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Verdiโs Falstaff goes out live on Rai 3 on 1 November from @OperaRoma, conducted by @mmariotti1979 โ the first of three televised openings, with La clemenza di Tito and Don Carlos to follow in 2027 and 2028.
gramilano.com/2026/10/opera-โฆ
Prix de Lausanne 2027 candidates revealed: 81 dancers from 17 countries, chosen from 412 video applicants plus nine preselected.
@PrixdeLausanne #PdL2027
gramilano.com/2026/10/prix-dโฆ
For #WorldBalletDay, @teatroallascala Ballet streams a rehearsal of Pina Bauschโs Le Sacre du printemps today at 12 noon Milan time (7am ET). The company is dancing Bausch for the first time, coached by Josephine Ann Endicott of the original Tanztheater Wuppertal.
gramilano.com/2026/10/la-scaโฆ
Review โญโญโญโญ: Naharinโs Venezuela and Cherkaouiโs Fall at the Visavรฌ festival from @aArtistiAssocia.
Croatian dancers repeat themselves; @snpnovisadโs ballet falls and rises to Pรคrt.
gramilano.com/2026/10/nahariโฆ
Zeffirelli and Bouchรจne at La Scala: two new monographs from Amici della Scala.
Two designers who debuted at La Scala in 1953: new books edited by Vittoria Crespi Morbio, โฌ20 each. @amicidellascala @teatroallascala
gramilano.com/2026/10/zeffirโฆ
Review โญโญโญโญ: A Kate Bush red dress, African solos, children onstage and a teenage duet โ small works with a big punch at the Visavรฌ Gorizia Dance Festival. @aArtistiAssocia
gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
Review โญโญโญโญ: Visavรฌ Discovery Tour โ dance, wine and a border crossing in the Collio hills
A coach leaves Gorizia at midday for dance among the Collio vines โ the Visavรฌ Discovery Tour mixes tastings with Rilke, saxophone and cat-masked AI satire.
@aArtistiAssocia
gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
Verdiโs Macbeth at Opera pรฅ Skรคret in 2027: William Relton directs, Michael Balke conducts. Two casts, opening nights on 31 July and 1 August. gramilano.com/2026/10/williaโฆ
Review โญโญโญโญโญ: Cesar Corrales debuts as Des Grieux in The Royal Balletโs Manon, with Akane Takadaโs instinctive Manon alongside. By @matthewpaluch
gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
Review: Tellus โ Dickson Mbiโs drought epic thrills but strains for effect
Moses Ward leads a superb cast in Dickson Mbiโs Cameroon-inspired Tellus, as a furious Mami Wata conjures a storm and conducts the live musicians. gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
Review: Tellus โ Dickson Mbiโs drought epic thrills but strains for effect
Moses Ward leads a superb cast in Dickson Mbiโs Cameroon-inspired Tellus, as a furious Mami Wata conjures a storm and conducts the live musicians. gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
Review โญโญโญโญโญ: City Lights ballet is a Chaplin triumph for the National Ballet of Japan @nntt_ballet
The City Lights ballet tells Chaplinโs silent story with absolute clarity, as Kosuke Okumuraโs double tours and twirling walking stick bring the tramp to life. - @GWDanceWriter
gramilano.com/2026/10/city-lโฆ
Review by @matthewpaluch: London City Ballet at @sadlers_wells. Alina Cojocaru haunts Neumeierโs Ghost Light, but Tetleyโs Firebird is a lot of very good, empty dancing. gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields buys The Warehouse in Waterloo โ its first permanent home โ and will base Ensemble Unheard there.
gramilano.com/2026/10/academโฆ
Goecke, Robbins and Bausch: Rome Opera Ballet salutes the Ballets Russes. Bausch's Le Sacre du printemps reaches the Costanzi stage for the first time, 27 Octoberโ8 November. @OperaRoma
gramilano.com/2026/10/goeckeโฆ
Pina Bausch's Le Sacre du printemps goes on show in photographs at La Scala: rare archive images and rehearsal film in the Ridotto dei Palchi until 22 November. @teatroallascala
gramilano.com/2026/10/pina-bโฆ
Review: Stories โ RB Dance Companyโs slick tap show returns to London
RB Dance Companyโs Stories is slick and fast-moving, but at the Peacock Theatre a recorded score all but drowns out the tapping.
gramilano.com/2026/10/reviewโฆ
Marcos Morau to create a major new dance work inspired by David Bowie
Marcos Morauโs David Bowie dance piece premieres in Luxembourg in 2028, then @Sadlers_Wells in London and Tokyo, with Bowieโs original vocals in the score.
gramilano.com/2026/10/marcosโฆ
Carla With Love: ballet tribute to Carla Fracci reaches Turinโs Palazzo Reale
Martina Arduino dances Carla Fracci in Stefania Ballone's Carla With Love at Turinโs Palazzo Reale tomorrow, with Jacopo Bellussi as Beppe Menegatti.
gramilano.com/2026/10/carla-โฆ
Eleonora Abbagnato brings her Icone della Danza gala to Rome Opera
Daniil Simkin, Paul Marque and Maia Makhateli join Eleonora Abbagnato's Icone della Danza gala at @OperaRoma on 26 October.
gramilano.com/2026/10/eleonoโฆ
