Milan gardens named in honour of Eufemia Brancato – Queen of the tutu
Today, a garden in Milan was named after a costume maker, a woman known affectionately as the “Queen of the tutu” – Eufemia Brancato.
Ferruccio Soleri
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Review: the autobiography of Anna Maria Prina, director of La Scala Ballet School for more than three decades
Anna Maria Prina’s autobiography provides a fascinating insight into La Scala’s history, with juicy titbits, opinions and copious information.
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Ferruccio Soleri – After 60 years and 2,283 performances, Italy’s Arlecchino bows out
On 13 May, a very important actor took his final bow. Goldoni’s Harlequin, servant to two masters, known in Italy as simply Arlecchino, has seen Ferruccio Soleri in the leading role since 1959. Now, aged 88, he has taken off his chequered costume and black leather commedia dell’arte mask for the last time. Goldoni’s play…
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dance | design | music & opera
Luisa Spinatelli – celebrating the life of the Milanese opera and ballet designer
Luisa Spinatelli… taking tasteful to a higher dimension The Amici della Scala (Friends of La Scala), run by the indefatigable Anna Crespi, gathered together at the association’s spectacular headquarters, a short walk from La Scala, to celebrate one of Italy’s most important theatre designers. Luisa Spinatelli is one of a tight-knit core of Milanese artists,…
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art | dance | music & opera
Amici della Scala: Fracci, Lazzarini, Pomodoro, Soleri, Vanoni, Savignano… artists who have made Milan great
The ‘Amici della Scala‘ sure knows how to throw a party! The indefatigable Anna Crespi, who has been guiding the Friends of La Scala association since its birth in 1978, had the idea to get some of the most important Milanese artists invite their friends to celebrate the great sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (90 next month) and…
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Paolo Poli 1929-2016 – Italy loses its most original talent
Paolo Poli was, like so many gigantic Italian talents whose fame is based on their way with words, little known outside his own country. He was born in Florence and possessed that typically Tuscan eccentricity which informed both his writing and acting. Poli was a handsome man with an elegant and aristocratic bearing, he possessed a…
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Amici della Scala celebrates Lila de Nobili with Frigerio, Fracci, Bruson and …
The annual presentation of the latest additions to the series of books produced by the Amici della Scala (Friends of La Scala) is quite an event. It is held in the grand foyer on the first floor of Teatro alla Scala with the sovrintendente of the theatre, the unstoppable Anna Crespi who founded the association…
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Two Italian living legends together: Ferruccio Soleri, the greatest Arlecchino, and Carla Fracci, the greatest Giselle
Ferruccio Soleri (class of 1929) has played Arlecchino in Giorgio Strehler‘s legendary production of Goldoni’s masterpiece Servant of Two Masters (Arlecchino servitore di due padroni) for Milan’s Piccolo Teatro since 1959. And he still is. He will be playing the role for the 53rd season this year, and on tour in Argentina. Here he is pictured with long-time friend…
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