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 moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, so that she could study there. I had always enjoyed sports — soccer and karate especially — and I happened to see a men’s class. I asked my parents … [Read more...] about Jeffrey Cirio answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
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Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscan wines go on sale in the US at $20 a bottle
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 tradition. A work done, as Andrea says, in honour of the memory of their father, Alessandro, who in his time passionately cultivated the vines planted by his grandfather in the Tuscan … [Read more...] about Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscan wines go on sale in the US at $20 a bottle
Happy 100th Birthday Nino Rota
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 Firenze - The Florentine Straw Hat - is the most well-known), concerti, and instrumental works, it is his film music for which he is most celebrated. His collaborations with Federico … [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
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 their international musical achievements: German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, American soprano Patricia Racette, New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel and … [Read more...] about Opera News honours Kaufmann, Racette, Te Kanawa, Terfel and Muti at its 6th edition of the Opera Awards