OPERA SEASON 2018 - 2019 La Scala announced its 2018-2019 Opera season today with 15 titles, nine of which are new productions, and two are La Scala premieres. At the heart of the season remains the Italian repertoire, continuing with the cycle of works of Verdi, Puccini, Verismo (which will return in 2020 … Continue reading
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The Royal Ballet promotions for 2018/19 season: Matthew Ball has been promoted to Principal dancer
Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, has announced that Matthew Ball has been promoted to Principal Dancer. He said, I’m delighted that Matthew Ball will be a Principal dancer from the start of the 2018/19 Season. He has had a tremendous year with very exciting debuts in both classical and … Continue reading
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Photo Album: Don Quixote at La Scala with with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko
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Lead Principal Aaron Robison to leave English National Ballet after one season
Lead Principal Aaron Robison has decided to leave English National Ballet at the end of the current season. Robison only joined English National Ballet in June last year and will be returning to San Francisco … Continue reading
Sneak peek of Don Quixote at La Scala – photos from today’s dress rehearsal
Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote returns again to La Scala with many of the company's newer Principals and Soloists making role debuts. Tomorrow night's cast - and that of this afternoon's dress rehearsal - will see … Continue reading
Olga Peretyatko – the generous and gifted artist in recital at La Scala
Olga Peretyatko was in glorious voice for her captivating recital at La Scala. Beautiful on both the eye and the ear she charmed throughout her highly demanding and lengthy programme, bewitching the audience for … Continue reading
Tributes to choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne flood in from the worlds of musicals and ballet
A tweet from Peter Land on Dame Gillian Lynne’s account on Sunday evening, 1 July, announced that the beloved choreographer had died - she was 92: Rest In Peace my darling Gillie. I am heartbroken to write that … Continue reading
English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty – a photo album, dedicated to Elisabetta Terabust
Italian ballerina Elisabetta Terabust, who died in February this year at her home in Rome after a long illness, was a star of the London Festival Ballet, now English National Ballet, from 1973 until 1988. … Continue reading
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Former Royal Ballet principal Miyako Yoshida becomes Artistic Director of New National Ballet Tokyo
Miyako Yoshida, former Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet, has been appointed Artistic Director of the New National Ballet Tokyo. The Ballet … Continue reading
English National Ballet announces promotions and new joiners for the 2018/2019 season
Tamara Rojo has announced promotions within English National Ballet and new joiners for the 2018/2019 season. Joiners and promotions Joining … Continue reading
Former Béjart Ballet Lausanne Principal Kathryn Bradney is new Artistic Director of the Prix de Lausanne
Following the Fondation en faveur de l’Art Chorégraphique’s official Board meeting, Kathryn Bradney has been elected unanimously as full-time … Continue reading
Skylar Campbell and Francesco Gabriele Frola Promoted to Principal Dancer at The National Ballet of Canada
Six Promotions in 2018/19 Season Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, yesterday announced six promotions for the … Continue reading
Meeting Alice Bellini, winner of English National Ballet’s People’s Choice Award 2018
Alice Bellini, who graduated from The Royal Ballet School last year, has won this year’s People’s Choice Award at the annual Emerging Artists … Continue reading
Pulchra minima: an important dance festival at Milan’s smallest theatre
There is a miniature Teatro alla Scala in Milan, which hasn’t been seen for 30 years. It is close to the Duomo in the heart of the city, but … Continue reading
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Riccardo Frizza answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Conductors’ Edition
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Salzburg, L’italiana in Algeri – the role Cecilia Bartoli was born to play
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Interview with Jonas Kaufmann: opera in the age of #MeToo and why he refused to go to the sauna
Jonas Kaufmann: [#MeToo is happening in opera] and not just for the girls! We men are at risk too! I know the situation well because as a young … Continue reading
Interview with composer Thea Musgrave at 90: I am happy and fulfilled to be the composer and person I am now
The Scottish composer Thea Musgrave is 90 today, 27 May 2018. She is one of Britain’s most distinguished composers of classical music and opera; … Continue reading
Cecilia Bartoli Baroque Project announced at La Scala – Giulio Cesare, Semele, Ariodante
Today, La Scala announced a project to widen the knowledge and appreciation of Baroque music, in a country that has produced so much, yet now … Continue reading
Bartoli steps in as Villazon withdraws from closing gala at Salzburg Festival
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