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Balanchine’s Dream sprinkles its magic fairy dust over La Scala for the last time

29 June 2017 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Alessandro Grillo, Emanuela Montanari and Mariafrancesca Garritano

In the ‘60s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was all the rage: Benjamin Britten’s opera premiered in 1960, Balanchine’s ballet opened in 1962, Ashton’s The Dream came along in 1964, and Peter Hall’s film (with future Dames Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, and Judi Dench, among the cast) was in 1968.It was no passing fad. Both ballets are now set firmly in the repertoire, the opera is … [Read more...] about Balanchine’s Dream sprinkles its magic fairy dust over La Scala for the last time

Joyce DiDonato reveals her Desert Island Discs

26 September 2016 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Music runs to the very core of mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato, guest on yesterday’s BBC Radio 4’s long-running  and beautifully judged programme, Desert Island Discs.Even if she is tired before a show, everything changes when the music starts… “This business feeds me”.Her first disc to take to the desert island is to make her feel good: an Argentinian tango.Carlos … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato reveals her Desert Island Discs

Photos – First look at Britten’s Turn of the Screw at La Scala

14 September 2016 by gramilano 1 Comment

Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece Turn of the Screw opens tonight at La Scala and runs until 17 October.It will be the first time that the opera has been sung in English at the theatre as it’s only other appearance, at the end of the ‘60s, was in Virginio Puecher’s production which was in Italian.The new production marks the debut in Milan of Danish director Kasper … [Read more...] about Photos – First look at Britten’s Turn of the Screw at La Scala

Benjamin Britten in photos with Frederick Ashton, W H Auden, E M Forster et al

21 November 2013 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Rare photographs of Benjamin Britten including family and personal snapshots from his boyhood and professional life are on display at at the National Portrait Gallery, ahead of his centenary this weekend. Spanning all sixty-three years of his life, it starts with a rarely-seen photograph of the composer at one-year-old and ends with the gallery’s newly-acquired 1984 portrait … [Read more...] about Benjamin Britten in photos with Frederick Ashton, W H Auden, E M Forster et al

Pavarotti water, Bocelli wine, now Britten beer

27 May 2013 by gramilano Leave a Comment

San Pellegrino teamed up with the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation to create special bottles of Big Lucy mineral water.  Andrea Bocelli, together with brother Alberto, produce a range of wines from the fam­ily home in Lajatico, near Pisa. Now, demonstrating that this isn't just a tenor tendency, Aldeburgh Music's Chief Executive, Jonathan Reekie, has commissioned a Benjamin Britten … [Read more...] about Pavarotti water, Bocelli wine, now Britten beer

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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.

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