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Photo Album – first look at La Scala’s new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare

17 October 2019 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Giulio Cesare with Danielle de Niese © Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala 2019

Handel's Giulio Cesare A first look at La Scala's new production of Handel's Giulio Cesare (opening 18 October 2019) with a staging by Robert Carsen. With this new production La Scala inaugurates a Baroque project, which will continue in the coming years with two other titles by Handel: Agrippina and Ariodante. Giulio Cesare in Egitto has only been staged once at La … [Read more...] about Photo Album – first look at La Scala’s new production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare

Cecilia Bartoli’s new album ‘Farinelli’ will be issued in November

12 September 2019 by gramilano 4 Comments

Farinelli Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli’s new album celebrates the life and career of the most famous opera singer of the eighteenth century: the castrato Farinelli. This Decca disc marks three decades of Bartoli’s collaboration with the label, the first being Rossini Arias which was released in August 1989. Over sixty CDs later comes Farinelli which will be issued on 8 November 2019. In those thirty … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli’s new album ‘Farinelli’ will be issued in November

La Scala, Milan: Opera and Recital Season 2018 – 2019

30 May 2018 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Teatro alla Scala

OPERA SEASON 2018 - 2019 La Scala announced its 2018-2019 Opera season today with 15 titles, nine of which are new productions, and two are La Scala premieres. At the heart of the season remains the Italian repertoire, continuing with the cycle of works of Verdi, Puccini, Verismo (which will return in 2020 with Giordano’s Fedora and Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re), and the … [Read more...] about La Scala, Milan: Opera and Recital Season 2018 – 2019

Cecilia Bartoli Baroque Project announced at La Scala – Giulio Cesare, Semele, Ariodante

24 May 2018 by gramilano 1 Comment

Cecilia Bartoli with Alexander Pereira © Marco Brescia, Teatro alla Scala 2018

Today, La Scala announced a project to widen the knowledge and appreciation of Baroque music, in a country that has produced so much, yet now often overlooks a genre that is booming in other parts of the world. Cecilia Bartoli — who made a guest appearance last night at the end of Javier Camarena’s Italian debut concert as part of the Pavia Sacred Music Festival— will be … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli Baroque Project announced at La Scala – Giulio Cesare, Semele, Ariodante

La Scala Concert Season 2017 – 2018

1 June 2017 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Maurizio Pollini, photo by Brescia e Amisano

Opera and Recital Season 2017 - 2018 Ballet Season 2017 - 2018 Symphonic 14, 16, 19 October 2017 Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala Daniele Gatti Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijn, contralto Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection Symphony” 10, 12, 15 November 2017 Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala Riccardo Chailly Maria José … [Read more...] about La Scala Concert Season 2017 – 2018

Bartoli’s back on the treasure trail with her Norma video

19 April 2013 by gramilano 1 Comment

After offering clues taken from ‘webisodes’ filmed during the record­ing of Cecilia Bartoli's cd Mission, which eventually led to the name of the composer featured on the disc, Decca are being cunning again by offering 'exclusive content' to stir up interest in La Ceci's latest project. Following this link, it is possible to play a little game to reconstruct the cover of … [Read more...] about Bartoli’s back on the treasure trail with her Norma video

“Cecilia Bartoli’s” Giulio Cesare in Egitto: boos for the production, cheers for the cast

3 June 2012 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Cecilia Bartoli's well thought out programming for her first year as director of Salzburg's Whitsun Festival was thematic, inspired by the lady of the asp, Cleopatra. The climax of the festival was a new production of Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto, with la Bartoli as the iconic Egyptian queen. The casting was superb and aurally everything was splendid, but the production was … [Read more...] about “Cecilia Bartoli’s” Giulio Cesare in Egitto: boos for the production, cheers for the cast

Cecilia Bartoli is recording Norma in Zürich

22 April 2011 by gramilano 1 Comment

The Cecilia Bartoli Forum reports that Bartoli is recording Norma in Zurich with the Giardino Armonico's Giovanni Antonini conducting. The news comes from Radio Télévision Suisse in an interview with Antonini. Bartoli performed the opera in concert form in Dortmund last year with Thomas Hengelbrock and his Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble. The result was memorising, even more … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli is recording Norma in Zürich

Bartoli’s Sacrificium and Muti’s Verdi Requiem recordings win Grammy Awards

14 February 2011 by gramilano Leave a Comment

Right down there at the bottom of the barrel are the classical nominations - after rap, blues, latin, heavy metal, R&B, country, jazz, pop and every other form of popular music imaginable there are a few categories for classical music at the Grammys. Just two awards come after and those are for videos, not audio recordings. Here are the winners for 2011. Best Classical … [Read more...] about Bartoli’s Sacrificium and Muti’s Verdi Requiem recordings win Grammy Awards

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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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