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Mission

Decca gives up on puzzles and clues with the new clip of Cecilia Bartoli’s Norma

24 April 2013 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

After fiddling around with clues for the Mission cd, and trying out a couple of days ago an on-screen puzzle for the new Norma recording, Decca have now decided to keep their promo campaign plain and … [Read more...] about Decca gives up on puzzles and clues with the new clip of Cecilia Bartoli’s Norma

Bartoli’s back on the treasure trail with her Norma video

19 April 2013 by Gramilano 1 Comment

After offering clues taken from ‘webisodes’ filmed during the record­ing of Cecilia Bartoli's cd Mission, which eventually led to the name of the composer featured on the disc, Decca are being cunning … [Read more...] about Bartoli’s back on the treasure trail with her Norma video

Cecilia Bartoli on her voice, her repertoire, on turning down Carmen and facing up to Norma

28 October 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Cecilia Bartoli's been busy: not only getting ready for her new tour featuring the extraordinarily difficult arias by Agostino Steffani that are featured on her new CD Mission, but also doing the … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli on her voice, her repertoire, on turning down Carmen and facing up to Norma

Cats are flying out of bags as the secrets of Bartoli’s new album come to light

29 July 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

It is suitably apt that moles, defectors and double agents have been lurking waiting to destabilise Decca's secret project. So the new Cecilia Bartoli album, Mission, will be released on October 2. … [Read more...] about Cats are flying out of bags as the secrets of Bartoli’s new album come to light

Mission news: Jaroussky will join Bartoli on her new recording, a new crime novel tie-in, and a DVD filmed at Versailles

29 July 2012 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

While Decca keep us guessing at the content of Mission, Cecilia Bartoli's new album, their press release gives out a lot of information already: Autumn 2012 marks the release of Mission, a … [Read more...] about Mission news: Jaroussky will join Bartoli on her new recording, a new crime novel tie-in, and a DVD filmed at Versailles

We’re on a mission… with Cecilia Bartoli. Part 3

29 July 2012 by Gramilano 3 Comments

With the third 'clue' at the end of the new Cecilia Bartoli Youtube video we are rewarded with a (gorgeous) 90 second clip of “Ogni core può sperar”, an aria from Agostino Steffani's opera Ser­vio … [Read more...] about We’re on a mission… with Cecilia Bartoli. Part 3

Be afraid. Be very afraid… Cecilia Bartoli’s on a mission: her new album

17 July 2012 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Be afraid. Be very afraid...  Cecilia Bartoli is set to eradicate evil. No, she's not going out to exorcise the horrors of the crossover, but releasing a new cd called Mission with the Swiss group … [Read more...] about Be afraid. Be very afraid… Cecilia Bartoli’s on a mission: her new album

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan, aka ‘Gramilano’. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times. He wrote the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

Since 2022, Gramilano is pleased to welcome guest authors: Alisa Alekseeva, Paul Arrowsmith, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Graham Watts, and Deborah Weiss.

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