James Imam

News / investigations / opera 🇮🇹. Write for @thetimes, @FT and others

[James Imam @jamalelemam]

@ValerioRe12 @larkingrumple Doing very little in Rome in any case, what a disappointment

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@ceciliasala Xpc

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Anti-mafia judge Francesca Mariano jailed 22 members of Puglia’s Sacra Corona Unita mafia, then received a Kalashnikov bullet in the post, a severed goat’s head and a bomb at home https://t.co/6H96pGl3GQ

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Riccardo Chailly conducts the final production of his tenure as La Scala's MD and, after some uncomfortable run-ins with the loggionisti over the years, the local audience let him know how much they appreciate him https://t.co/A5iB4miGTJ

[Mariaelena Agostini @AgostiniMea]

Bravo @jamalelemam what a piece, perfectly incapsulating the Italian way of life 👏🇮🇹🦚

[Austen Ivereigh @austeni]

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[Mark Pullinger @larkingrumple]

“So exquisitely potent you’ll blush”
Evocative writing by @jamalelemam on the new Romeo Castellucci Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala
https://t.co/q8kXBnKgNE

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Leo’s political perspective was forged in an era when Richard Daley, an Irish-American Democrat known as “the last of the big‑city bosses”, reigned over Chicago and galvanised the large, politically active Catholic community
https://t.co/kJv4mQDXLQ

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@Frenkie_Woody Sexist pig

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The Pope was nodding, though for the life of him Gareth Gore could not have said what the nodding meant. Was Leo agreeing that it was time for the Vatican to finally shed light on the practices of the Catholic Church’s most secretive and divisive sect? https://t.co/J6Lts05fnR

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How a tiramisu sceptic discovered what the fuss was all about, in the restaurant where the dessert was invented fifty years ago

https://t.co/iLP9bIRuT3

[Agenzia ANSA @Agenzia_Ansa]

Via libera della Fenice a Beatrice Venezi direttrice musicale. Il Consiglio d'indirizzo: "Incarico al via da ottobre" #ANSA https://t.co/HAQyKkEjD4

[Valerio Re @ValerioRe12]

Voglio Alex Soddy come prossimo direttore della Scala!
https://t.co/TdlJOassIs

[James Imam @jamalelemam]

Brit maestro Alex Soddy tells me taking the top job at @ROH_London would be a "dream". However, based on my conversations at @teatroallascala last night, some at the Milan house would be keen to snap him up as MD at the next opportunity.

https://t.co/knjPI7p6UX

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Two dozen kids standing around with placards saying they want affordable homes.
Italy going a little oberboard with riot police these days?

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@larkingrumple Welcome to Italy...

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First opera by Giordano -- Puccini's arch rival -- was performed for first time last week at Milan's Teatro Dal Verme, same venue where Puccini’s Le villi and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci were also premiered 130 odd years ago
https://t.co/qF9OxL8edP

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Hot priest says it's time to talk about self pleasure https://t.co/OXBPoVy5fy

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@larkingrumple How was it?

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@bachtrack's Laura Servidei spot on - haters gonna hate https://t.co/04NmdqNcUU

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Alexander Soddy and his mentor, Simone Young, have been taking turns to conduct La Scala's Ring cycle. On basis of this performance, the pupil has outgrown the master
https://t.co/zTw7UHTT2z