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Alexei Ratmansky’s Opera at La Scala
Alexei Ratmansky with Roberto Bolle creating ‘Opera’ — Photo by Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano, Copyright Teatro alla Scala If an Alexei Ratmansky ballet is something to look forward to; a new...
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The year ballet wept… jealousy & rivalry at the Bolshoi
Sergei Filin and Pavel Dmitrichenko as they appeared on the Bolshoi website last year So 29-year-old Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko will go to prison for six years, and his career obviously ends...
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Renata Scotto on Maria Callas: greater than all of us
Renata Scotto “Listen to me, everyone speak about Callas. But I know Callas. I know Callas before she was Callas. She was fat and she had this vociaccia — you know what a vociaccia is? You go kill a...
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La Traviata at La Scala — first glimpses
Today’s the day, tonight’s the night. Milan celebrates Saint Ambrose (Sant’Ambrogio) and La Scala celebrates Giuseppe Verdi with a new production of La Traviata to open its 2013–2014 season. This is no...
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La Scala, 7 December 2013: La Traviata
Giorgio Armani La Scala’s new production of La Traviata left Giorgio Armani, and many others, feeling ‘perplexed’. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s designs and direction got some hearty booing from the...
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Damrau, Armani, Bolle, Zeffirelli, Fracci et al, comment on La Scala’s Traviata
La Scala’s Director, Stéphane Lissner Diana Damrau (soprano) This evening I feel like Violetta: it’s a special occasion, and I’ve never felt this way on a stage before and the success hasn’t quite sunk...
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Asylmuratova and Mikhailovsky boss Kekhman, talk about her new appointment
Altynai Asylmuratova Altynai Asylmuratova has been appointed as advisor to the director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Izvestia reports. The theatre’s director, Vladimir Kekhman, said,...
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Riccardo Chailly confirmed as La Scala’s next music director from 2015
Riccardo Chailly — photo Decca So Riccardo Chailly will be La Scala’s new musical director starting 1 January 2015. The Mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia, who is consequently also the chairman of the...
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Russian Ministry says Vaganova letter against Tsiskaridze is forged
Tsiskaridze in festive mood — by Mikhail Logvinov (Bolshoi Theatre) The Russian Ministry of Culture has said that the letter sent to Vladimir Putin by the staff of the Vaganova Academy, asking for the...
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Being under 30 with Ratmansky at La Scala
The Under 30s taking their seats The first audience to witness Alexei Ratmansky’s new ballet consisted entirely of ‘Under 30s’, La Scala’s scheme to attract a new and younger audience. Tickets cost...
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Alexei Ratmansky’s Opera is here to stay
Opera with Emanuela Montanari, Mick Zeni, Beatrice Carbone and Roberto Bolle Alexei Ratmansky always manages to fascinate. His work is immersed in ballet tradition, yet is never obvious and never fails...
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Marijn Rademaker answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Marijn Rademaker in Bolero — © Stuttgart Ballet Q&A When did you start dancing? My soccer coach told me I was a ballet dancer on the field. So according to him around 6; but with actual dancing,...
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The special woman in Roberto Bolle’s life comes forward
Roberto Bolle with his mother, Mariuccia Mariuccia is a very special person in Roberto Bolle’s life, but is seldom seen or talked about. The paparazzi don’t photograph her, and she doesn’t give...
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Zach’s Diary part three: Balanchine, class and holidays
Zach celebrating with his classmates Zach’s Diary part one: Growing up dancing in Canada Zach’s Diary part two: Starting at Stuttgart’s John Cranko-Schule Zach’s Diary part three Christmastime in...
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You choose it out of Love! Dancing with the Khan-MacKay family
Nicholas and Julian MacKay outside the Bolshoi Theatre June 2013 Dancing, like acting and singing, often runs in the family. There are countless dancers whose parents danced: Zenaida Yanowsky (Royal...
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The face of a soprano: Fornasetti’s obsession with Lina Cavalieri
Piero Fornasetti with some of his plates “Variation is not only a noble endeavour or a musical exercise, but also an intellectual tradition and virtuosity of the imagination,” said Giò Ponti, Italian...
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Ratmansky revisited: Opera at La Scala
Roberto Bolle and Beatrice Carbone in Alexei Ratmansky’s Opera Alexei Ratmansky’s new ballet Opera, created for La Scala in Milan, generally pleased the critics, although elements in the audience were...
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Muti shocked, Zakharova cancels: strikes and budget disaster at Rome Opera
Carlo FuortesCarlo Fuortes, the new director of Rome Opera, has a difficult path ahead of him. During the first few months of his leadership he must guide the company out of its present disastrous...
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Patrice Bart’s Swan Lake, with Tsygankova and Kaniskin, in Rome
Swan Lake with Rome Opera Ballet It can’t be easy to dance with the possibility of redundancy hanging over your head. The workers at Rome Opera have put on a brave face recently as the theatre’s heavy...
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Great Italian conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, died this morning at the age of 80. He had been ill for several years, yet continued working until a couple of months ago. He was a greatly loved figure, with a big...
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