More details have emerged about the serious accident which has put tenor Salvatore Licitra into intensive care.
Shortly before midnight, yesterday, Licitra was riding his Vespa, his soprano girlfriend with him, when he lost control of the bike. He was not wearing a crash helmet and has suffered severe cranial damage.

Graham Spicer is a 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”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.
His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.