth Symphony and English Chamber Orchestras; the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Concert and Irish Baroque Orchestra.