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Maria Callas as told by her ‘little sister’, Giovanna Lomazzi [interview]
On 16 September 2017, it will be 40 years since Maria Callas died in her home in Paris at the age of 53.Callas’s friend Giovanna Lomazzi was just 20 when the two of them met in Milan in 1952 after a...
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A first listen to the new Maria Callas Live: Remastered Live Recordings...
More than a gift to their own coffers, Warner Classics in releasing Maria Callas Live is giving fans of La Divina and lovers of opera a meticulously restored collection of some of her finest...
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Preview peek at La Scala’s new production of Tamerlano starring Domingo,...
La Scala’s Baroque Orchestra returns, after last year’s successful Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, for a new production of Handel’s Tamerlano, again conducted by Diego Fasolis.An impressive cast...
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English National Ballet announces 2018 Spring/Summer Season including world...
World premiere of new work by William Forsythe created especially for English National Ballet.Voices of America: Jerome Robbins/William Forsythe/Aszure Barton, a new mixed bill dedicated to...
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Maria Callas in newly restored photos from the La Scala archive
“Silence – Recording in Progress” reads the sign, as Maria Callas arrives at La Scala to record Il trovatore in 1956. More than any other theatre, Callas is linked with the great opera house in Milan....
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Maria Callas on Stage – a new exhibition at La Scala
Maria Callas in scena – Gli anni alla Scala (Maria Callas on Stage – the La Scala Years) runs from 15 September to 31 January at La Scala’s museum, which is housed in the same building as the...
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Raina Kabaivanska on the importance of Maria Callas: She’s up there and we’re...
I was born in Bulgaria. I’m a daughter of communism. I lived with communism behind the iron curtain. We had no idea of the voices in the West because it was forbidden to listen to radio from those...
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‘extension’, a project to slow time in dance – stunning video clips from Niv...
Photographer Niv Novak has created a collection of stunning video clips of dance moves, stretched out in gloriously detailed slow motion. They are already causing a social media stir, and Novak will be...
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#OperaPassion from the BBC with a live streaming day, events on TV and radio,...
Tony Hall, currently the Director-General of the BBC but previously the Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House from 2001 until 2013, is bringing his opera experience to broadcasting in a bold new...
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Yanowsky’s Back! Making a comeback faster than Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra famously retired in 1970 only to make a comeback three years later, after which he continued to sing into the ’90s.Former Royal Ballet Principal Zenaida Yanowsky is making a faster...
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A female pas de deux from Royal Ballet dancers Beatriz Stix-Brunell and...
It’s relatively rare to see a female pas de deux in classical dance. In 2015, for her farewell tour, Sylvie Guillem asked Russell Maliphant to create a such a duet as she’d never danced with a female...
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Interview with Marianela Núñez: We live in a world where there’s no space...
I have three older brothers. When I came along mum she wanted that I did feminine things: there was too much football in the house. I was always dressed in pink and, and then when I was three, she took...
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Akram Khan’s Giselle – ENB’s smash hit in words and pictures
Akram Khan’s new Giselle is a work of immense confidence and scouring anger. Reimagining one of ballet’s most-loved classics, the story of a village girl betrayed by a nobleman, this production is...
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Vaganova Ballet Academy student Karina Soldatova loses her battle with leukaemia
Yesterday, Karina Soldatova, the Vaganova Ballet Academy student who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2016, died after a courageous battle against the disease.During the autumn of 2016 she returned to...
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The extraordinary talent of Marianela Nuñez dominates Onegin at La Scala
The extraordinary talent of Marianela Nuñez dominated this performance of Onegin at La Scala. From her opening, distracted scenes to her final act of resolve, Tatiana’s emotional arc was perfectly...
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Interview with choreographer Robert Binet on his Dreamers project for the...
Robert Binet’s The Dreamers Ever Leave You, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, comes to London in mid-October. Dancers from The National Ballet of Canada and The Royal...
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Man-thongs and brazen theatricality: Acosta Danza photo album
All photos by Dasa WhartonCarlos Acosta’s new company launched with energy and panache. Following his retirement from classical ballet, the star looked back to his native Cuba to create a company with...
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Lisette Oropesa answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&AWhen did you start singing? We have a recording of me when I was three singing La via dolorosa, complete with background track. So it’s safe to say, I think, since I was a toddler.Why did you...
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€3,000 seats at La Scala sell out in just a few hours for Anna Netrebko in...
Fancy being at the opening night to see Anna Netrebko in Andrea Chénier, the opera which opens La Scala’s 2017-2018 season? Well, the best seat in the house will set you back €3,000. But hurry, in just...
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80 years of opera and ballet costumes from La Scala go on display
The theatrical costume is a paradox: it hides, yet at the same time, communicates revealing aspects of a character; it is made to be seen from afar, yet the designers and costume makers care for the...
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