Director and designer Robert ‘Bob’ Wilson dies at 83
Robert ‘Bob’ Wilson, one of the most important innovators of the contemporary theatre scene, has died – he was 83 years old.
Samuel Beckett
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Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black returns to the Royal Opera House
In its 22nd year, Ballet Black returns to London in November with new work, Ballet Black: HEROES, from choreographers Mthuthuzeli November and Sophie Laplane.
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Director Beppe Menegatti, husband of Carla Fracci, dies at 95
Italian theatre director Beppe Menegatti has died at 95. He was best known for the works with his wife, the ballerina Carla Fracci, who he married in 1964.
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[Interview] Alessandra Ferri, part one: “The voice of the soul is immense”
Alessandra Ferri talks about dancing in her fifties, her interrupted retirement, dealing with pain, and advice from Carla Fracci.
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Fracci Gala: La Scala celebrates Carla Fracci
A three-hour gala celebrating the career of Carla Fracci, who died last year, was a triumph at La Scala and presented the company at its best.
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La Scala, Milan: Opera and Recital Season 2017 – 2018
A pleasing new season at La Scala seems to tick all the right boxes, with half the programming dedicated to the Italian repertoire, some rarities, important international operas and a world premiere. The season will also mark the 40th Anniversary of Riccardo Chailly’s collaboration with the theatre, and the 95th birthday of Franco Zeffirelli. The…
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Alexander Pereira brings Al Gore and an 88-year-old Hungarian to La Scala
The next season at La Scala will see not only new faces in the offices and in the pit – Sovrintendente Alexander Pereira and Musical Director Riccardo Chailly – but also a new direction in the programming with the world première of C02 by Giorgio Battistelli, an Italian composer but with an international reputation, based…
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Beppe Menegatti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Directors’ Edition
Q&A When did you first go to the theatre? To see Rigoletto at the Teatro Comunale in Florence on 10 October 1939 for my tenth birthday, with Gino Bechi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Lina Aimaro and the young Giulietta Simionato as Madelena. Why did you want to work in the theatre? In Florence, we give out presents for the Epiphany. When I was…
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