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Vittorio Grigolo suspended from Royal Opera tour in Japan for allegedly “groping another singer onstage”

24 September 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Faust, part of The Royal Opera's 2019 Japan tour ©2019 ROHm photo by Tristram Kenton

  A most extraordinary story is arriving from Japan where The Royal Opera is currently on tour. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo was substituted for the final performance of the opera Faust after being … [Read more...] about Vittorio Grigolo suspended from Royal Opera tour in Japan for allegedly “groping another singer onstage”

Interview with Juan Diego Flórez who debuts in Ricciardo e Zoraide at Pesaro tonight

11 August 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Juan Diego Flórez, phoyo by Manfred Baumann

Twenty-two years ago, Juan Diego Flórez arrived like a meteorite across the opera firmament. A couple of weeks before his career launching performance, I’d met the young tenor in Milan. He’d flown … [Read more...] about Interview with Juan Diego Flórez who debuts in Ricciardo e Zoraide at Pesaro tonight

Olga Peretyatko – the generous and gifted artist in recital at La Scala

5 July 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Olga Peretyatko with her pianist Giulio Zappa during an autograph session after her recital

Olga Peretyatko was in glorious voice for her captivating recital at La Scala. Beautiful on both the eye and the ear she charmed throughout her highly demanding and lengthy programme, bewitching the … [Read more...] about Olga Peretyatko – the generous and gifted artist in recital at La Scala

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

Opera singer Wendy White in hospital after an eight-foot fall during the Met’s Faust

18 December 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Mezzo-soprano Wendy White fell from a platform eight feet above the stage during a performance of Gounod’s “Faust” at the Metropolitan Opera yesterday. She was rushed to hospital. The Met have said, … [Read more...] about Opera singer Wendy White in hospital after an eight-foot fall during the Met’s Faust

Angela Gheorghiu: The Rolling Stones have a big sound. You know why? Because they are plugged in!

29 September 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Angela Gheorghiu is in London to promote a season of Royal Opera House filmed performances, three starring herself. The Royal Opera House is striving to build up opera and ballet audiences by piping … [Read more...] about Angela Gheorghiu: The Rolling Stones have a big sound. You know why? Because they are plugged in!

Roberto Alagna tells his version of the Bastille walk out to Le Figaro

18 September 2011 by Gramilano 2 Comments

After being accused provoking the departure of conductor Alain Lombard from the production of Faust at the Bastille, Roberto Alagna gave his version of what happened in an interview with Le Figaro. I … [Read more...] about Roberto Alagna tells his version of the Bastille walk out to Le Figaro

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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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