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Kiri Te Kanawa: when I haven’t got the energy I’ll go and sit under a palm tree and drink pina coladas

6 October 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Kiri Te Kanawa's in Australia for a recital tour. On the eve of her Melbourne concert she talked to The Age. On the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation and the Solti Te Kanawa Accademia di Bel Canto '[When … [Read more...] about Kiri Te Kanawa: when I haven’t got the energy I’ll go and sit under a palm tree and drink pina coladas

The Australian Ballet’s new Romeo & Juliet: “ever-shifting visual metaphors and exquisite dancing”

17 September 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Australian Ballet's Lana Jones and Adam Bull were wonderful as the star-crossed lovers, said Carol Middleton in The Australian Stage, but wow... the production: Graeme Murphy’s new production … [Read more...] about The Australian Ballet’s new Romeo & Juliet: “ever-shifting visual metaphors and exquisite dancing”

Australian stage version of Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is filmed for DVD

14 September 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

In Melbourne, Australia, Universal Pictures is halfway through filming Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies. Lloyd Webber, who wrote the sequel to The Phantom of the … [Read more...] about Australian stage version of Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is filmed for DVD

Telephone interview with Cecilia Bartoli down-under

6 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Cecilia Bartoli is in Australia for her first tour of the country. Tonight sees her in Adelaide, then Melbourne, Sydney and on March 18 she finishes her Aussie concerts in Brisbane. She gave a … [Read more...] about Telephone interview with Cecilia Bartoli down-under

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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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