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The Met: Live at Home – new streaming platform makes opera simulcasts available at home

13 October 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino and Erin Morley as Pamina in Mozarts Die Zauberflote Photo by Zenith Richards Met Opera

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the launch of The Met: Live at Home, a streaming platform that allows audiences to watch the Met’s series of live streams from any device in the comfort of their … [Read more...] about The Met: Live at Home – new streaming platform makes opera simulcasts available at home

Joyce DiDonato’s new album EDEN is released

26 February 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Joyce DiDonato © Sergi Jasanada-02

Joyce DiDonato for many years has focused on creating and initiating projects that challenge and stimulate the public, from prison reform, and the plight of refugees, to music education for … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato’s new album EDEN is released

The Royal Opera House: opera, ballet, cinema in 2022

16 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marcelino Sambé and Francesca Hayward in Christopher Wheeldon's Like Water For Chocolate - The Royal Ballet 2021 ROH, photo by Rick Guest crop

In January 2022, The Royal Opera Company will celebrate its 75th anniversary. On 14 January 1947, the 'Covent Garden Opera Company' (its name was changed to The Royal Opera in 1968) performed Carmen. … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera House: opera, ballet, cinema in 2022

Handel’s Theodora at La Scala – ovations for Oropesa, DiDonato and company

27 November 2021 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Theodora - photo by Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala - 7

The Il Pomo d’Oro ensemble took in Milan on its mini European tour with Handel’s oratorio Theodora. It is not surprising that it is the first time that it has been performed at La Scala as when it … [Read more...] about Handel’s Theodora at La Scala – ovations for Oropesa, DiDonato and company

The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season

2 June 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Anna Netrebko as Leonora in La forza del destino, The Royal Opera © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Bill Cooper

The Royal Opera Season will open with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, directed by Oliver Mears – his first production since becoming The Royal Opera’s Director of Opera in 2017. This new … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season

‘Marguerite and Armand’ and ‘Cendrillon’ in streaming from Royal Opera House

14 January 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Zenaida Yanowsky as Marguerite and Roberto Bolle as Armand in Marguerite and Armand. © ROH, 2017. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (2)

The Royal Opera House continues its #OurHouseToYourHouse programming, which features online broadcasts, musical masterclasses, and cultural highlights that can be accessed around the … [Read more...] about ‘Marguerite and Armand’ and ‘Cendrillon’ in streaming from Royal Opera House

2021 GRAMMYs postponed to Sunday 14 March 2021

6 January 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Grammys 2021

The Grammy Award Ceremony, scheduled for 31 January 2021 on CBS, has been postponed. A press release by the organisers of the Grammy Awards reads: After thoughtful conversations with health … [Read more...] about 2021 GRAMMYs postponed to Sunday 14 March 2021

Lawrence Brownlee answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… singers’ edition!

3 August 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Lawrence Brownlee, © Shervin Lainez

Q&A When and why did you start singing? When I was a kid… I come from a musical family, and so music has always been a part of who I am. But I got serious about singing in high school when people … [Read more...] about Lawrence Brownlee answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… singers’ edition!

Daniela Barcellona collects Olivier Awards for Semiramide

9 April 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Daniela Barcellona at the Olivier Awards 2018

Daniela Barcellona and Joyce DiDonato have won Olivier Awards for Best Achievement in Opera for their roles in The Royal Opera House's production of Semiramide. Semiramide was also the winner of Best … [Read more...] about Daniela Barcellona collects Olivier Awards for Semiramide

Interview with John Nelson, conductor of the new recording of Berlioz’s Les Troyens

21 November 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Les Toryens in concert 2, © Grégory Massat

An admiring review in the respected Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of a production of Les Troyens, conducted by John Nelson, earlier this year, said, At present there are few conductors who, like … [Read more...] about Interview with John Nelson, conductor of the new recording of Berlioz’s Les Troyens

Enzo Dara – tributes from his colleagues and friends: “What joy he brought to us all”

28 August 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

DARA ENZO in Il viaggio a Reims, photo by Lelli e Masotti   Teatro alla Scala

Some of Enzo Dara’s colleagues have written tributes and recollections of the great basso buffo, who died after a long illness on 25 August 2017. Teatro alla Scala left a declaration: Enzo Dara … [Read more...] about Enzo Dara – tributes from his colleagues and friends: “What joy he brought to us all”

Riccardo Muti, Joyce DiDonato and Eric Owens perform for Chicago’s young offenders

1 October 2016 by Gramilano 1 Comment

On Sept 25 #MaestroMuti visited the Illinois Youth Center in Chicago to share classical music with the young men. pic.twitter.com/w6qqxZ59Sz — Chicago Symphony (@chicagosymphony) September 29, … [Read more...] about Riccardo Muti, Joyce DiDonato and Eric Owens perform for Chicago’s young offenders

Joyce DiDonato reveals her Desert Island Discs

26 September 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Music runs to the very core of mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato, guest on yesterday’s BBC Radio 4’s long-running  and beautifully judged programme, Desert Island Discs. Even if she is tired before a … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato reveals her Desert Island Discs

Joyce DiDonato joins opera singers from 70 years of Desert Island Discs

20 September 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

As a committed fan of BBC 4's Desert Island Discs, I am delighted that Joyce DiDonato will be revealing her list of eight recordings, a book and a luxury item that she would take if she was to be cast … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato joins opera singers from 70 years of Desert Island Discs

New York Opera Fest offers the city two months of opera

1 May 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The inaugural New York Opera Fest kicks off today, 1 May, and it’s kicking off in a big way with an ambitious two months of programming. Among events this evening is Bronx Opera’s production of … [Read more...] about New York Opera Fest offers the city two months of opera

Frederica von Stade answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

17 September 2015 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A When did you start singing? Maybe at 5. Why did you start singing? I always loved to sing anywhere, anytime. Which singer inspired you most when you were young? Gwen Verdon, … [Read more...] about Frederica von Stade answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Win one of five signed copies of Joyce DiDonato’s new double-cd ‘Joyce and Tony’

11 September 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Joyce DiDonato's new album is launched today in North America and Warner Music is giving readers of this blog the opportunity to win one of five signed copies. To open the Wigmore Hall season last … [Read more...] about Win one of five signed copies of Joyce DiDonato’s new double-cd ‘Joyce and Tony’

The Royal Opera and Ballet in Cinema 2015-2016

15 April 2015 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Romeo and Juliet, 22 September at 7.15pm The Royal Ballet By Kenneth MacMillan Music: Sergey Prokofiev Le nozze di Figaro, 5 October at 6.45pm The Royal Opera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dir: … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera and Ballet in Cinema 2015-2016

Joyce DiDonato and other winners of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2015

8 April 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Joyce DiDonato is this year's winner in the Vocal category of the BBC Music Magazine Awards. This is the tenth edition of the awards which are voted for by readers of BBC Music Magazine and classical … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato and other winners of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2015

Joyce DiDonato sings Purcell at Stonewall

4 February 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Joyce DiDonato has paid tribute to victims of intolerance and injustice in an NPR Music “Field Recording” video, released today at npr.org. In the video, DiDonato performs Purcell’s When I Am Laid In … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato sings Purcell at Stonewall

Ian Bostridge at La Scala: a great artist with a strange manner

6 January 2015 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Ian Bostridge's lieder programme at La Scala went down extremely well, though interval chat revealed that many were confused by his apparent dislike of the audience. His lack of communication facially … [Read more...] about Ian Bostridge at La Scala: a great artist with a strange manner

Joyce DiDonato sings national anthem at baseball World Series game

29 October 2014 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Joyce DiDonato will sing the national anthem tonight at Game 7 of the baseball World Series, in her hometown of Kansas City. DiDonato - a lifelong Kansas City Royals fan - was selected after a fan … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato sings national anthem at baseball World Series game

Joyce DiDonato news: from Andy Warhol to the World Series

18 October 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Warner Classics have put together a six-minute highlights video of Joyce DiDonato's Stella di Napoli album launch concert at the Gowanus Ballroom above the Serett Metalworks factory in Brooklyn. … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato news: from Andy Warhol to the World Series

Joyce DiDonato sings her latest album live in streaming tonight!

3 October 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

  Tonight, Friday 3 October, Joyce DiDonato will perform the music from her new album Stella di Napoli at the Gowanus Ballroom, a warehouse performance art space in Brooklyn, located above … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato sings her latest album live in streaming tonight!

The Stella of Kansas goes to Naples: Joyce DiDonato’s latest album

10 August 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Joyce DiDonato's new album, Stella di Napoli, is out in September and "ventures far off the beaten bel canto track", says her Erato label. Graciously, Cecilia Bartoli is nominated because, as … [Read more...] about The Stella of Kansas goes to Naples: Joyce DiDonato’s latest album

Joyce DiDonato dedicates Last Night of the Proms performance to Russian gays

7 September 2013 by Gramilano 4 Comments

Joyce DiDonato has always been fearlessly honest, or at least, has the courage to be honest, though it may cost her a great deal emotionally to get over her fear. I don't know, but I do know that her … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato dedicates Last Night of the Proms performance to Russian gays

Cecilia Bartoli: the generous mezzo makes the front page

1 September 2013 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Cecilia Bartoli, basking in the glory of her successful series of Normas in Salzburg, yesterday become the cover girl of the French newspaper Libération. The centre-left paper, founded by Jean-Paul … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli: the generous mezzo makes the front page

Joyce DiDonato dedicates her performance to gay suicide teen Carlos

19 July 2013 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Tonight I would like to dedicate my performance of La donna del lago to the memory of Carlos Vigil - a New Mexican teen who committed suicide after being mercilessly bullied throughout school. His … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato dedicates her performance to gay suicide teen Carlos

Joyce DiDonato answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

18 June 2013 by Gramilano 6 Comments

Q&A When did you start singing? I can't ever remember I time when I didn't sing. Why did you start singing? I can't remember the first “why” but there exists now a definite need to do it. Which … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Joyce DiDonato’s recital interrupted by a call from Rossini

10 June 2013 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Joyce DiDonato well and truly conquered La Scala's audience during her recital last night. She was greeted by an ovation that took her aback - the sort of applause reserved for a Marilyn Horne or … [Read more...] about Joyce DiDonato’s recital interrupted by a call from Rossini

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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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