Felipe Padilla de Leon’s opera, “Noli Me Tangere,” had a good crowd in its limited engagements on March 8-10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Standouts were tenor Nomher Nival as Crisostomo Ibarra, Bernadette Mamauag as Sisa, Nerissa de Juan as Maria Clara, Joseleo Logdat as Elias and Noel Comia Jr. as Basilio.
Hermie Ranera led the University of Santo Tomas Symphony Orchestra which provided competent accompaniment. Singing ensemble was fairly good; Mia Bolanos’s Doña Victorina was entertaining.
Co-directors Jerry Sibal and Jeffrey Camanag acquitted themselves well in this production.
“Noli” will have a return engagement on May 3-5.
Sopranos
In connection with the International Women’s Month, young sopranos will be presented in a special concert at the Ayala Museum on March 28.
Concert will give insights on heroines in the operas of Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Bernstein, Debussy, Bellini.
Featured are Stefanie Quintin, second prize winner in the Second Asean Vocal Competition (professional category; no first prize) in Hong Kong, and Myramae Meneses, who just graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Also featured: Anna Migallos, from London’s Royal School of Music, and 20-year-old Nerissa de Juan, from the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music who has just played Maria Clara in Felipe de Leon’s “Noli Me Tangere.” Collaborating artist is pianist Gabriel Allan Ferros Paguirigan. —CONTRIBUTED
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