Internationally acclaimed Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu has scored triumphs in his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, has wrapped up the remaining engagements for “Lucia di Lammermoor” at Opera
Abdul Candao, the Filipino tenor based in the cultural capital of Vienna and who has lived in Europe for the past 26 years, shares something with opera stars like Pavarotti and Carlo Bergonzi. He likes to eat and cook as a form of therapy.
“God respects me when I work, but he loves me when I sing.”
A FEW days have passed since Andrea Bocelli’s concert in Manila, and I am still listening to his double CD-DVD album “Cinema.” It was a magical night at the Mall of Asia Arena last April 26, where, for once in a very long time, taking videos and photos were not allowed.
FILIPINO tenor Arthur Espiritu made his auspicious debut in the new building of Frankfurt Opera recently in an evening of three Puccini operas that lasted a little over three hours.
MARIO who? Mario Lanza’s name still rings a bell with the prewar, wartime and early baby-boomer generations. To Generations X, Y, Z and the millennials, who he?
LEADING Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu made his auspicious debut at Munich’s Gärtnerplatztheater, Oct. 8, as Elvino in the Bellini opera “La Sonnambula” with soprano Jennifer O‘Loughlin as the well-received Amina.
THE FIRST-EVER Manila staging of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) will take place Aug. 15, 8 p.m., at the Meralco Theater, with the country’s leading tenor Arthur Espiritu as Don Ramiro,
Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu has sung Ferrando in “Cosi Fan Tutte” over 50 times—at La Scala, Pittsburgh Opera, and other houses. The latest production of the Mozart opera in
Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, considered one of the most authoritative interpreters of Verdi’s operas, has died at the age of 90.
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