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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

Prima Donnas: Deborah Voigt and Rufus Wainwright take on Aspen

10 July 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Deborah Voigt and Rufus Wainwright will be appearing together at this year's Aspen Music Festival. Voigt will make two appearances in collaboration with Wainwright who, according to the press … [Read more...] about Prima Donnas: Deborah Voigt and Rufus Wainwright take on Aspen

Help Julian, a 16-year-old American dancer, represent the Bolshoi in Sochi

12 June 2014 by Gramilano 3 Comments

This blog has often championed a good cause: young composers getting their first project off the ground... established composers getting a new project off the ground! Here is a very worthy cause,and … [Read more...] about Help Julian, a 16-year-old American dancer, represent the Bolshoi in Sochi

Rufus Wainwright is raising money to record his opera Prima Donna

20 April 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Rufus Wainwright has gone to PledgeMusic to raise money to fund a studio recording of his opera Prima Donna. PledgeMusic? For those who have just caught up with Kickstarter, which was launched in … [Read more...] about Rufus Wainwright is raising money to record his opera Prima Donna

Armani luxury hotel opens in Milan – close to La Scala and via Montenapoleone

10 November 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Giorgio Armani opened a luxury hotel in the centre of Milan today. It is in via Manzoni, near to La Scala, the Montenapoleone shopping district, and that other great Milanese hotel Grand Hotel et de … [Read more...] about Armani luxury hotel opens in Milan – close to La Scala and via Montenapoleone

Rufus Wainwright’s Velvet, Glamour and Guilt at the Opera House

12 July 2011 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

From the July 18 until July 23 Rufus Wainwright is taking over the Royal Opera House. Although Elton John and Björk have given concerts there already, this 'residency' is something different; a … [Read more...] about Rufus Wainwright’s Velvet, Glamour and Guilt at the Opera House

Rufus Wainwright talks to Vanity Fair about Judy and Liza

6 April 2011 by Gramilano 1 Comment

London was a big town for her. When I did the show at Carnegie Hall, there were people hating it, people sort of accepting it, people kind of [exhibiting] a general weariness of the whole … [Read more...] about Rufus Wainwright talks to Vanity Fair about Judy and Liza

Rufus Wainwright’s “Prima Donna” rejected by the Met gets snapped up by the New York City Opera

10 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Prima Donna, the Bastille Day-set opera by Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, will make its Gotham debut in spring 2012 at the New York City Opera instead of the Metropolitan … [Read more...] about Rufus Wainwright’s “Prima Donna” rejected by the Met gets snapped up by the New York City Opera

Rufus Wainwright’s Emotional Return to Carnegie Hall

8 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The eccentric and talented Rufus Wainwright has been touring the world during the year since his mother died. The first half of the concert is the song cycle from his CD "All Days Are Nights: Songs … [Read more...] about Rufus Wainwright’s Emotional Return to Carnegie Hall

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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.

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