Happy Birthday Magda! Sig.ra Olivero is 102 today.
On March 20, 2010 – 5 days before her 100th birthday – Magda Olivero talked for an astonishing two hours about her career at Mantova’s Teatro Bibiena.
In this video clip she talks about Maria Callas and about playing Minnie in La Fanciulla del West:
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
Happy Birthday Magda! Sig.ra Olivero is 102 today.: http://t.co/Z2pbjrvZ #opera
Meraviglia
buon compleanno magda!! grazie per la gioia che ancora doni a chi ascolta
le tue opere che rimarranno sempre con noi.
Enrico
with love, from the mountain top till we meet again, happy birthday