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[Interview] The Collected Mr McNicol – talking to choreographer Andrew McNicol

7 June 2023

Choreographer Andrew McNicol talks about his McNicol Ballet Collective UK tour and his flourishing career.

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Set design, Verona Aida 2023 by Stefano Poda

New production of Verdi's Aida opens 100th edition of Verona Arena Opera Festival

6 June 2023

Transparent pyramids feature in the new Aida with Anna Netrebko for the 100th edition of Verona's Arena Opera Festival to be broadcast live worldwide.

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Italian conductor Speranza Scappucci to become Principal Guest Conductor at the Royal Opera

5 June 2023

The Royal Opera House has announced that Speranza Scappucci will become Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera from September 2025.

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Winners of the UK 2023 National Dance Awards

5 June 2023

The 2023 National Dance Awards winners were announced today decided by votes from members of the UK's Critics' Circle.

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Royal Ballet casting for autumn performances 2023 with role debuts

4 June 2023

The Royal Ballet casting for main roles is announced for all performances from 30 September 2023 until 13 January 2024.

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Darell Moulton

Darell Moulton – piano expert and singing teacher – has died at the age of 79

2 June 2023

Darell Moulton has died at 79. One of the UK's top piano experts and singing teachers, he taught Kenneth Branagh, Ralph Fiennes et al, and tuned for Ashkenazy.

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Lawrence Brownlee's new album, Rising, is out tomorrow

1 June 2023

Rising, Lawrence Brownlee's new album, sees the tenor commission six of today's leading African American composers.

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The Florence opera house to sell its vast archive to avoid closure

The Maggio Musicale Theatre in Florence to sell off vast archive to raise €8.5m by July, part of a huge debt left behind after Alexander Pereira resigned.

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L'histoire de Manon - Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

La Scala Ballet Season 2023-2024

La Scala Ballet Season 2023-2024 opens with a new version of Coppélia by Alexei Ratmansky, as well as new contemporary programmes, and Balanchine and Robbins.

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Don Pasquale, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

La Scala Opera Season 2023-2024

The 2023-2024 Opera Season of the Teatro alla Scala will present 14 productions, 10 of which are new, with a predominantly Italian repertoire.

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The second edition of the Carla Fracci gala arrives at La Scala

After the resounding success of the Gala Carla Fracci now, two years after her death, comes the second edition of what will be an annual gala in her honour.

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Remembering Lynn Seymour, by her best friend

We share American ballerina Naomi Sorkin's eulogy for her best friend Lynn Seymour, read during the funeral reception held at Sorkin's Playground Theatre.

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Concert Gustav Mahler - Liceu de Barcelone, photo by Paco Amate 2022

Gustavo Dudamel to leave the Paris Opera at end of 22/23 season

The Paris Opera has announced that Gustavo Dudamel will resign as Music Director at the end of the 2022/2023 season for personal reasons.

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[Review] Rachid Ouramdane's Corps extrêmes – the most subtle, organic work I've seen in a while

Some people live for compartmentalisation – others blurred lines. Undoubtedly, Rachid Ouramdane and his extreme-sports acrobats are giving us the latter.

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Royal Opera House announces 2023-2024 opera and ballet Cinema Season

The Royal Opera House has announced its next Cinema Season with 13 productions, eight of which will be broadcast to screens around the world.

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Sergio Bernal in Les Etoiles 2020 Rome, photo by Graham Spicer

Sergio Bernal donates his gala fee to Italian flood victims

I will devolve my fee for the gala to initiatives in support of all those young students who want to continue studying, despite this tragedy – Sergio Bernal

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[Review] Blake Works V – William Forsythe's sensational evening of dance at La Scala

La Scala performs William Forsythe's Blake Works V with a premiere of ‘Prologue', a version of ‘The Barre Project', and ‘Blake Works I'.

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[Interview] Riccardo Frizza conducts the Verdi Requiem on the 150th anniversary of Manzoni's death

In Milan's Duomo on 22 May, Riccardo Frizza will conduct Verdi's Requiem, exactly 150 years after Manzoni's death, and 151 years after Verdi conducted the premiere.

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The Great Gatsby, dancers Sean Bates and Joseph Taylor. Photo Emily Nuttall, 2023

[Review] The Great Gatsby – zestful performances in a delectable setting but a convoluted plot

Jann Parry enjoys Northern Ballet's The Great Gatsby, but advises to consult the scenario beforehand – “the plot unravels quickly and bewilderingly”.

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Marcelino Sambe and Mayara Magri in Corbantic Games, photo by Andrej Uspenski

Royal Ballet's three one-act ballets – Wayne McGregor (world premiere) | Wheeldon | MacMillan

This June, The Royal Ballet presents a programme of one-act ballets featuring works by Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, and Christopher Wheeldon.

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[Review] Trajal Harrell's Porca Miseria – profound or codswallop, you've gotta love art

Reviewer Matthew Paluch sees Trajal Harrell's Porca Miseria and is undecided: “this is profound so concentrate, or what a load of codswallop!”

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[Interview] Conductor Henrik Nánási – immersing himself in the music

Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási talks about music, composers, a travelling life, musical roots and Rusalka. And tennis.

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[Photo Album] Photos from the first night of William Forsythe's ‘Blake Works V'

Photos from the first night of William Forsythe's ‘Blake Works V' at La Scala include the world premiere of Prologue.

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[Review] Kontemporary Korea – original, focused, skilled work, but it didn't rock my world

The Festival of Korean Dance (now in its 6th year) brings Kontemporary Korea to the UK: a triple bill by leading Korean talent Howool Baek and Hyuk Kwon.

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Meyer, Fuortes, Lissner

The bizarre story of Italian opera house musical chairs – Meyer, Fuortes, Lissner

Italian Opera House directors are being moved around like pawns in a chess game – a tale of government, television and theatre intrigue.

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[Photo Album] First peek at William Forsythe's ‘Blake Works V'

An album of photos taken during a stage rehearsal of William Forsythe's Blake Works V – at La Scala from 10 May.

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Balthus Variations, photo by Marta Rossetti

[Review] Balthus Variations and other delights in La Scala's Ballet School show

Choreographer Emanuela Tagliavia bravely puts awakening sexuality and same-sex partnering into ‘Balthus Variations' with La Scala's ballet school's students.

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Writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano’) about dance, opera, music and photography for people who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like. I was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. My scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times. I write the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

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