Daniel Barenboim will conduct Wagner’s “Lohengrin” for La Scala’s gala season opening next December, as the famed Milanese opera house launches a yearlong musical celebration of the dual bicentennial of the births of composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.
It’s not what you expect to discuss when you sit down with a playwright, especially one who’s opening on Broadway in a few days. But it’s really hard not to talk about food with Nicky Silver.
Off the Camarines Norte coast in Bicolandia, facing the turbulent Pacific Ocean, is a captivating cluster of 17 islands—known by the generic name of Calaguas—which are becoming the buzzword in ecodestinations.
Before it was the Maldives. Now I like the Monastery of Transfiguration in Bukidnon. It offers a different kind of spa, a spiritual one where one can cleanse out all the negativities inside – hurts, uncertainties, doubts, anger and all the things that make one unhappy. I spent my Holy Week there and the retreatants left the monastery experiencing the best Easter in their lives, me included. It was such an enriching experience far better than being on the beach or a DVD marathon.
A novel concept for a fun run came to life as Outbreak Manila released 200 zombies to chase 5,000 survivors running for their lives in a “contaminated zone” inside Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna, last Saturday, April 14.
With the flurry of foreign acts coming into the country lately, there were a few that I missed due to conflicting schedules, budget constraints or sheer “Huh, (insert artist/band name here) are playing here right NOW?” moments.
Most, if not all, of us share one image of former Spice Girl Mel B: Screaming, all over the place, loud, and with huge, wild, and curly hair—and scary, of course.
Call it expert advice. Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada has volunteered to become President Benigno Aquino III’s consultant on romantic ties, apparently noting that the incumbent is having difficulty latching on to a long-term relationship.
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