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[Review] Opening of Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice opera and ballet season

19 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Pagliacci, Teatro Carlo Felice, photo by Anna Gugliandolo 2021 - 09

To inaugurate its opera and ballet season, Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice devised an unusual double bill: Sull’essere angeli (On Being an Angel), a new work from choreographer Virgilio Sieni, and an … [Read more...] about [Review] Opening of Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice opera and ballet season

[Interview] Baritone Sebastian Catana: never scream or shout

9 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Sebastian Catana

Romanian-born baritone Sebastian Catana is well-known for his Verdi roles, but he has recently made his debut as Tonio in Pagliacci in Verona’s Arena to great acclaim, and now he’s singing the part at … [Read more...] about [Interview] Baritone Sebastian Catana: never scream or shout

Dancing Times October 2021 edition

2 October 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Jacopo Bellussi and Alessandro Frola in Peter and Igor, Stravinsky's Love © Graham Spicer_1

The end of an era The current edition of Dancing Times magazine features the last “Notes from New York” column from Jack Anderson, who has been contributing to the magazine for 50 years. He's … [Read more...] about Dancing Times October 2021 edition

Italian festivals of music and dance march onward with creative initiatives and Green Passes

10 August 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Bolero - Balletto di Milano © Photo Carla Moro & Aurelio Dessì - 01

The Italian festivals of music and dance are back. Last year most were saved in extremis during the summer lockdown lull, but this year there was time to come up with some more suitable, creative … [Read more...] about Italian festivals of music and dance march onward with creative initiatives and Green Passes

Interview with Svetlana Zakharova: I was afraid of gaining weight

27 July 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Caravaggio from Pas de deux for Toes and Fingers, photo by Marcello Orselli, Teatro Carlo Felice - 355

Svetlana Zakharova has been in Italy performing Pas de deux for Toes and Fingers, an evening with her husband, the violinist Vadim Repin, and four male dancers. Their next stop is Japan. [Touring] … [Read more...] about Interview with Svetlana Zakharova: I was afraid of gaining weight

More than toes and fingers: Zakharova and her boys in Italy

24 July 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Revelation from Pas de deux for Toes and Fingers, photo by Marcello Orselli, Teatro Carlo Felice - 358

Svetlana Zakharova and her chair (for Motoko Hirayama’s piece Revelation) arrived in Genoa for the annual Nervi Music Ballet Festival. And her husband came too – in fact, violinist Vadim Repin … [Read more...] about More than toes and fingers: Zakharova and her boys in Italy

Davide Dato stars in the Italian premiere of Uwe Scholz’s The Rite of Spring

6 July 2021 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Davide Dato rehearses Uwe Scholz's Rite of Spring with Giovanni di Palma © Gabriele Schacherl (5)

Uwe Scholz's version of Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) will be performed for the first time in Italy by Davide Dato, principal dancer at the Vienna State Ballet. The work is part of an … [Read more...] about Davide Dato stars in the Italian premiere of Uwe Scholz’s The Rite of Spring

A new John Neumeier work brings two Italian dancers back home

4 July 2021 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Jacopo Bellussi and Alessandro Frola in Peter and Igor, Nijinsky Gala, Hamburg 2021 38 © Kiran West

Jacopo Bellussi and Alessandro Frola return to Italy to perform John Neumeier’s new work Peter and Igor in Stravinsky’s Love – a show commemorating the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky’s … [Read more...] about A new John Neumeier work brings two Italian dancers back home

[Review] Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus with striking Capucci costumes

11 August 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Roberto Lori in The Creatures of Prometheus The Creatures of Capucci, photo by Graham Spicer

Italian producer Daniele Cipriani seems to be resuscitating dance in Italy almost singlehandedly. The first main dance event in the country was conceived by him and presented in mid-July to open the … [Read more...] about [Review] Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus with striking Capucci costumes

World premiere of The Creatures of Prometheus/The Creatures of Capucci at the Spoleto Festival in Italy

4 July 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Fitting for Roberto Capucci's costumes for Les Étoiles © Cristiano Castaldi 13

Beethoven and haute couture – not the first pairing that comes to mind. Le Creature di Prometeo/Le creature di Capucci (The Creatures of Prometheus/The Creatures of Capucci) celebrates this … [Read more...] about World premiere of The Creatures of Prometheus/The Creatures of Capucci at the Spoleto Festival in Italy

Maria Mudryak answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

28 June 2017 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Portrait by Victor Santiago

Q&A   in italiano When did you start singing? My first performance was when I was three years old, then when I was five I started my musical training, and at six I recorded my first CD … [Read more...] about Maria Mudryak answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Anna Pirozzi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

27 February 2016 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Q&A   in italiano When did you start singing? Opera at 25… Pop music at 16 Why did you start singing? It was love at first sight. Which singer inspired you most when you were … [Read more...] about Anna Pirozzi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Giovanna d’Arco – the background of La Scala’s latest production

6 December 2015 by Gramilano 11 Comments

On 7 December 2015, La Scala’s 2015-2016 Season opens with Giuseppe Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco, which had its premiere at La Scala on 15 February 1845, but hasn’t been staged at the Milanese theatre … [Read more...] about Giovanna d’Arco – the background of La Scala’s latest production

Barbara Frittoli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

4 May 2015 by Gramilano 3 Comments

Q&A   in italiano When did you start singing? From what I remember I've always sung: when I was seven I had emergency surgery for peritonitis and I sang throughout the operation. Why … [Read more...] about Barbara Frittoli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Bolle’s Back: the 2014 tour and being boss at La Scala

14 June 2014 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

The Roberto Bolle and Friends road show gets under way again this summer, from 18 July, with a date at the Verona Arena on the 22nd, and finishing at the end of the month, taking in Genoa, Rome, … [Read more...] about Bolle’s Back: the 2014 tour and being boss at La Scala

Roberto Bolle: Being a star is hard

6 June 2013 by Gramilano 2 Comments

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Roberto Bolle is a serious person. He does half-an-hour of stretching and abs as soon as he gets out of bed, he doesn't drink coffee with his breakfast but water ("sometimes warm"), and eats simple, … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle: Being a star is hard

Roberto Bolle and Friends from ABT on tour in Italy

7 May 2013 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

In addition to the Roberto Bolle & Friends dates in New York and Shanghai, a new group of friends will join him for his Italian leg of the tour. Roberto Bolle & Friends from the American … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle and Friends from ABT on tour in Italy

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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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