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Seen up close and personal, international opera star Evelyn Mandac, a living national treasure even if she is a US citizen, strikes one as a serene (she is into yoga), gracious woman with a keen sense of humor and a keen mind which sometimes turns philosophical.
A fund-raising concert hopes to help send Michaela Fajardo and Myramae Meneses to where Daniel Craig, Orlando Bloom, Alfred Molina and Ewan McGregor were trained
Am I supposed to like the Phantom?” I whispered to Concertus managing director Bambi Verzo, who was sitting next to me.
VERONA, Italy (AP) — The colossal Roman-era Verona Arena amphitheater remains an imposing presence in the northern Italian city’s main...
The musical tribute to the late tenor Otoniel Gonzaga at the historic Nelly Garden in Iloilo City got two standing...
After its grand CCP debut in the ’80s, Felipe Padilla de Leon’s opera “Noli Me Tangere” (with libretto by Guillermo Tolentino) returned to the local opera scene as a chamber opera at Dulaang Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero courtesy of Dulaang UP under the direction of Alexander Cortez.
It is not a rock or a pop opera,” composer Josefino (Chino) Toledo states categorically. “It’s a new opera, it’s a serious… well, it’s an opera!” He laughs.
With close to a dozen individual solo and ensemble numbers, the Resorts World’s “Best of Opera” last week was star-studded and the cast list read like the “Who’s Who in Philippine Opera.”
After eight long years, there will be a new set of National Artists who will be proclaimed in august ceremonies in Malacañang this August.
WASHINGTON — For the Washington National Opera, completing Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” has been an endeavor worthy of its epic subject:...
