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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

Paris Opera’s ballet and opera season for 2021-2022

18 May 2021 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Faust - photo by Monika Rittershaus, OnP-02

The Paris Opéra has announced its 2021-2022 season with 23 operas, 12 ballets of which 14 are new productions: 9 operas and 5 ballets. This adds up to 385 curtain-ups during the season. The … [Read more...] about Paris Opera’s ballet and opera season for 2021-2022

[Interview] Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee on their new Rossini album

28 August 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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Tenors Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee celebrate the star singers of Rossini’s time in a new album, Amici e Rivali (Friends and Rivals). The disc features arias, duets, and trios from seven of … [Read more...] about [Interview] Michael Spyres and Lawrence Brownlee on their new Rossini album

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!

Interview with tenor Lawrence Brownlee on being a black man in America: Cycles of My Being

20 February 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Lawrence Brownlee, © Shervin Lainez

A new song cycle exploring the realities of life as a black man in America will receive its world premiere performance with Opera Philadelphia tonight, then in Chicago at the DuSable Museum of African … [Read more...] about Interview with tenor Lawrence Brownlee on being a black man in America: Cycles of My Being

Lawrence Brownlee diets for autism research in support of his son Caleb

1 September 2016 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Larry's September Weight Loss Challenge & Autism Fundraiser Lawrence Brownlee is asking his friends and colleagues to donate to autism research for every pound he loses during the month of … [Read more...] about Lawrence Brownlee diets for autism research in support of his son Caleb

Lawrence Brownlee’s singing down in the crypt

23 November 2015 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

On 9 December, Lawrence Brownlee will will take a break from the Metropolitan Opera stage to give an intimate performance of spirituals in the underground crypt beneath The Church of the Intercession … [Read more...] about Lawrence Brownlee’s singing down in the crypt

Brava, Jessye! Met Opera Guild’s 80th Luncheon salutes Jessye Norman

14 September 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

On Friday 21 November, the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s 80th Annual Luncheon presents Brava, Jessye! to salute Jessye Norman, who recently wrote about her life in a memoir titled Stand Up Straight and … [Read more...] about Brava, Jessye! Met Opera Guild’s 80th Luncheon salutes Jessye Norman

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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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