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Sergei Polunin: 700 years of inferno, purgatory and paradise

5 September 2021 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Sergei Polunin in Paradiso, photo by Silvia Lelli

The Ravenna Festival has commissioned a new dance piece, Dante Metànoia, with choreography for Purgatory by Sergei Polunin, Inferno by Ross Freddie Ray and Paradiso by Jiří Bubeníček. The sole dancer … [Read more...] about Sergei Polunin: 700 years of inferno, purgatory and paradise

[Photos and review] La Scala celebrates with its Four Choreographers Evening

10 June 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

CONCERTO DSCH, photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala (8)

Wednesday 9 June was something of a celebration at La Scala with its ballet company returning to perform before a live audience. The current regulations only allow for 500 spectators but being that … [Read more...] about [Photos and review] La Scala celebrates with its Four Choreographers Evening

Dance, concerts and opera from La Scala – May-July 2021

16 May 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Verdi Suite - Nicola Del Freo, Virna Toppi, Claudio Coviello, Martina Arduino, Marco Agostino, photo Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala 2020

Programming - with an audience present in the auditorium - continues from 17 May with a concert by Daniel Harding. The calendar also includes a recital by Marianne Crebassa on 6 June, an evening of … [Read more...] about Dance, concerts and opera from La Scala – May-July 2021

Dancing Times, May edition – including Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column reviewing world premieres of Winterreise and Carmen

26 April 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Dancing Times May 2019 Danza in Italia crop

Dancing Times’ May issue is out now, with a glorious cover featuring Margot Fonteyn – the only dancer to be given the title prima ballerina assoluta by The Royal Ballet – who was born 100 years ago on … [Read more...] about Dancing Times, May edition – including Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column reviewing world premieres of Winterreise and Carmen

Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome

24 February 2019 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Amar Ramasar in Carmen di Jiří Bubeníček ® Yasuko Kageyama 02

Another Carmen? Well, yes, but there is a slightly different slant to this new production for the Rome Opera Ballet because Jiří Bubeníček has used Prosper Mérimée’s novella as his starting point, not … [Read more...] about Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome

Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen to debut at Rome Opera Ballet with Amar Ramasar as guest

30 January 2019 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Rezza (Lucas) Bianchi (Carmen) Ramasar (Don Josè) Cocino (Garcia) in Carmen by Bubeníček, photo ® Yasuko Kageyama

Carmen, a new work for Rome Opera Ballet by Jiří Bubeníček will receive its world premiere this Saturday, 2 February, and runs until 10 February. The company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato, … [Read more...] about Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen to debut at Rome Opera Ballet with Amar Ramasar as guest

Nicolas Le Riche announces the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet Season 2018/19

15 November 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Nicolas Le Riche, photo by Carl Thorborg

Paving the way for pioneering alliances and unparalleled masterpieces Nicolas Le Riche, the newly appointed Director of the Swedish Royal Ballet, today announced the 2018/19 season featuring … [Read more...] about Nicolas Le Riche announces the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet Season 2018/19

Introducing Michele Esposito… winner of the Prix de Lausanne 2017

27 February 2017 by Gramilano 8 Comments

Michele Esposito portrait

Michele Esposito has won the Prix de Lausanne 2017. The first prize, sponsored by the Swiss investment firm Adveq, was not his only award as he also won the Best Swiss Candidate Prize as well as the … [Read more...] about Introducing Michele Esposito… winner of the Prix de Lausanne 2017

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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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