‘Mostly Mozart’ electrifies audience
“Mostly Mozart” opened the 29th concert season of the Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation (MCOF) at Tektite Tower Auditorium.
“Mostly Mozart” opened the 29th concert season of the Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation (MCOF) at Tektite Tower Auditorium.
The power of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, the beauty of a Mozart concerto, and two seldom-heard Mozart arias are the top attractions of the July 11 concert of Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) under the baton of Darrell Ang at Philippine Stock Exchange Auditorium, Tektite Tower, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.
By singing the role of the Lamp Lighter in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu virtually made his debut under the eminent conductor Sir Simon Rattle.
On April 12, 16 and 21, the opera world will be watching when Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu sings Edmondo in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the biggest opera house in Germany.
Tenor Arthur Espiritu is featured in “Opera Gala,” the final offering of the Filfest Cultural Foundation 2013 series, on Nov. 9, at the Insular Life Auditorium, Insular Life Building Filinvest Corporate City, Muntinlupa.
If you want a respite from man-made and natural calamities, the concert to watch this week is the recital of tenor Arthur Espiritu with pianist Najib Ismail, billed “An Evening of Bel Canto,” on Oct. 26 at Ayala Museum.
Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu—last heard as Cassio in a recent Modena production of “Otello” and as Prince Ramiro in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” mounted by Pittsburgh Opera last month—is all set to debut with the ABS-CBN Philharmonic under the baton of Gerard Salonga on June 5.
Tenor Arthur Espiritu—who received a standing ovation at the Ayala Museum last February for a deeply moving recital with pianist Najib Ismail—again made history as the first Filipino to sing Cassio in “Otello” mounted in Teatro Communale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy, recently.
The opening concert of the MCO Chamber Music Festival featuring tenor Arthur Espiritu and pianist Najib Ismail last week in Ayala Museum had many things going for it.
The tenor who made his first immensely successful Verdi outing as Alfredo in “Traviata” last March is back.
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