Bridgett Zehr answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 7 years old. Why did you start dancing? I was part of the free lunch program at school and my sister and I got a flyer about a ballet school audition...
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Royal Danish Ballet dancers celebrate Bournonville in London
As a cure for the post Christmas blues - or to help celebrate that the festivities are over, depending on your point of view - principals and soloists from The Royal Danish Ballet alight at London's...
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Amici della Scala celebrates Lila de Nobili with Frigerio, Fracci, Bruson and …
The annual presentation of the latest additions to the series of books produced by the Amici della Scala (Friends of La Scala) is quite an event. It is held in the grand foyer on the first floor of...
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Audrey Hepburn to be celebrated in photos in London
65 years ago, Audrey Hepburn was a struggling actress and dancer in London, working occasionally in the renowned West End night club Ciro’s. That space is now home to the National Portrait Gallery’s...
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Daniel Barenboim on ‘his’ Fidelio at La Scala
The opening of La Scala's season on 7 December each year is the most anticipated and often contested event in the international opera calendar.Daniel Barenboim opens the 2014-2015 Opera and Ballet...
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First: live backstage stream of La Scala’s season opener, Fidelio
The most important season opening in the opera calendar will be streamed live from the wings.La Scala's Fidelio, with Daniel Barenboim on the podium for the last time as the theatre's music director,...
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt celebrates his 85th birthday on the podium
The Austrian maestro and period-instrument pioneer received ECHO Klassik's Lifetime Achievement Award this year.He has led his ground-breaking period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien for more...
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Svetlana Zakharova’s Gala brings the Ukraine to the heart of Russia
Last night, Svetlana Zakharova's Gala Ballet without Borders took place on the Bolshoi stage in Moscow. Ballet stars danced in support of young dancers in war-torn Ukraine. This politically sensitive...
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Florestan’s crepes backstage at La Scala
Instead of lounging in the pressroom with glass of something bubbly in my hand during the opening of La Scala’s season, I found myself in the wings holding a mic and trying to describe – and translate...
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Casting for Royal Ballet triple bill in March and La fille mal gardée in April
THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS / NEW HOFESH SHECHTER / SONG OF THE EARTHGeorge Balanchine / NEW Hofesh Shechter / Kenneth MacMillan Music: Paul Hindemith / Koen Kessels / Gustav Mahler27, 30 March, 8, 10, 14...
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Carla Fracci’s photo album: opening night at La Scala
One of the most elegant evenings of the Italian cultural calendar wouldn't be complete without one of the Italian artists who symbolises elegance: Carla Fracci.The ballerina, who grew up through the La...
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Zakharova, Nuñez, Lopatin, Soares… starry lineup for Rome Gala
Christmas, New Year and then the Epiphany - the day of the Befana, a sort of female Santa Claus who delivers presents to Italian children for the Twelfth day of Christmas - and Daniele Cipriani...
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Royal Ballet stalwart Derek Rencher dies at 82
Derek Rencher, one of the longest serving members of The Royal Ballet, has died at 82.He joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1953 and was promoted to soloist in 1957 soon after the company was granted...
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Stream Opera brings popular and rare delights to your PC
If you haven't heard of StreamOpera - and you're interested in opera - then visit their site to enrich your Christmas hols, as it is full of exciting and unusual titles which can be streamed to your...
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Starting over: Pereira’s U-turn at La Scala
The new Sovrintendente at La Scala, Alexander Pereira, has backtracked over his decision to start La Scala performances 5 minutes after the official starting time.The theatre, which has proudly begun...
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Claudio Coviello answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
When did you start dancing? When I was 5.Why did you start dancing? During the summer holiday with my family there was a group of dancers on the beach and I started dancing along with them and...
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Nutcracker-lite at La Scala — très chic Casse-noisette from Geneva
What a disappointment was La Scala's new Nutcracker. A shimmering front-cloth announced "Lo schiaccianoci" as though written in the stars, Tchaikovsky's bewitching overture started and there was that...
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Francesca Hayward answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
When did you start dancing? When I was 3 years old. My grandparents didn't know how to keep me occupied so they bought a video of The Nutcracker on a whim and that was it, I was happy all day long.Why...
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Alexander Pereira’s partner Daniela de Souza on Zara and Wagner
The 27 year-old partner of the new Sovrintendente at La Scala (Alexander Pereira, 66) has left her first interview with Italy's Chi magazine. Daniela de Souza was born in Manaus in Brazil and her...
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Ian Bostridge at La Scala: a great artist with a strange manner
Ian Bostridge's leider programme at La Scala went down extremely well, though interval chat revealed that many were confused by his apparent dislike of the audience. His lack of communication facially...
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