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Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles

4 October 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Vadim Muntagirov in rehearsal for Live from Covent Garden 20 June 2020 c 2020 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton

The Royal Opera House has launched a streaming service that offers 45 performances from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera’s archives. Together with these are also 85 behind-the-scenes features, … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles

[Interview] “Me and my voice” American tenor Michael Fabiano on music and other passions

7 March 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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American tenor Michael Fabiano will make an important role debut and house debut on 22 March when he sings Calaf in Turandot at the Rome Opera. “I’ve been preparing it for years,” he told me. “Many … [Read more...] about [Interview] “Me and my voice” American tenor Michael Fabiano on music and other passions

Royal Opera House ballet and opera cancelled for Omicron variant

20 December 2021 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Production photo of Nabucco ©ROH Catherine Ashmore, 2013

Due to ‘resource challenges’ caused by the COVID-19 Omicron variant, some performances and tours at The Royal Opera House have been cancelled. Nabucco opens with The Royal Opera … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House ballet and opera cancelled for Omicron variant

Royal Opera House: new ballet and opera streams

20 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Zenaida Yanowsky as Marguerite and Roberto Bolle as Armand in Marguerite and Armand. © ROH, 2017. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.

Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project is available from the Royal Opera House’s streaming service from Monday 20 December at 19.30 GMT (20.30 CET). The Guardian said: For his new ballet, Wayne … [Read more...] about Royal Opera House: new ballet and opera streams

Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy ruffles La Scala’s feathers

5 December 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Fondazione Prada - Riccardo Muti - photo by Niccolo Quaresima

On the same day that La Scala opened its doors for a preview performance of the new production of Macbeth that will open its season on 7 December, the Prada Foundation in Milan welcomed Riccardo Muti … [Read more...] about Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy ruffles La Scala’s feathers

Google Arts & Culture puts thousands of images and documents from La Scala’s archive online

8 May 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

View from the stage, Street View, Teatro alla Scala Google Arts and Culture

Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative with the tech giant working alongside cultural institutions and artists around the world to bring some of the world’s art and culture online so … [Read more...] about Google Arts & Culture puts thousands of images and documents from La Scala’s archive online

Opera singers against the coronavirus – how one singer is lifting spirits in Milan

19 March 2020 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Armando Ariostini on his balcony crop

Gramilano happens to be a neighbour of Armando Ariostini, the baritone who works tirelessly for Casa Verdi, the retirement home for musicians, here in Milan. The coronavirus has kept us all in our … [Read more...] about Opera singers against the coronavirus – how one singer is lifting spirits in Milan

Conductor Nello Santi – who conducted 401 performances at The Met – has died at 88

7 February 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

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The conductor Nello Santi has died at 88. He last worked at La Scala in November 2017, when he was 86, conducting Nabucco. He was born in 1931 in Adria in the Veneto region. He was the director of … [Read more...] about Conductor Nello Santi – who conducted 401 performances at The Met – has died at 88

The play Quartet and the Giuseppe Verdi Rest Home, both in Milan

13 April 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Quartet, from left, Cochi Ponzoni, Erica Blanc, Giuseppe Pambieri, and Paola Quattrini, photo by Massimiliano Fusco

The Casa di Riposo per Musicisti (Rest Home for Musicians) in Milan is known simply as Casa Verdi (The Verdi Home) and, although Giuseppe Verdi never lived there, his body is buried there, together … [Read more...] about The play Quartet and the Giuseppe Verdi Rest Home, both in Milan

Gregory Reinhart answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

19 August 2017 by Gramilano 2 Comments

Don Quixote, photo by Heloisa Bortz ©2016

Q&A When did you start singing? As a child in Upstate New York, every Sunday I was taken to Mass. I loved hearing the songs in Latin, and hearing the choir. I wanted so badly to sing along, … [Read more...] about Gregory Reinhart answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Leo Nucci on the Rome Opera crisis: closure could be a good opportunity

27 July 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

I was born a labourer, before I was a singer I was a blacksmith and a mechanic. My father was a miner. I worked in the chorus. Obviously I understand the trade unions' side. But this is another story … [Read more...] about Leo Nucci on the Rome Opera crisis: closure could be a good opportunity

Muti goes against doctors orders and conducts Nabucco in Rome

13 March 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Last night, only a month after being fitted with a pacemaker and having facial sugery after a fall, Riccardo Muti went against the wishes of his Chicago doctors and conducted Nabucco at the Rome … [Read more...] about Muti goes against doctors orders and conducts Nabucco in Rome

Muti’s triumph with Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon: and his first “encore” in 25 years

4 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

"Stay with us!" yelled an enthusiastic supporter during the applause at the opening of Moïse et Pharaon in Rome. Riccardo Muti has been toying with the idea of becoming the musical director of the … [Read more...] about Muti’s triumph with Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon: and his first “encore” in 25 years

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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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