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Roberto Bolle energised by Italian power company
Roberto Bolle has become the new face of Eni, Italy’s number-one power company. The campaign, called Rethink Energy, which started airing yesterday on Italian television, has been directed by...
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Roberto Bolle: a nude cover, politics, and finishing a career
Roberto Bolle by Bruce Weber — Vanity Fair cover Italy’s Vanity Fair celebrates Roberto Bolle’s 20-year career with a cover and a photo shoot by Bruce Weber. Silvia Nucini talked with the Italian...
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Andrej Uspenski with Steven McRae in the Fast Lane
Steven McRae Dancer in the Fast Lane by Andrej Uspenski Andrej Uspenski has photographed Steven McRae over the past year, and the results can be seen in his new book, Dancer in the Fast Lane. The book...
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Preview of tonight’s new Wheeldon ballet: The Winter’s Tale
Sarah Lamb as Perdita and Steven McRae as Florizel in Act II of The Winter’s Tale — photo ROH / Johan Persson, 2014 The Royal Ballet’s newest commission débuts at the Royal Opera House tonight:...
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Zubin Mehta brings Kunde, Cedolins, Ferri and Kunde to open the new Florence...
I’ve only one thing to ask our Prime Minister, who is making so many reforms: I hope with all my heart that he will introduce tax relief for culture. It is of the utmost importance! Zubin Mehta,...
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Storm as La Scala’s new boss buys seven of his own Salzburg productions for...
photo by Charlotte Oswald The new sovrintendente at La Scala, Alexander Pereira, has bought for his first season with the Milanese theatre, seven productions from the Salzburg Festival, where he is...
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La Scala’s new boss, Alexander Pereira, clears his name
Italian opera buffs, Milan’s Mayor and La Repubblica newspaper were angry and amazed when news from Austria revealed that the Salzburg Festival’s current director, Alexander Pereira, was selling seven...
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La Scala Ballet School’s director for 32 years on “Teaching Dance”
Anna Maria Prina and Robert De Warren with students of the La Scala Ballet School in 1992: on the left Marta Romagna and Roberto Bolle; to the right Mara Galeazzi and Mick Zeni versione italiana...
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Fellinian ballet flash mob descends on Rome’s Spanish Steps
Rossella Brescia and the company of Amarcord on the Spanish Steps Tourists on Rome’s Spanish Steps were taken by surprise yesterday afternoon when a company of dancers descended on them dressed as...
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Hallberg and Zakharova: a sublime couple in Nureyev’s Swan Lake in Milan
David Hallberg’s dreaming prince in Swan Lake at La Scala David Hallberg’s reception at La Scala was rapturous. He is making his house début in Milan as well as tackling Rudolf Nureyev’s tricky...
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Rufus Wainwright is raising money to record his opera Prima Donna
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 April...
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Lina Sastri — the master of Neapolitan song
For those who think of Neapolitan song as singing at full throttle O sole mio, the artistry of Lina Sastri will come as a surprise. Sastri, a Neapolitan DOC, is also an actress… a formidable one. She...
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Carla Fracci’s autobiography: Step After Step
Based on a long series of conversations with Enrico Rotelli, Passo dopo passo (Step After Step) is Carla Fracci telling her story in her own words. From a simple childhood during the war to the...
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Adam Bull answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A Adam Bull in Harald Lander’s Etudes — photo Jeff Busby When did you start dancing? At 8 years old. Why did you start dancing? I was encouraged to dance by my Grade 1 primary school teacher. She...
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Jonas Kaufmann champions La Scala’s new boss and the great Italian director...
John Malkovich and Jonas Kaufmann in the upcoming film The Giacomo Variations Jonas Kaufmann says that La Scala and Santa Cecilia are the only two important music centres left in Italy, Too many...
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Carlos Acosta brings a touch of Cuba to the Royal Opera stage
Royal Ballet Principal Carlos Acosta will bring Cubanía, a programme of Cuban dance inspired by his homeland, to the Royal Opera House in July. The mixed programme contains world premieres and...
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Evan McKie leaves Stuttgart for his hometown and joins The National Ballet of...
Canadian Evan McKie returns to his roots after thirteen years with the Stuttgart Ballet and joins The National Ballet of Canada as Principal Dancer. McKie trained at Canada’s National Ballet School,...
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From Lombardy to London: interview with the Royal Ballet’s Valentino Zucchetti
Valentino Zucchetti by Andre Uspensky Italian dancer Valentino Zucchetti is one of a large number of Italian dancers who go abroad to find work and realise their dreams. Italy has few ballet...
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Linapolina: Neapolitan singer Lina Sastri at her very best!
Lina Sastri performs Neapolitan songs like no other. She is sexy, she is sultry, she is sad. She’ll leap up on to a table and make primeval hip movements as though participating in some tribal dance,...
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Anna Caterina Antonacci on collaborations: Abbado, Muti, Pappano… and a...
Anna Caterina Antonacci in Les Troyens — photo Brescia/Amisano – Teatro alla Scala Last night, at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Anna Caterina Antonacci finished a long and successful run as Cassandra in...
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