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Rome Opera Ballet – Season 2022-2023

23 July 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Bolero - choreography by Pastor Polski, Balet Narodowy, photo Ewa Krasucka 2

The new ballet season of the Teatro dell'Opera in Roma has been announced by the company's director, Eleonora Abbagnato. Don Quixote by Laurent Hilaire Rome Opera Ballet opens its season with … [Read more...] about Rome Opera Ballet – Season 2022-2023

Giulietta – a new ballet with Eleonora Abbagnato, her daughter, and an imaginary friend

17 July 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Giulietta - rehearsals with Eleonora Abbagnato, Julia Balzaretti, Simone Repele and Sasha Riva, photo Massimo Danza 10

A modern-day Juliet, still a child, imagines herself as an adult. She imagines having a Romeo of her own, as in Shakespeare’s story. The young Juliet is played by ten-year-old Julia Balzaretti, and … [Read more...] about Giulietta – a new ballet with Eleonora Abbagnato, her daughter, and an imaginary friend

Rome Opera Ballet announces 2021-2022 season

20 July 2021 by Gramilano 2 Comments

The Nutcracker with Rebecca Bianchi, Rome Opera Ballet, photo by Yasuko Kageyama

The Nutcracker opens on 19 December and runs until 2 January in a contemporary reinterpretation created by Giuliano Peparini for the Rome Opera Ballet in 2015. Company étoiles Alessandra Amato and … [Read more...] about Rome Opera Ballet announces 2021-2022 season

A captivating dance tribute to Stravinsky at Italy’s Nervi Festival

19 July 2021 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Davide Dato in The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky's Love © Graham Spicer

A programme of dance dedicated to Igor Stravinsky on the 50th anniversary of his death launched the dance season at this year’s Nervi Music Ballet Festival. The pieces on the programme for … [Read more...] about A captivating dance tribute to Stravinsky at Italy’s Nervi Festival

Stravinsky celebrated in music and dance at Nervi, Ravenna and Rome festivals

20 June 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Simone Repele and Sasha Riva in Pulcinella suite italienne, photo by Paolo Laudicina

On 8 July at the Nervi Music Ballet Festival 2021, a new programme of music and dance called Stravinsky’s Love will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death*. The celebrated Russian … [Read more...] about Stravinsky celebrated in music and dance at Nervi, Ravenna and Rome festivals

Vivaldi Suite – free streaming of a new ballet from Rome Opera

16 January 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Vivaldi Suite

Tonight at 8.00 pm CET, the ballet Vivaldi Suite by choreographer Michele Merola will be broadcast in free streaming on the YouTube channel of the Opera di Roma. Merola is making his debut with … [Read more...] about Vivaldi Suite – free streaming of a new ballet from Rome Opera

[Review] Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus with striking Capucci costumes

11 August 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Roberto Lori in The Creatures of Prometheus The Creatures of Capucci, photo by Graham Spicer

Italian producer Daniele Cipriani seems to be resuscitating dance in Italy almost singlehandedly. The first main dance event in the country was conceived by him and presented in mid-July to open the … [Read more...] about [Review] Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus with striking Capucci costumes

SHINE Pink Floyd Moon – a dazzling new dance work casts its magic spell

22 September 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

SHINE Pink Floyd Moon, photo by Graham Spicer, Gramilano 02

SHINE Pink Floyd Moon is a new dance work from Belgian choreographer, Micha van Hoecke, based on the British band’s most celebrated tracks. Their music is performed live by a ‘tribute’ band, Pink … [Read more...] about SHINE Pink Floyd Moon – a dazzling new dance work casts its magic spell

SHINE – the Pink Floyd Rock-Opera Ballet in Verona’s Teatro Romano, 5 September

31 August 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

SHINE Pink Floyd Moon © Massimo Danza 06

"You must understand that you are another world in miniature, and that there is in you sun and moon and also stars." It’s certainly unusual to kick off a press release about a dance show with a quote … [Read more...] about SHINE – the Pink Floyd Rock-Opera Ballet in Verona’s Teatro Romano, 5 September

Rock ballet ‘SHINE Pink Floyd Moon’ by Micha van Hoecke tours Italy’s open air festivals

31 July 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

SHINE at the Ravenna Festival © Malcolm Levinkind, Daniele Cipriani Entertainment 2019 06

Belgian choreographer, Micha van Hoecke, has collaborated extensively with conductor Riccardo Muti over the years, providing choreography for operas when the Maestro was head of La Scala, and then … [Read more...] about Rock ballet ‘SHINE Pink Floyd Moon’ by Micha van Hoecke tours Italy’s open air festivals

Rome Opera Ballet presents a Philip Glass Evening featuring a new work with Eleonora Abbagnato and Friedemann Vogel

20 March 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Nuit Blanche, designs by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior, for Rome Opera Ballet 2019 crop

Rome Opera Ballet presents a Philip Glass Evening, which opens 29 March 2019, and features a new work with the company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato, and guest artist Friedemann Vogel. The programme … [Read more...] about Rome Opera Ballet presents a Philip Glass Evening featuring a new work with Eleonora Abbagnato and Friedemann Vogel

Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome

24 February 2019 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Amar Ramasar in Carmen di Jiří Bubeníček ® Yasuko Kageyama 02

Another Carmen? Well, yes, but there is a slightly different slant to this new production for the Rome Opera Ballet because Jiří Bubeníček has used Prosper Mérimée’s novella as his starting point, not … [Read more...] about Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome

Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen to debut at Rome Opera Ballet with Amar Ramasar as guest

30 January 2019 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Rezza (Lucas) Bianchi (Carmen) Ramasar (Don Josè) Cocino (Garcia) in Carmen by Bubeníček, photo ® Yasuko Kageyama

Carmen, a new work for Rome Opera Ballet by Jiří Bubeníček will receive its world premiere this Saturday, 2 February, and runs until 10 February. The company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato, … [Read more...] about Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen to debut at Rome Opera Ballet with Amar Ramasar as guest

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GRAHAM SPICER

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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