Opera screenings in HD, Dolby sound open tomorrow at CCP
By Walter AngOpera fans and those who are curious to try out the art form will now be able to watch shows staged by New York City’s Metropolitan Opera (Met) without flying to the USA.
Opera fans and those who are curious to try out the art form will now be able to watch shows staged by New York City’s Metropolitan Opera (Met) without flying to the USA.
Seen up close and personal, international opera star Evelyn Mandac, a living national treasure even if she is a US citizen, strikes one as a serene (she is into yoga), gracious woman with a keen sense of humor and a keen mind which sometimes turns philosophical.
When Georg Friedrich Handel composed “Semele” in the 1740s, he could never have imagined it would be performed by opera singers in outrageous catwalk couture, including towering boots and sequined kilts.
Jealous sniping has always been in fashion, whatever the century. The backstage passions and vanities of a quartet of popular opera singers, plus a revered diva and a couple of renowned composers illuminate the New York City premiere of “Golden Age,” Terrence McNally’s play about an important evening in the life of 19th-century Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini.
The country will get to see its latest Bizet heroines—Camille Lopez Molina and Ana Feleo—when the Lyric Opera of the Philippines stages “Carmen” at St. Cecilia’s Hall of the St. Scholastica’s College this weekend (Oct. 26-28), under the direction of actor-director Laurice Guillen.
The Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines (JSSP) isn’t just for classical-music lovers but also for people who would like to support the arts and charities.
The gala of “The Barber of Seville” had the audience—even first-timers to the opera—delighted.
This July, Dulaang UP is bringing back to the stage last year’s hit musical, National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon’s “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera.” In this operatic rendition of Rizal’s timeless novel, director Alexander Cortez successfully melds the classic and the fresh to create a theatrical feat that reaches out across all audiences.
Puccini has the superb ability to dramatize his music at the right moment so as to stir the emotions.
Am I supposed to like the Phantom?” I whispered to Concertus managing director Bambi Verzo, who was sitting next to me.
Manila’s music lovers came in droves to the Cultural Center of the Philippines the other weekend to watch “Madama Butterfly,” one of the best-loved operas of Giacomo Puccini.
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