Interview: Angela Gheorghiu, betrayed by Pappano and Kaufmann, and still loving Alagna
Angela Gheorghiu never hides her true thoughts… here she talks about Callas, Pappano, Kaufmann, Alagna’s jealousy and her present happiness.
Meryl Streep
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Anna Rose O’Sullivan answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
The Royal Ballet principal dancer Anna Rose O’Sullivan on Darcey Bussell and Harry Potter, Kenneth Macmillan and Meryl Streep, dance and family.
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Zubin Mehta reflects on a life in music on the eve of his 85th birthday
Mehta talks about Israel, Los Angeles, India and Italy; his children, his bout with cancer, and the world’s greatest singer.
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Florence Foster Jenkins singer wins court battle
Soprano Julia Kogan will now receive a co-writing credit for the 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.
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Yasmine Naghdi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Royal Ballet principal dancer Yasmine Naghdi talks about loves and dislikes from Spritz to Manon, Tokyo to Puglia, her grandmother’s table to Covent Garden.
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Jacquelyn Wagner answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Jacquelyn Wagner answers the Gramilano Questionnaire reflecting on her life, career, passions, thoughts and opinions.
When did you start singing?
I always sang as a kid – operatically, even though I had no idea what an opera was – and my parents encouraged me a lot. I started singing solos in church when I was 10, and really seriously studying when I was 14.
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J’Nai Bridges answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
From Whitney Houston to Leontyne Price, from Steven Spielberg to Giuseppe Verdi – rising opera star J’Nai Bridges reveals what makes her tick.
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Martina Arduino answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start dancing? I started dancing for fun when I was four, and more seriously when I was 11 after I was accepted to the Ballet School of La Scala‘s Academy. Why did you start dancing? I went into the dancing school and was captivated by the atmosphere and the…
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Paolo Bordogna answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… singers’ edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start singing? On the staircase of my apartment building, there was an echo that added force to my voice; I listened to it as though it were my voice. It was perhaps a way to conquer my shyness. Why did you start singing? One of my classmates invited me…
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Lucas Meachem answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? There’s not a time I don’t remember singing in some capacity. Why did you start singing? I have a need to perform and to share my love of music with others. Which singer inspired you most when you were young? Luciano Pavarotti. Which singer do you most admire? Bryn…
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Franco Vassallo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start singing? When I was 11 to a disc of Rigoletto with Gobbi, Callas and Di Stefano; a blanket on my shoulder and an umbrella served as my cloak and sword! Above all I loved “La donna è mobile” and the role of the Duke of Mantua; my voice…
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Thomas Hampson answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? In the crib. Apparently, I was a very vocal baby … no seriously, I already sang as a child. Why did you start singing? I loved tunes and music always made sense to me. Which singer inspired you most when you were young? Frank Sinatra. Which singer do you…
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Anaïs Chalendard answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? I started taking “ballet” class when I was very little; about 4 years old. But I think I really started proper classes when I turned 6 or 7. Why did you start dancing? I started ballet class because I had a hip condition: dysplasia. So, to make sure I…
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Nicola Alaimo answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start singing? I started singing when I was very young, but seriously in 1996, together with literature and music. I was a 17-year-old full of hopes and dreams that were securely locked away in my heart. Dreams that were not just centred on singing, obviously, and now, at 37,…
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Pompea Santoro answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start dancing? In a gym near our house when I was seven-years-old. Why did you start dancing? It was something my mother wanted me to do, and she took me to the local gym in the provinces where the teacher immediately saw my talent and advised her to take…
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New York City Dance Project “capturing emotion through movement”
You’ve heard of the NYC Dance Project and seen its beautiful series of dance photos: carefully lit and glamorously shot. Its images, featuring some of the world’s best dancers, adorn thousands of blogs and Facebook timelines. There are so many NYCDP images out there that it a surprise to learn that the first post on…
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Jennifer Larmore answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? I always sang. My mother told me that I sang even before I talked. I also cannot remember a time when I didn’t sing. Why did you start singing? It has been the most natural thing in the world for me to sing. I always enjoyed it. I liked…
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Marcia Haydée answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was three years-old. Why did you start dancing? I was born to dance! Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Margot Fonteyn. Which dancer do you most admire? Nureyev. What’s your favourite role? I love all of them. What role have you never played but would…
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Luis Ortigoza answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 5 years old. Why did you start dancing? I saw a ballet class and enjoyed watching it, so I said to my mother, “That’s what I want to do!” Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Nureyev always. Which dancer do you most admire? Nureyev….
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Meryl Streep to play Maria Callas in HBO’s film of McNally’s Master Class
Meryl Streep will play Maria Callas in a filmed version of Terrence McNally‘s play Master Class. New York Post’s Page Six reported that HBO would start filming in January of 2015. Mike Nichols – who directed Streep in Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge and Angels in America – will team up again with the Oscar-laden actress for this project….
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Maria Riccetto answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 6. Why did you start dancing? My mother thought it would be great for me, and my parents needed to find something for me to do after school. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? I remember watching Cynthia Harvey and Misha’s Don Q a…
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Yosvani Ramos answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 10 years old in my hometown of Camagüey, Cuba. Why did you start dancing? I was bored in school and a teacher came looking for kids for ballet school and I put my hand up as I thought it would be good to get out of…
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Rosalind Plowright answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? Age 12. I had always sung before but only found my true voice at this age. My father was a bass player and had been playing in the orchestra for a performance of The Mikado. Whilst travelling back home I imitated the voice of Katisha and out came this…
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Two Divas together: Meryl Streep and Carla Fracci… what’s so funny?
This great snap, from a reception at the Rome Film Festival in 2009, shows the two leading-ladies cracking up with laughter. Any ideas what somebody might have said or done? Suggestions please… this needs a good caption!
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Meryl Streep’s talks at length about Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady: Very, very impressive
Everyone’s talking as if Meryl Streep had already won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, though the film will not be released for another month. In the meantime The Sunday Times talked to the actress about the effort in playing such a formidable character. On seeing Margaret Thatcher speak at her daughter’s university…
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Meryl Streep defends her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher
Meryl Streep has defended her portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a frail old woman suffering from dementia in The Iron Lady, says BBC News. The film has drawn criticism from Baroness Thatcher’s former colleagues, including former Conservative party chairman Norman Tebbit who called the performance “half-hysterical, over-emotional”. Streep told the BBC, I felt that if…
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Meryl Streep named best actress by New York critics
Meryl Streep was named best actress by the New York Film Critics Circle for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the forthcoming film The Iron Lady. The film includes scenes from Lady Thatcher’s childhood up to the present day, and portrays the price she paid for power. The award from New York was Streep’s fourth best…
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Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher: “The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge”
Principal photography has begun on The Iron Lady, written by award-winning writer Abi Morgan (Sex Traffic, Brick Lane, White Girl), directed by Phyllida Lloyd CBE (Mamma Mia) and produced by Damian Jones (The History Boys, Adulthood). The Iron Lady tells the compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender…
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