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Royal Opera House Ballet and Opera season 2022-2023 in brief

7 April 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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jump to OPERA SEASON 2022-2033 jump to BALLET SEASON 2022-2033 20 new productions, 9 world premieres and 3 UK premieres13 co-productions, co-commissions and partnerships with global … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House Ballet and Opera season 2022-2023 in brief

The Royal Opera House: opera, ballet, cinema in 2022

16 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marcelino Sambé and Francesca Hayward in Christopher Wheeldon's Like Water For Chocolate - The Royal Ballet 2021 ROH, photo by Rick Guest crop

In January 2022, The Royal Opera Company will celebrate its 75th anniversary. On 14 January 1947, the 'Covent Garden Opera Company' (its name was changed to The Royal Opera in 1968) performed Carmen. … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera House: opera, ballet, cinema in 2022

The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season

2 June 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Anna Netrebko as Leonora in La forza del destino, The Royal Opera © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper

The Royal Opera Season will open with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, directed by Oliver Mears – his first production since becoming The Royal Opera’s Director of Opera in 2017. This new … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season

The Royal Opera reveals plans for the 2021-2022 season

24 March 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Antonio Pappano in rehearsal for Fidelio, The Royal Opera © 2020 ROH. Photographed by Lara Cappelli.

In the first complete season since 2019, The Royal Opera has announced its early plans for its 2021-2022 season. Detailed information will be announced on 1 June. The Live Cinema season and digital … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera reveals plans for the 2021-2022 season

La Scala welcomes back its stars – season opening 7 December

25 November 2020 by Gramilano 7 Comments

La Scala 7 December 2020

Despite coronavirus restrictions, La Scala will celebrate the opening of its season 2020-2021 – however long or short it may be – on 7 December, the feast of Saint Ambrose, Milan’s saint’s day. The … [Read more...] about La Scala welcomes back its stars – season opening 7 December

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 … [Read more...] about Carlo Colombara answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Interview with Virginia Zeani at 90 “My brain believes that I’m eternally young”

20 October 2015 by Gramilano 10 Comments

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Inside I feel 50, outside I feel 70, and my brain believes that I’m eternally young. But on 21 October the great soprano Virginia Zeani will be 90. Naturally, many of my friends are dead. It’s … [Read more...] about Interview with Virginia Zeani at 90 “My brain believes that I’m eternally young”

Interview with Elīna Garanča: I will sing Amneris

29 August 2014 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Elīna Garanča has sung in Verdi's Requiem at La Scala and in recital, but never performed in an opera. There was a planned Don Giovanni which she pulled out of when she became pregnant, and an opera … [Read more...] about Interview with Elīna Garanča: I will sing Amneris

La Scala complete Symphonic and Recital programme: 2014 — 2015

18 June 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

  Symphonic Programme 29, 30 September, 1 October 2014 Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Zubin Mehta Franz Joseph Haydn Die Schöpfung Hob. XXI:2 Oratorio Julia Kleiter, … [Read more...] about La Scala complete Symphonic and Recital programme: 2014 — 2015

La Scala complete Opera casts and dates: 2014 – 2015

18 June 2014 by Gramilano 2 Comments

4 December (Preview for young people), 7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23 December 2014 Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio Conductor: Daniel Barenboim Director: Deborah Warner Sets and costumes: Chloe … [Read more...] about La Scala complete Opera casts and dates: 2014 – 2015

Cecilia Bartoli: the generous mezzo makes the front page

1 September 2013 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Cecilia Bartoli, basking in the glory of her successful series of Normas in Salzburg, yesterday become the cover girl of the French newspaper Libération. The centre-left paper, founded by Jean-Paul … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli: the generous mezzo makes the front page

Elīna Garanča triumphs at her La Scala début

5 June 2012 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Débuts at Milan's La Scala Opera House are notoriously tricky. In opera, singers worry about possible boos showering down from the famous loggionisti, though for a recital that isn't likely to … [Read more...] about Elīna Garanča triumphs at her La Scala début

Italian theatre designer Luisa Spinatelli is honoured at La Scala

17 May 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Last night in the glamorous foyer of the La Scala Theatre (Ridotto dei Palchi 'Arturo Toscanini') the Amici della Scala awarded an Honorary Membership of the society to Italian theatre designer Luisa … [Read more...] about Italian theatre designer Luisa Spinatelli is honoured at La Scala

La Scala’s 2011-2012 opera and ballet season announced

15 April 2011 by Gramilano 2 Comments

La Scala held a press conference this morning to announce its 2011-2012 season. How times, and timing, have changed. Just ten years ago the season was being presented in late June, with roles "to … [Read more...] about La Scala’s 2011-2012 opera and ballet season announced

Let’s hear it for the girls…

11 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Music Group babes aren't bad either. From the left, soprano Renée Fleming, mezzo Elīna Garanča, violinist Akiko Suwanai and soprano Anna Netrebko. Photo credits: … [Read more...] about Let’s hear it for the girls…

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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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