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#OurHouseToYourHouse: tonight’s Royal Opera House’s 2nd live concert and next week’s programme

20 June 2020 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Tonight is the second of the Live from Covent Garden concerts at 7.30pm BST which will be broadcast via the Royal Opera House website from Covent Garden. These are the first live performances at the Royal Opera House since the building closed its doors to the public on 17 March.

Tonight’s concert includes a performance of Albert Schönberg’s reduction of Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with tenor David Butt Philip, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and soloists of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet Vadim Muntagirov will perform Frederick Ashton’s Dance of the Blessed Spirits. The solo was initially created in 1978 for Anthony Dowell and is a showcase of balance and poise.

Royal Opera House announces its first live performances since lockdown

4 June 2020 by gramilano 1 Comment

The Royal Opera House has announced its ‘Live from Covent Garden’ project: a series of three unique performances to be broadcast live via YouTube and Facebook from Covent Garden.

The first concert, on 13 June at 7.30 pm, will be hosted by the BBC’s Anita Rani and the Royal Opera House’s Director of Music, Antonio Pappano. A select group of musicians, artists and performers will be part of the first live concerts since the theatre closed its doors to the public on 17 March.

Designer Luisa Spinatelli’s Le Corsaire team fêted in Milan

5 October 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

The Amici della Scala association (Friends of La Scala) are always ready to celebrate: maybe it’s a question and answer session with Antonio Pappano, a talk by Placido Domingo, a presentation of one of the association’s newly published books (they have an extensive collection) – whatever, evenings always finish with an upheld glass and the cutting […]

Interview with Angela Gheorghiu on Draculina, Kaufmann, capriciousness and corruption

31 July 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

The autobiography of outspoken soprano Angela Gheorghiu — Angela Gheorghiu: A Life for Art — comes out in October. Her candidness will obviously make for fascinating reading. In an interview with the Corriere della sera she was as unbuttoned as ever. If I am the black sheep of my profession because I have my own […]

Daniela Barcellona collects Olivier Awards for Semiramide

9 April 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Daniela Barcellona and Joyce DiDonato have won Olivier Awards for Best Achievement in Opera for their roles in The Royal Opera House’s production of Semiramide. Semiramide was also the winner of Best New Opera Production at the annual award ceremony, this year held at the Royal Albert Hall. Barcellona accepted both of the awards on behalf of […]

#OperaPassion from the BBC with a live streaming day, events on TV and radio, and the V&A’s “Opera: Passion, Power and Politics”

21 September 2017 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Tony Hall, currently the Director-General of the BBC but previously the Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House from 2001 until 2013, is bringing his opera experience to broadcasting in a bold new collaborative project. Across the season, which starts on 30 September, the BBC will work with 12 UK partners, including major cultural organisations […]

Cecilia Bartoli and Antonio Pappano in conversation and concert in Rome

30 January 2017 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Cecilia Bartoli and Antonio Pappano celebrated Mozart’s 261st birthday with a concert in Rome. Pappano was conducting his orchestra and chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Parco della Musica auditorium, which is Bartoli’s choice venue on the few occasions when she sings in her home town. ANSA wrote that, Mozart couldn’t […]

ROYAL OPERA SEASON 2016 – 2017: theatre, cinema and radio

7 April 2016 by gramilano 1 Comment

All the details of the 2016-2017 Opera Season at London’s Royal Opera House: skip to section: ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON – IN BRIEF THE ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON THE ROYAL OPERA SEASON 2016-2017 – IN FULL BBC RADIO 3 AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE CINEMA SEASON ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON […]

Carlo Colombara answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

13 January 2016 by gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A in italiano When did you start singing? When I was 21. Why did you start singing? For fun. Which singer inspired you most when you were young? Ettore Bastianini. Which singer do you most admire? Boris Christoff. What’s your favourite role? Boris Godunov. What role have you never played but would have liked to? […]

Marco Berti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

9 June 2015 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A in italiano When did you start singing? More or less I’ve always sung. First at my local church, then one day my cousin, who sung Ave Marie for weddings, gave me the chance to try and I did. Since then I’ve never stopped. Why did you start singing? Like almost all singers, for passion, […]