Shamaine Buencamino remembers Floy Quintos
Shamaine openly admires Floy Quintos as a genius playwright who gave actors not just complex and rich characters but a guide in knowing themselves as Filipinos.
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Jose P. Alcantara: A paean in wood to the Philippines
Jose P. Alcantara (1911-2005), described as “the last maestro of traditional wood carving,” is best known for his masterpiece, a large-scale relief narra wood panels that used to adorn the Philam Life Auditorium in Ermita, Manila. Today, Alcantara’s masterpiece is displayed at the National Museum of the Philippines.
Arthur Espiritu triumphs in Dvorak opera
Tenor Arthur Espiritu triumphed as The Prince in the Dvorak opera Rusalka with soprano Serenad Uyar in the title role staged middle of May at Opera de Massy, the youngest opera house in France. What’s remarkable about his performance is that the tenor sang the part not in French or German but in Czech!
Make it make sense: Duterte numbers and the blame BBM train
In truth, between the Duterte arrest in March, across the 2025 campaign, and through to the present, a content bucket that has constantly been filled is that one that speaks of Duterte as the Pinoy every man, the Juan dela Cruz, who became President. This is further dispersed across smaller content buckets, each one filled deliberately and strategically, and then mass dropped on Tiktok accounts that grow almost by the week.
Counterflow: Postwar Philippine modernism
The Ateneo Art Gallery (AAG) presents A Synergy of Ventures: The Post War Art Scene, an exhibition that commemorates the birth centennial of Fernando Zobel (1924-1994), the founding donor of the university’s museum. It runs until 12 July 2025.
CCP’s Tinga: UK audiences can’t get enough of PPO
CCP President Kaye Tinga said the PPO UK tour was a high point in international exposure for Filipino musicians. “Because the orchestra performed to an international audience and given the rousing response, we were able to prove that Filipino musicians are truly world class and amongst the best in the world. The CCP will continue its mission of promoting the very best in Filipino talents.”
PPO shines in UK
After a well-received 40th concert season at the Samsung Theater, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) under music director Maestro Grzegorz Nowak has embarked on a nine-city tour of the United Kingdom.
Sara Duterte impeachment trial: first round in the 2028 presidential contest
Prominent lawyer Lorna Kapunan said last week’s election showed an enlightened electorate. The results were both an appeal and demand to current as well as aspiring political leaders for respect. It’s a notice as well to the senator-judges in the Duterte impeachment trial.
Pope Leo XIV’s migrant roots
As a pope of the contemporary world, one issue he will address will be migration, a preferential apostolate of the Catholic Church. Migrants migrate to escape conditions of poverty, religious and political persecution, and wars. Migration is never a crime. What will his papacy do to embrace the humanity of migrants and refugees? As a son of migrants and of Afro-Creole culture, Leo XIV is a groundbreaking pope.
Young talents tackle vocally challenging opera heroines
Opera-loving audiences in Metro Manila are up for a rare vocal treat when young sopranos interpret rarely sung opera heroines Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m. at Manila Pianos along Paseo de Magallanes in Makati City.
