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Die Walküre

Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles

4 October 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Vadim Muntagirov in rehearsal for Live from Covent Garden 20 June 2020 c 2020 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton

The Royal Opera House has launched a streaming service that offers 45 performances from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera’s archives. Together with these are also 85 behind-the-scenes features, … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles

175,000 left waiting for Met techies to fix the ‘Die Walküre’ planks

15 May 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The massive set for Wagner’s “Ring” being staged at the Metropolitan Opera picked a fine time to misbehave. A technical problem left an estimated 175,000 people sitting in movie theaters around the … [Read more...] about 175,000 left waiting for Met techies to fix the ‘Die Walküre’ planks

La Scala opening night TV blooper

8 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The live transmission of "Die Walkure" from La Scala was the first time that the opening of the season had been broadcast live in 20 years... so there were bound to be a few problems. And there were! … [Read more...] about La Scala opening night TV blooper

15 minutes of applause – a triumph for Nina Stemme, Waltraud Meier and Daniel Barenboim

8 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

La Scala's production of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre" drew a 15-minute ovation on the opening night of the opera house season yesterday. "Die Walküre" - a powerful drama about the struggle for … [Read more...] about 15 minutes of applause – a triumph for Nina Stemme, Waltraud Meier and Daniel Barenboim

Barenboim appeals from the pit for the defence of Italian culture

8 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Before conducting the National Anthem and the 'Die Walküre' overture, Daniel Barenboim took up a microphone and, addressing himself to the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, … [Read more...] about Barenboim appeals from the pit for the defence of Italian culture

La Scala’s Die Walküre hobbles towards it’s opening night

2 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Last night saw the dress rehearsal of La Scala's new production of Die Walküre for the traditional opening of its season on the feast day of Saint Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, the 7th … [Read more...] about La Scala’s Die Walküre hobbles towards it’s opening night

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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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