In a dazzling display of Italian culture and art, the actors and actresses of “Turandot” brought the classical Italian opera to life recently on the Cultural Center of the Philippines
When soprano Fides Cuyugan-Asensio—opera star, actress, librettist and voice teacher par excellence—was named National Artist for Music in July, there was great rejoicing among her loyal friends and associates through
Despite coronavirus forcing the Metropolitan Opera in New York to cancel a large number of its upcoming performances, the show must go on. The company is streaming a past performance
The musical tribute to the late tenor Otoniel Gonzaga at the historic Nelly Garden in Iloilo City got two standing ovations from the audience consisting of both seasoned and first-timers
BEIJING — Two friends met up after work late last month in Beijing before heading off to a live show. This was no pop concert or star-studded musical, but a Cantonese
Two jealous divas locked in a deadly rivalry will be setting off sparks in a new production of Francesco Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur”.
MILAN — La Scala’s season premiere Friday of a new production of Verdi’s “Attila” took on contemporary themes of male leaders selling out to self-interest while the final act of
MILAN (AP) — Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag’s long-awaited, first-ever opera was hailed as “astonishing” and “a masterpiece” as it made its debut Thursday at the famed La Scala opera house,
Singers surprise shoppers at public markets, chopping beef while they belt out romanzas or courting fruit vendors with arias.
VERONA, Italy (AP) — The colossal Roman-era Verona Arena amphitheater remains an imposing presence in the northern Italian city’s main piazza, but its place in the opera world has waned
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