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Jeffrey Cirio answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

11 January 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Jeffrey Cirio by Karolina Kuras crop

Q&A When did you start dancing? I started dancing right around the age of nine. Why did you start dancing? My sister, Lia, was a student at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Our family had … [Read more...] about Jeffrey Cirio answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscan wines go on sale in the US at $20 a bottle

10 May 2012 by Gramilano 4 Comments

Around Andrea Bocelli's family home in Lajatico, in the province of Pisa, Andrea and his brother Alberto, who is more directly involved, are pursuing work to improve the wines and the family … [Read more...] about Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscan wines go on sale in the US at $20 a bottle

Happy 100th Birthday Nino Rota

3 December 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Nino Rota would have been 100 today. He died in 1979 but his work is well remembered 30 years on. The Italian composer was born in Milan and although he wrote operas (Il cappello di paglia di … [Read more...] about Happy 100th Birthday Nino Rota

Opera News honours Kaufmann, Racette, Te Kanawa, Terfel and Muti at its 6th edition of the Opera Awards

21 April 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Barbara Cook joined director Francis Ford Coppola and playwright John Guare on Sunday to present this year's Opera News Awards. Five artists were recognized for … [Read more...] about Opera News honours Kaufmann, Racette, Te Kanawa, Terfel and Muti at its 6th edition of the Opera Awards

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Gramilano newsletter 2019

INTERVIEWS

Sergei Polunin in Paradiso, photo by Silvia Lelli

Sergei Polunin: 700 years of inferno, purgatory and paradise

Delphine Galou © Giulia Papetti

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

Rihab Chaieb photographed by Gerard Collett - 7

Interview with mezzo soprano Rihab Chaieb – from goths to Mozart, Tunisia to Glyndebourne – a life of contrast

Jennifer Check as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw, photo by Angela Gaul

On Site Opera presents Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at the stunning Wave Hill estate in the Bronx

Marianela Nunez shot for Humanity magazine, photographed and guest edited by Paola Kudacki 08

Marianela Nuñez on working with celebrity photographer Paola Kudacki for Humanity magazine

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In conversation with Marianela Nuñez

Lauren Cuthbertson by Clive Barda

Interview with The Royal Ballet’s Lauren Cuthbertson – so much passion

Davide Dato rehearses Uwe Scholz's Rite of Spring with Giovanni di Palma © Gabriele Schacherl (5)

Davide Dato stars in the Italian premiere of Uwe Scholz’s The Rite of Spring

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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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