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Rosalind Plowright answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Q&A When did you start singing?  Age 12. I had always sung before but only found my true voice at this age. My father was a bass player and had been playing in the orchestra for a performance of...

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Gary Avis answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Q&A When did you start dan­cing? My first steps were taken in the summer of 1981, at the tender age of 11. My starting point was Disco Dancing lessons at Tom & Pat Lait’s Ballroom classes, and...

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Tate’s Alex Beard becomes new Royal Opera House chief

The Royal Opera House in London has announced the appointment of Alex Beard as its new Chief Executive. After having lost Tony Hall to the BBC there has been a long and thorough search for a worthy...

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Olivier Award 2013 nominations announced: dance and opera

While it’s great to see 87-year-old working choreographer Gillian Lynne get a special award, there is Marianela Núñez in the running for Outstanding Achievement in Dance, a nomination richly deserved...

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Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg leave the Royal Ballet

Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg have announced they will leave The Royal Ballet at the end of the 2012/13 season to pursue other artistic challenges. Their last performance at the Royal Opera House as...

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Relief among arts organizations as UK arts cuts are less than expected

The UK chancellor, George Osborne, has unveiled his 7% spending cut in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which is part of the Spending Review. The Arts Council will share less of the burden...

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Mara Galeazzi returns home for her swan song

You may not to get to see Royal Ballet principal Mara Galeazzi dance at the Royal Opera House again (addio 13 June 2013 in Ken­neth MacMillan’s May­er­ling), or with the Royal Ballet (addio 29 June in...

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Mara Galeazzi by her Royal Ballet friends and colleagues

Sarah Lamb, Marianela Nuñez, Gary Avis, Steven McRae, Thiago Soares and Edward Watson celebrate Mara GaleazziAs Royal Ballet dancers arrived in Verona to share the stage with Mara Galeazzi for the last...

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Opera star Regina Resnik dies at 90

Regina Resnik, who was born as Resnick (she lost the ‘c’ early on) in the Bronx in 1922, has died in New York after a stroke, at 90.Resnick had a remarkable career change in her thirties went her voice...

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Sergei Filin returns to the Bolshoi

Sergei Filin’s surprise appearance at the end of the Bolshoi’s performance of Jewels at the Royal Opera House in London was emotional for Bolshoi dancers and London audience alike.The Bolshoi’s Onegin,...

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Unseen photos: Dame Janet Baker at 80

To help celebrate yesterday’s 80th birthday of one of Britain’s finest singers, Neil Gillespie, a friend and admirer who sings in the Royal Opera House chorus, amassed together tributes from Dame Janet...

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Thomas Allen answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition

Q&A Sir Thomas Allen — photo by Sussie Ahlburg When did you start singing? Singing began for me in junior school, church choir and continued through grammar school; first as treble until I was 12...

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Renato Cioni’s last interview: remembering Callas

Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas and Renato Cioni — Tosca, London 1964 Renato Cioni, who died today, left at interview just a few months ago, talking to Stephen Hastings, the editor of the Italian magazine...

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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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Opera snobs won’t stop us going back to La Bohème

By Peter Franklin, University of OxfordThe Royal Opera House’s restaging of La Bohème will get the same responses as any other production of the Puccini opera. The savvy enthusiast hedges cautiously,...

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Damian Lewis participates in Deloitte Ignite at the Royal Opera House

Actors Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory will feature in the opening weekend of the Royal Opera House’s annual contemporary arts festival Deloitte Ignite which starts tomorrow, appearing in a pair of...

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The Royal Ballet celebrates founding choreographer Frederick Ashton

From 18 October until 12 November The Royal Ballet will present a glorious mixed programme of four of Frederick Ashton’s finest ballets, celebrating not only his vast and impressive body of work but...

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Royal Ballet Onegin casting 2015: débuts for Osipova, Golding and Muntagirov

John Cranko's masterpiece, Onegin, returns to the Royal Opera House at the end of this month. Created for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1965, the Royal Ballet first performed this production in 2001 and...

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@teatroallascala – the world’s most famous theatre goes digital

Social media is revolutionising how theatres and their artists communicate with audiences and fans. Teatro alla Scala, which has an august, though often severe, reputation is, surprisingly, emerging as...

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En Avant’s next ballet projects include a special encounter with Marcelo Gomes

The En Avant Foundation will present specialised coaching master classes for advanced pre-professional and professional dancers in San Francisco and in New York in April 2015. The Foundation’s...

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