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Newly discovered letters by Maria Callas on the eve of her Norma début
Maria Callas with Elvira de Hidalgo, 1950 On 13 May a group of letters written by Maria Callas to her teacher Elvira de Hidalgo will go under the hammer. Callas auditioned for de Hidalgo — herself a...
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Ukrainian ballerinas perform anti-Putin Swan Lake in front of tanks
In Odessa four brave cygnets danced to Tchaikovsky’s music in front of military tanks. The Ukrainian ballerinas were outside Odessa’s military history museum, and, reports The Moscow Times, “was a nod...
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Help Kickstart Cystal Ballet’s new collaboration with the New English Ballet...
Crystal Ballet by David West Crystal Ballet, who brought you the specially choreographed and filmed ballet pieces for digital release only, are aiming towards their second project. It is their first...
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Rosalind Plowright’s first recital disc reviewed: La belle Dame sans merci
Rosalind Plowright — La belle Dame sans merci During a career spanning almost forty years, Rosalind Plowright has never recorded a recital disc. She has sung in all the world’s greatest opera houses,...
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Osipova and Vasiliev re-united in London, Moscow & Orange County: Solo For Two
Natalia Osipova and Vladimir photo by Sergei Bermeniev Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev are re-united in Solo For Two this summer at the London Coliseum. They will dance three diverse pieces...
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La Scala Ballet School shows off its new talent
Serenade — photo by Lidia Crisafulli The La Scala Theatre Ballet School’s ‘end-of-year’ show opened last night, the first of a week’s run at Milan’s Teatro Strehler. The packed theatre had a good...
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Osipova, McRae and Watson in Marriott’s new Royal Ballet work Connectome
Alastair Marriott Alastair Marriott’s new work Connectome gets its world première as the centrepiece of the final programme of the Royal Ballet Season. It is sandwiched between two light-hearted...
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Pereira’s future at La Scala in doubt, but the budget is in order
Invitation to the presentation of the 2014–2015 Season at La Scala… now postponed. After a meeting this morning of La Scala’s board of directors, the future of Alexander Pereira at Milan’s Opera House...
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New on YouTube: Bournonville’s Napoli Divertissements with the Paris Opera...
After having seen the La Scala Ballet School’s ‘end of year’ performance of the Bournonville’s Napoli Divertissements, I went digging around to find other versions to watch, and found that on YouTube...
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English National Ballet dance in front of massive WW1 paintings
English National Ballet’s Anton Lukovkin dances in front of ‘Naval Officers of World War I’ by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope at the National Portrait Gallery, London — photo byJorge Herrera English...
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Nudity + Dance = What exactly? The critics on Olivier Dubois’ Tragédie
‘Tragédie’ Olivier Dubois — photo François Stemmer French choreographer Olivier Dubois’ dance work Tragédie has been creating quite a stir. All major papers attended, and there was quite a lot of...
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Maria Riccetto answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 6. Why did you start dancing? My mother thought it would be great for me, and my parents needed to find something for me to do after school. Which dancer...
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Pereira can stay for one season at La Scala: Salburg/Scala letters are published
Letter from Pereira to Salzburg confirming that La Scala will buy their production of Falstaff. Milan Mayor, Giuliano Pisapia, who is head of the Board of Directors at La Scala, announced today that...
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Gheorghiu on Pereira: He’s always been strange.
On the eve of her recital at La Scala, Angela Gheorghiu told the Corriere della Sera what she thinks of Alexander Pereira. I can’t imagine why he’s done something so bizarre, naive, frankly...
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Gheorghiu the Diva vs Angela the Woman
Angela Gheorghiu and Jeff Cohen 2014 Angela Gheorghiu acts the diva, but she doesn’t seem to be one. Before her appearances in Italy she leaves bold statements in the newspapers — “I don’t feel the...
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Daria Klimentová’s farewell to Prague in photos and words
Daria Klimentová with Vadim Muntagirov, Don Quixote, Prague 2014 — photo Dasa WhartonDaria Klimentová will hang up her pointe shoes on 22 June this year after a performance of Romeo and Juliet at the...
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Villazón and Barenboim at La Scala: Schumann, Verdi and beer
Rolando Villazón and Daniel Barenboim at La Scala, 2014Seeing Rolando Villazón in recital for the first time was surprising. I was expecting him to bound on stage like a hyperactive puppy, agitated and...
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Osipova and Vasiliev to dance Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Mea Culpa
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev photo by Sergei BermenievNatalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, reunited for this summer’s programme Solo for Two at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Stanislavsky...
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Carla Fracci, Claudio Coviello and the Prix Benois 2014
Ashley Bouder, Carla Fracci, Lucia Lacarra, Claudio Coviello and Vittoria ValerioFor more than twenty years the Benois Prize has been recognising talent with the most starry juries imaginable. The...
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Vasiliev is still a jeune homme… be careful Ivan!
Ivan Vasiliev and Nicoletta Manni in Le jeune homme et la mort, La Scala, 2014Ivan Vasiliev is a powerful performer, both physically and emotionally. His prowess in ballet pyrotechnics — the leaps, the...
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