Celeste: Armida paved the way for OPM
Something uncanny happened in 1973. Two recordings, released that year, sparked a rebirth of Filipino music: “Himig Natin” by the band Juan de la Cruz, and “Aawitan Kita” by Armida Siguion-Reyna.
Something uncanny happened in 1973. Two recordings, released that year, sparked a rebirth of Filipino music: “Himig Natin” by the band Juan de la Cruz, and “Aawitan Kita” by Armida Siguion-Reyna.
She tried quitting ‘Ang Larawan’ twice—but decided to stay on, and triumphed
“Matatapang na babae.” That was how “Ang Larawan” musical director Ryan Cayabyab described the triumvirate of Celeste Legaspi, Rachel Alejandro and Girlie Rodis who, in the four-and-a-half years it
Nick Joaquin’s “A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” is debuting as a movie at the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival, titled “Ang Larawan: The Musical.” Rolando Tinio, another National
It takes elan for a performer to open a show, not with a bombastic fully orchestrated number, but a spiel that starts off seated on a chaise lounge. Slowly walking
Fresh from an acting turn at the Virgin Labfest, she’s back on stage Aug. 5 in tribute to the birth centennial of her father, National Artist for Visual Arts Cesar Legaspi
Bigger venues, a longer run, more collaborating artists–this year’s festival promises to be truly ‘Wagas’ (all out).
He worked under the shadow of the bombastic Vicente Manansala and the sophisticated man of letters H.R. Ocampo for some time, but Cesar Legaspi perservered and soon came into his
Your mantra for the week: “God is in action in all areas of my life now.”
The movie version of the Tinio-Cayabyab musical play based on the Nick Joaquin classic, with a virtual constellation of Filipino talents as cast, begins filming this month
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