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Rome Opera Season 2022-2023

24 July 2022 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Adams Passion - photo by Kristian Kruuser & Kaupo Kikkas

The Rome Opera season has been announced with nine programmes to be staged during 2022-2023. Dialogues des Carmélites according to Emma Dante live on Rai5 and Radio3 On Sunday 27 November 2022, … [Read more...] about Rome Opera Season 2022-2023

Operas and concerts streaming from Italy

28 December 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Cenerentola, Modena 2020

Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti, Modena Rossini’s Cenerentola is presented in a new staging by Nicola Berloffa on 30 December 2020 at 20.00 CET. Due to anti Covid restrictions, the work will be … [Read more...] about Operas and concerts streaming from Italy

La Scala stages an evening of ballet to raise funds to aid the flooded Teatro Fenice in Venice

15 November 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Symphony in C with Maria Celeste Losa and Marco Agostino, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

On Friday 29 November, La Scala will add an extra performance of its triple bill which opens tomorrow night, and the entire proceeds will go to aid Venice’s Teatro Fenice which finds itself flooded … [Read more...] about La Scala stages an evening of ballet to raise funds to aid the flooded Teatro Fenice in Venice

Mariella Devia’s extraordinary three queens at the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

5 December 2018 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Mariella Devia e Sabbatini, photo by Gianfranco Rota, Donizetti Opera 2018

How extraordinary is Mariella Devia. In 2006 she gave her final performances as Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala, leaving the public astonished that she was saying goodbye to the role after witnessing … [Read more...] about Mariella Devia’s extraordinary three queens at the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

Maria José Siri answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

15 November 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Portrait of Maria José Siri by Victor Santiago 2

Q&A   in italiano When did you start singing? I started as a young girl… for as long as I can remember. Why did you start singing? I started by accident. I was supposed to go to my saxophone … [Read more...] about Maria José Siri answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

How much are singers, conductors and directors paid?

11 March 2015 by Gramilano 11 Comments

Italy's Classic Voice magazine has published a list of the current maximum fees paid by the Italian opera houses, and, surprisingly - though according to many singers I know, not surprisingly - the … [Read more...] about How much are singers, conductors and directors paid?

Riccardo Muti’s Ernani cancelled amid chaos at Rome Opera

23 November 2013 by Gramilano 3 Comments

After yesterday's meeting between unions and Rome City Council at Campidoglio, a union representative said that there was "zero chance that Ernani would go ahead, either for 27 November [the opening … [Read more...] about Riccardo Muti’s Ernani cancelled amid chaos at Rome Opera

Premier danseur Alessio Carbone puts on a tutu and wonders about having the body of Gisele and the voice of Bartoli

12 June 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Alessio Carbone is a Premier Danseur at the Paris Opera. He comes from a family of dancers. His father, Giuseppe Carbone, was the director of the company at Milan's La Scala and his mother, Iride … [Read more...] about Premier danseur Alessio Carbone puts on a tutu and wonders about having the body of Gisele and the voice of Bartoli

Giuseppe Picone answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

8 February 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A When did you start dan­cing? I started when I was 10 years old at the Teatro San Carlo ballet school in Naples. Why did you start dan­cing? My elder brother Raffaele took me to the … [Read more...] about Giuseppe Picone answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Gramophone Magazine’s Classical Music Awards 2011 – shortlists

17 August 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Gramophone's shortlists are out for this year's awards. No real surprises, but then those Gramophone people have great taste! Here's a sample: Opera: Die Zauberflöte - René Jacobs;  Akademie für … [Read more...] about Gramophone Magazine’s Classical Music Awards 2011 – shortlists

Daniel Harding conducts the New Year’s Concert from Venice

24 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The increasingly popular New Year's Concert from the La Fenice theatre in Venice will be shown live on Italian television and relayed to many other countries around the globe. It goes in direct … [Read more...] about Daniel Harding conducts the New Year’s Concert from Venice

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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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