This morning, Frédéric Olivieri, director of La Scala’s ballet company, announced the theatre's 2019-2020 season:Sylvia14 December 2019 – 14 January 2020Music: Léo Delibes Choreography: Manuel Legris based on Louis Mérante and others Story and libretto: Manuel Legris and Jean-François Vazelle based on Jules Barbier and Jacques de Reinach Sets and costumes: Luisa … [Read more...] about La Scala Ballet Season 2019 – 2020
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David Aladashvili answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Musicians’ Edition
Q&AWhen did you start playing the piano? Well, I should have started earlier.Why did you start playing? Ballet didn’t work out :)Which pianist inspired you most when you were young? Eliso Virsaladze.Which pianist do you most admire? Martha Argerich; Georges Cziffra.What’s your favourite piece to play? Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen.What piece … [Read more...] about David Aladashvili answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Musicians’ Edition
Sylvano Bussotti: flamboyant composer, poet, set and costume designer, theatre director, and… and… and…
Silvano Bussotti, known as Sylvano, is an Italian eccentric, some say genius, and the word 'flamboyant' appears in many articles about this modern Renaissance man. He is a composer, poet, set and costume designer, painter, journalist, actor, singer, theatre and film director and sometime bad boy of the arts. Internationally he is more known as a composer, and the Oxford Grove … [Read more...] about Sylvano Bussotti: flamboyant composer, poet, set and costume designer, theatre director, and… and… and…