• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • HOME
  • POPULAR POSTS
    • DANCE
    • MUSIC & OPERA
    • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
    • DANCERS
    • SINGERS
  • MY PHOTOS
  • CONTACT
Gramilano logo 2023

- dance, opera, photography...

Carmen

Royal Opera House announces 2023-2024 opera and ballet Cinema Season

24 May 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Message in a Bottle hero image - Johan_Persson_

The Royal Opera House has announced its next Cinema Season with 13 productions, eight of which will be broadcast to screens around the world. The season begins in September when Music Director of … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House announces 2023-2024 opera and ballet Cinema Season

The Paris Opera cancels opera and ballet performances

11 December 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

architecture art buildings city

The Paris Opera has postponed its reopening. Like all other cultural institutions in France, following the new directives issued by the French government to combat the spread of Covid-19, it must … [Read more...] about The Paris Opera cancels opera and ballet performances

Alessandro Macario answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

3 November 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Alessandro Macario in Coppélia by Roland Petit, Teatro San Carlo

Q&A   in italiano When did you start dancing? I started dancing when I was four. Why did you start dancing? My uncle was a dancer and ran a ballet school, so I’m sure that I began dancing … [Read more...] about Alessandro Macario answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

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

Anita Rachvelishvili and David Aladashvili cast magic at La Scala

27 December 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Anita Rachvelishvili at La Scala, 2016

It’s not often that the accompanist for a recital is mentioned in the opening paragraph of a review, but Anita Rachvelishvili’s recital at La Scala with pianist David Aladashvili was a true joint … [Read more...] about Anita Rachvelishvili and David Aladashvili cast magic at La Scala

Massimo Cavalletti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

13 October 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A   in italiano When did you start singing? I began singing when I was six years old in the choir at Saint Anne’s church in Lucca, where I was born. I started singing opera when I was … [Read more...] about Massimo Cavalletti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

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 … [Read more...] about Marco Berti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Mathilde Froustey answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

4 June 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A When did you start dancing? I started at the age of 10 in my hometown Dax, near Bordeaux in southwest France. I was hyperactive so my mother had me do as many activities as I possibly … [Read more...] about Mathilde Froustey answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Francesca Hayward answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

3 January 2015 by Gramilano 4 Comments

Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 3 years old. My grandparents didn't know how to keep me occupied so they bought a video of The Nutcracker on a whim and that was it, I was happy … [Read more...] about Francesca Hayward answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Carmen Medea Cassandra – Il processo: tonight and on tour

25 July 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Carmen, Medea and Cassandra... just imagine all three around your dinner table... a diplomatic nightmare. For Italian choreographer Luciano Cannito they have provided him with inspiration for a … [Read more...] about Carmen Medea Cassandra – Il processo: tonight and on tour

Mark S Doss answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

21 March 2013 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A When did you start singing?  I was in the 5th grade when the music teacher, Mrs Mapson, asked me to sing the Wells Fargo Wagon song from Music Man. She heard me sing it back to her and then … [Read more...] about Mark S Doss answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Alessandra Ferri on working with Roland Petit

12 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

He was the greatest. Working with him I touched upon genius itself. He gave you the essence of a character in a single gesture, in an instant. A dancer was never the same after meeting him. Petit … [Read more...] about Alessandra Ferri on working with Roland Petit

3-D has rarely seemed as gimmicky as in “Carmen in 3D’’

5 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

We're promised "the best seat in the house" but that turns out to be a wheelchair moving around six feet in front of the performers and rarely straying beyond the proscenium. Furthermore, this … [Read more...] about 3-D has rarely seemed as gimmicky as in “Carmen in 3D’’

Primary Sidebar

SUBSCRIBE

Gramilano newsletter 2019

CATEGORIES

FOLLOW

  • 20,023 Followers
  • 21,200 Subscribers
  • 22,866 Followers
  • 230k Followers
  • 0 Followers

NEWS

Jack Anderson – dance writer, historian, and poet – dies at 88

Ballet schools worldwide commit to a collective future with aDvANCE conference

A new 17-floor tower opens behind La Scala with rehearsal rooms and offices

Sarah Jessica Parker produces Front Row, a documentary following the United Ukrainian Ballet

NutcrackAR – Birmingham Royal Ballet’s augmented reality countdown to Nutcracker time

#WorldBalletDay celebrates 10th anniversary

Empire State Building to be lit in honour of New York City Ballet’s 75th Anniversary

Royal Academy of Dance acquires Dancing Times photographic archive

[Review] Eun-Me Ahn’s ‘Dragons – “Like a large plate of tasteless food”

A final bow for Russell Janzen: From Danseur Noble to creating Contemporary Ballet

FEATURED POSTS

Nunez headshot cropped

In conversation with Marianela Nuñez

How to stage a ballet… Maina Gielgud explains

In and Out: Bolle, Gomes, Stiefel – how easy is it to be an openly gay ballet dancer?

Vadim Muntagirov answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Luca Pisaroni as Leporello in Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne   photo by Bill Cooper

In conversation with Luca Pisaroni: back to Milan with his La Scala debut

franco fagioli © thibault stipal, 2014

Franco Fagioli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Francesco Gabriele Frola. Photo By Karolina Kuras, 2016 01

Meet Francesco Gabriele Frola — National Ballet of Canada and English National Ballet’s new Principal Dancer

Yasmine Naghdi in rehearsal for Tarantella, The Royal Ballet © 2017 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper

[Interview] The Royal Ballet’s Yasmine Naghdi: a time to reflect

Thomas Hampson by Jiyang Chen

Thomas Hampson answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Renata Scotto with Maria Callas

Renata Scotto vs Maria Callas – the 1970 fight at La Scala

GRAMILANO

Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan, aka ‘Gramilano’. 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. He wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

Since 2022, Gramilano is pleased to welcome guest authors: Alisa Alekseeva, Paul Arrowsmith, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Graham Watts, and Deborah Weiss.

Referred-to-by

SEARCH

Copyright © 2023 · Gramilano · All rights reserved

about me · contact me · privacy and cookies

Would you like to receive an email
whenever we publish a new post?

SUBSCRIBE