Malvasia Malmsey was one of the three major wines exported from Greece in medieval times. (For other examples, see Rumney wine and Cretan wine). It is alleged that when Edward IV of England convicted his brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, of high treason, his private execution consisted of being "drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine," which is dramatized in Shakespeare's "Richard III". Both Monemvasia and Candia have lent their names to modern grape varieties. In Greece, there is a variety known as Monemvasia, evidently named after the port, though now grown primarily in the Cyclades. In western Europe,
David Butt Philip the role of Pang in Puccini's "Turandot" in 2014, Servant in "Capriccio", Apparition of a Youth in "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" and Commissary in "Dialogues des Carmelites". He sang Rodolfo in "La Bohème" with English National Opera at the London Coliseum in Autumn 2014 and with English Touring Opera in Spring 2015. He sang Grigori in Boris Godunov at the Royal Opera House in March 2016 ("strikingly well sung" according to the Guardian), and will sing Pinkerton in "Madama Butterfly" with ENO in Summer 2016. Butt Philip is represented by the agency Ingpen and Williams. David Butt Philip David Butt