New records set at Cecilia Bartoli’s Whitsun Festival in SalzburgA new record for visitors and revenue has been set at Salzburg’s Whitsun Festival. The Festival,…View Post

New records set at Cecilia Bartoli’s Whitsun Festival in Salzburg

A new record for visitors and revenue has been set at Salzburg’s Whitsun Festival. The Festival,…

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Interview with Tamara RojoTamara Rojo is at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as one of the judges for this year’s Benois de la…View Post

Interview with Tamara Rojo

Tamara Rojo is at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as one of the judges for this year’s Benois de la…

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First reactions for Cecilia Bartoli as Norma
Who loves Cecilia Bartoli, will probably love her Norma. Her eyes sparkle, she rolls her ‘R’s,…View Post

First reactions for Cecilia Bartoli as Norma

Who loves Cecilia Bartoli, will probably love her Norma. Her eyes sparkle, she rolls her ‘R’s,…

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The first photos of Bartoli’s Norma at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Whitsun Festival 2013First glimpses of Cecilia Bartoli’s Norma at Salzburg. They explain the cover of the Festival brochure.

Bartoli’s introduction to the Whitsun Festival brochure reads,

But also, Norma is often misjudged from the point-of-view of its plot. A careful…

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Pavel Dmitrichenko’s lawyers to contest the forensic results of acid attackPavel Dmitrichenko’s lawyers will contest the forensic results that show that the acid attack on…View Post

Pavel Dmitrichenko’s lawyers to contest the forensic results of acid attack

Pavel Dmitrichenko’s lawyers will contest the forensic results that show that the acid attack on…

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Mitsuko Uchida gives three London concerts in celebration of the Borletti-Buitoni TrustFrom Friday the Southbank Centre will be inundated with musicians, an array of talent to mark the…View Post

Mitsuko Uchida gives three London concerts in celebration of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust

From Friday the Southbank Centre will be inundated with musicians, an array of talent to mark the…

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Culture crash: MaggioDanza ballet company axed in FlorenceAddio to MaggioDanza, the ballet company formed in 1967 under the auspices of the Florence’s Maggio…View Post

Culture crash: MaggioDanza ballet company axed in Florence

Addio to MaggioDanza, the ballet company formed in 1967 under the auspices of the Florence’s Maggio…

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Britten and Pears’ admiration for Ravi Shankar: Unbelievable skill and invention
A 1950s note written on a letterhead when composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the singer…View Post

Britten and Pears’ admiration for Ravi Shankar: Unbelievable skill and invention

A 1950s note written on a letterhead when composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the singer…

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Carla Fracci, Luciana Savignano and Svetlana Zakharova go to the ball

Students from La Scala Ballet School

To celebrate 200th Anniversary of the formation of the Ballet School at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Academy, which runs the school, threw a Black and White Ball with three exceptional guests: dancers Carla Fracci, Luciana Savignano and Svetlana…

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Étoile Eleonora Abbagnato and footballer hubby Federico Balzaretti: It’s complicated!

Eleonora Abbagnato and Federico Balzaretti 2The new Paris Opera Ballet étoile, Eleonora Abbagnato, is back in Italy for the first of six episodes of a television talent show, Amici, where she will captain a team of young singers and dancers. She also graces the cover of this week’s Grazia,…

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