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Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Magnificent Return of Serata William Forsythe at La Scala – Blake Works V
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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Review: The Magnificent Return of Serata William Forsythe at La Scala – Blake Works V
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe's Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Magnificent Return of Serata William Forsythe at La Scala – Blake Works V
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet
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Review: Kenneth MacMillan's The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet
Lily Hyde sees English National Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan's 1987 version of The Sleeping Beauty, created for American Ballet Theatre.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty with English National Ballet
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Ekaterina Bakanova answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition www.gramilano.com/2025/11/ekat...
Ekaterina Bakanova answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Russian soprano Ekaterina Bakanova answers questions about her life and loves on the day of her debut as the Countess, after many Susannas, in The Marriage of Figaro.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ekaterina Bakanova answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition www.gramilano.com/2025/11/ekat...
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Ballet Black’s Shadows – More of this please! www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Ballet Black’s Shadows – More of this please!
Lucía Piquero sees Ballet Black's double bill Shadows, by female choreographers Cassa Pancho and US-based choreographer Chanel DaSilvas.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Ballet Black’s Shadows – More of this please! www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Wayne McGregor’s Infinite Bodies and On the Other Earth in London www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Wayne McGregor’s Infinite Bodies and On the Other Earth in London
Somerset House is showing two Wayne McGregor exhibitions currently: Infinite Bodies and On the Other Earth, both running until 22 February.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Review: Wayne McGregor’s Infinite Bodies and On the Other Earth in London www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Marking Time – triple bill of choreography unified through the music of Nico Muhly www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Marking Time – triple bill of choreography unified through the music of Nico Muhly
Graham Watts sees Marking Time with three works set to the music of Nico Muhly by choreographers Jules Cunningham, Maud Le Pladec and Michael Keegan-Dolan.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Review: Marking Time – triple bill of choreography unified through the music of Nico Muhly www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Gary Avis retires from The Royal Ballet www.gramilano.com/2025/11/gary...
Gary Avis retires from The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet has announced the retirement of Gary Avis from his position as both Principal Character Artist and Senior Répétiteur.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Gary Avis retires from The Royal Ballet www.gramilano.com/2025/11/gary...
Sir Peter Wright celebrates his 99th birthday onstage with The Royal Ballet www.gramilano.com/2025/11/sir-...
Sir Peter Wright celebrates his 99th birthday onstage with The Royal Ballet
On the opening night of The Nutcracker season, the Royal Ballet and Opera celebrated choreographer Sir Peter Wright's 99th birthday.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sir Peter Wright celebrates his 99th birthday onstage with The Royal Ballet www.gramilano.com/2025/11/sir-...
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Royal Ballet is back with The Nutcracker – the magic really sings www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: The Royal Ballet is back with The Nutcracker – the magic really sings
Matthew Paluch sees The Nutcracker with the Royal Ballet and Opera – top-notch entertainment of quality, where the gold sparkles more than anywhere else.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Royal Ballet is back with The Nutcracker – the magic really sings www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: London City Ballet with works by Page, Robbins, Chu, and Ratmansky www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: London City Ballet with works by Page, Robbins, Chu, and Ratmansky
Graham Watts sees London City Ballet's mixed bill Rebirth, featuring Alexei Ratmansky’s "masterpiece of witty, inventive choreography" Pictures at an Exhibition.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Review: London City Ballet with works by Page, Robbins, Chu, and Ratmansky www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Ten years ago, the Joffrey Ballet commissioned Christopher Wheeldon – with a $4 million budget – to create a new Nutcracker. It returns for 27 performances. [Photo Gallery] www.gramilano.com/2025/11/joff...
The Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutcracker
Ten years ago, the Joffrey Ballet commissioned Christopher Wheeldon – with a $4 million budget – to create a new Nutcracker. It returns for 27 performances.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ten years ago, the Joffrey Ballet commissioned Christopher Wheeldon – with a $4 million budget – to create a new Nutcracker. It returns for 27 performances. [Photo Gallery] www.gramilano.com/2025/11/joff...
American Ballet Theatre's Summer Season 2026 at the Metropolitan Opera House www.gramilano.com/2025/11/abt-...
American Ballet Theatre's Summer Season 2026 at the Metropolitan Opera House
American Ballet Theatre’s Summer season 2026 will feature a new staging of Don Quixote, as well as the return of Onegin, Swan Lake, and Sylvia.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
American Ballet Theatre's Summer Season 2026 at the Metropolitan Opera House www.gramilano.com/2025/11/abt-...
Review: Shiraz by Armin Hokmi – an exercise in minimalism, repetition and patience www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Shiraz by Armin Hokmi – an exercise in minimalism, repetition and patience
Matthew Paluch sees Armin Hokmi's Shiraz – there should be a difference between research and a finished work.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Review: Shiraz by Armin Hokmi – an exercise in minimalism, repetition and patience www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Royal Ballet's Perspectives with Against the Tide, a world premiere from Cathy Marston www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: The Royal Ballet's Perspectives with Against the Tide, a world premiere from Cathy Marston
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet in a triple bill with works by George Balanchine, Justin Peck, and a world premiere from Cathy Marston: Against the Tide.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Royal Ballet's Perspectives with Against the Tide, a world premiere from Cathy Marston www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
English National Ballet at 75 performs for The Queen at Buckingham Palace
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English National Ballet at 75 performs for The Queen at Buckingham Palace
English National Ballet's 75th anniversary continued with a performance for Queen Camilla at Buckingham Palace with Principal Sangeun Lee in The Dying Swan.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
English National Ballet at 75 performs for The Queen at Buckingham Palace
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Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Natalia Osipova at the Linbury Theatre continuing her rollercoaster ride www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Natalia Osipova at the Linbury Theatre continuing her rollercoaster ride
Graham Watts sees Natalia Osipova in 'Osipova/Linbury' – "this remarkable star of 21st century ballet continues to expand her horizons".
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November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Natalia Osipova at the Linbury Theatre continuing her rollercoaster ride www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Interview: Riccardo Chailly and director Vasily Barkhatov on Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk which opens La Scala’s opera season www.gramilano.com/2025/11/chai...
Interview: Riccardo Chailly and director Vasily Barkhatov on Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk which opens La Scala’s opera season
On the 50th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich’s death, La Scala opens its opera Season with his masterpiece Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Interview: Riccardo Chailly and director Vasily Barkhatov on Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk which opens La Scala’s opera season www.gramilano.com/2025/11/chai...
William Forsythe on music and mathematics in Blake Works www.gramilano.com/2025/11/will...
William Forsythe on music and mathematics in Blake Works
William Forsythe writes about Blake Works V in advance of La Scala reviving his 'compilation', two years after its premiere.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
William Forsythe on music and mathematics in Blake Works www.gramilano.com/2025/11/will...
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Matters of the Heart – the Joffrey Ballet's 70th anniversary season continues with a Frida Kahlo-inspired work and a Chicago-set world premiere www.gramilano.com/2025/11/matt...
Review: Matters of the Heart – the Joffrey Ballet's 70th anniversary season continues with a Frida Kahlo-inspired work and a Chicago-set world premiere
Scott C Morgan sees the Joffrey Ballet in a double bill, Matters of the Heart: Chanel DaSilva's Wabash & You and Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Matters of the Heart – the Joffrey Ballet's 70th anniversary season continues with a Frida Kahlo-inspired work and a Chicago-set world premiere www.gramilano.com/2025/11/matt...
Russian baritone Ildar Abdrazakov’s appearances in Verona are cancelled www.gramilano.com/2025/11/russ...
Russian baritone Ildar Abdrazakov’s appearances in Verona are cancelled
Ildar Abdrazakov will not take part in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona in January 2026 as planned.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Russian baritone Ildar Abdrazakov’s appearances in Verona are cancelled www.gramilano.com/2025/11/russ...
Review: More from the VISAVÌ Gorizia Dance Festival – Bambu, Wetware, Golden Age www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: More from the VISAVÌ Gorizia Dance Festival – Bambu, Wetware, Golden Age
Graham Spicer sees 3 more works at the VISAVÌ Festival with Greek National Opera Ballet, performers from Africa, and a 'stand-up choreographer' from Slovenia.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Review: More from the VISAVÌ Gorizia Dance Festival – Bambu, Wetware, Golden Age www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
BalletBoyz: Still Pointless At 25 – celebrating a quarter century on stage and screen www.gramilano.com/2025/11/ball...
BalletBoyz: Still Pointless At 25 – celebrating a quarter century on stage and screen
25 years after BalletBoyz presented its debut performance 'Pointless', the company is back with 'Still Pointless' at Sadler's Wells.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
BalletBoyz: Still Pointless At 25 – celebrating a quarter century on stage and screen www.gramilano.com/2025/11/ball...
Review: Joburg Ballet in a mixed bill – Communion of Light www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Joburg Ballet in a mixed bill – Communion of Light
Lydia Wharf sees Joburg Ballet at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre in "Communion of Light" – a fulsome and very promising evening’s work.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Review: Joburg Ballet in a mixed bill – Communion of Light www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Astana Opera\'s production of Rossini\'s La scala di seta www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Astana Opera's production of Rossini's La scala di seta
Graham Watts sees La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) in Kazakhstan – a performance of unbridled joy.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Astana Opera\'s production of Rossini\'s La scala di seta www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Brother to Brother – from Etna to Fuji – a new work from Zappalà Danza www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...
Review: Brother to Brother – from Etna to Fuji – a new work from Zappalà Danza
Graham Spicer sees Roberto Zappalà's new work, Brother to Brother – from Etna to Fuji, in Slovenia, part of the VISAVÌ Gorizia Dance Festival.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Review⭐⭐⭐⭐: Brother to Brother – from Etna to Fuji – a new work from Zappalà Danza www.gramilano.com/2025/11/revi...