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San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera’s free ‘In Song’ video portrait series

29 July 2023 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Pablo Estigarribia, Daniela Mack and JP Jofre crop

San Francisco Opera’s In Song video portrait series continues with its eighth episode, In Song: Daniela Mack. Other episodes featuring sopranos Amina Edris, Meigui Zhang and Pretty Yende; … [Read more...] about San Francisco Opera’s free ‘In Song’ video portrait series

Ferruccio Furlanetto awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal

27 September 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Ferruccio Furlanetto presented with the San Francisco Opera Medal by General Director Matthew Shilvock following Eugene Onegin on September 25, 2022. Photo by Stefan Cohen, San Francisco Opera

Immediately following the opening performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin on 25 September, Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, who sang the role of Prince Gremin, was presented with the San … [Read more...] about Ferruccio Furlanetto awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal

San Francisco Opera releases historic audio recordings

13 September 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

1932 La Traviata, with Richard Bonell, Gaetano Merola, Claudia Muzio, Armando Agnini, Dino Borgioli, photo by Mortor

As part of its centennial celebrations, San Francisco Opera has released the first instalment of Streaming the First Century, a project offering free access to historic recordings. The new online … [Read more...] about San Francisco Opera releases historic audio recordings

San Francisco Opera removes David Daniels after allegations of sexual assault

8 November 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

David Daniels by Simon Pauly

A surprising and sad press release has arrived from San Francisco Opera: San Francisco Opera today announced it is removing countertenor David Daniels from the role of Medoro in the Company’s June … [Read more...] about San Francisco Opera removes David Daniels after allegations of sexual assault

Interview: Carmen Giannattasio on her first Tosca, Lady Gaga, and homicide

26 October 2018 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Carmen Giannattasio In The War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Photo By Cory Weaver

Soprano Carmen Giannattasio has been in demand since she was thrust before the public eye when she won both the First Prize and the Audience Award at Placido Domingo’s Operalia in Paris in 2002. She … [Read more...] about Interview: Carmen Giannattasio on her first Tosca, Lady Gaga, and homicide

Mark S Doss answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

21 March 2013 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Q&A When did you start singing?  I was in the 5th grade when the music teacher, Mrs Mapson, asked me to sing the Wells Fargo Wagon song from Music Man. She heard me sing it back to her and then … [Read more...] about Mark S Doss answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

9/11 opera ‘Heart of a Soldier’ debuts next year at San Francisco Opera on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks

8 December 2010 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Heart of a Soldier based on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart’s acclaimed book and the life stories of Susan Rescorla, Rick Rescorla and Daniel J. Hill. A true story of military … [Read more...] about 9/11 opera ‘Heart of a Soldier’ debuts next year at San Francisco Opera on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks

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Gramilano newsletter 2019

INTERVIEWS

Roberto Bolle in Waves by Massimiliano Volpini, photo by Andrej Uspenski (4)

Roberto Bolle interview: Who I am now

Nureyevs The Sleeping Beauty La Scala 1966 theatre programme collection Carlo Orlandi

Nureyev on staging the “ballet of ballets” The Sleeping Beauty

Hope Muir. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada

Interview: Still on an upward trajectory, the career of National Ballet of Canada’s Hope Muir – a “collector of ideas and people”

Sebastian Catana

[Interview] Baritone Sebastian Catana: never scream or shout

Juan Diego Flórez

Juan Diego Flórez interview: my 25 years with Rossini

Jennifer Check as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw, photo by Angela Gaul

On Site Opera presents Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at the stunning Wave Hill estate in the Bronx

Lauren Cuthbertson by Clive Barda

Interview with The Royal Ballet’s Lauren Cuthbertson – so much passion

Sergei Polunin in Paradiso, photo by Silvia Lelli

Sergei Polunin: 700 years of inferno, purgatory and paradise

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GRAMILANO

Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. 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, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

Since 2022, Gramilano has been pleased to welcome guest authors: Paul Arrowsmith, Donatella Bertozzi, Georgina Butler, Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Jonathan Gray, Marina Harss, Ann Haskins, Lily Hyde, Marta Mele, Matthew Paluch, Jann Parry, Lucía Piquero, Graham Watts, Deborah Weiss, and Lydia Wharf.

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