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Donatella Bertozzi

Review: Rome Opera Ballet’s magical performance of La Bayadère

10 February 2026 by Donatella Bertozzi Leave a Comment

La Bayadère - Sae Eun Park (Nikiya), Paul Marque (Solor), photo Fabrizio Sansoni-Opera di Roma 2026 (2)

Donatella Bertozzi sees La Bayadère in Rome and has a 'magical, priceless evening' with Paris Opera Ballet's Sae Eu Park and Paul Marque. TitleLa BayadèreCompanyRome Opera Ballet VenueTeatro … [Read more...] about Review: Rome Opera Ballet’s magical performance of La Bayadère

Review: Las Estrellas in Rome, with “some of the most brilliant dance and music talents of Spain”

26 January 2025 by Donatella Bertozzi 2 Comments

Manuela Carrasco 2, photo by Damiano Mongelli

Donatella Bertozzi sees the Las Estrellas gala in Rome featuring a dizzying array of flamenco talent. TitleLas EstrellasCompanyDaniele Cipriani EntertainmentVenueAuditorium Parco della Musica Ennio … [Read more...] about Review: Las Estrellas in Rome, with “some of the most brilliant dance and music talents of Spain”

Review: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”

23 December 2024 by Donatella Bertozzi 1 Comment

The Nutcracker - photo by Fabrizio Sansoni, Opera di Roma (3)

Donatella Bertozzi sees The Nutcracker in Rome and finds in Paul Chalmer “a strong narrator and an expert dance maker”. TitleThe NutcrackerCompanyRome Opera Ballet VenueTeatro dell'Opera, RomeDate15 … [Read more...] about Review: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”

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Gramilano newsletter 2019

INTERVIEWS

Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic, photo by © Silvia Lelli_05

Riccardo Muti interview, part two: Pavarotti, communication, politics and music’s meaning

Yasmine Naghdi prepares for Gamzatti, photo by Dasa Wharton 16

Interviews with 3 Royal Ballet principals: Nuñez, Cuthbertson, Naghdi

The Nutcracker rehearsals - Claudio Coviello with Manuel Legris, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

La Scala principal dancer Claudio Coviello on dancing in Nureyev’s Nutcracker

Delphine Galou © Giulia Papetti

Interview with contralto Delphine Galou: “making music together with love”

Anna Rose O'Sullivan after her début as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, photo by Marcelino Sambé

Anna Rose O’Sullivan – meeting the Royal Ballet’s newest star

Katia Ricciarelli - Chi

Soprano Katia Ricciarelli to be contestant in Big Brother TV reality show

Coppélia with Vadim Muntagirov and Marianela Nunez, photo by Bill Cooper ROH

Interview: The Royal Ballet’s Ballet Master, Christopher Carr, on mounting Coppélia, the company’s dancers and technique

Jacopo Tissi in Swan Lake crop

Interview: Who is Jacopo Tissi? The Bolshoi’s enigmatic Italian star talks about Moscow, Milan and London, “It certainly wasn’t easy”

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GRAMILANO

Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. 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, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

Since 2022, Gramilano has been pleased to welcome guest authors: Paul Arrowsmith, Donatella Bertozzi, Georgina Butler, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Ann Haskins, Lily Hyde, Marta Mele, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Lucía Piquero, Graham Watts, Deborah Weiss, and Lydia Wharf.

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