Music lovers had a rare musical treat of Filipino zarzuelas and opera by the UP Symphony Orchestra Nov. 8 at the state university theater in Diliman. The backstage suspense was that soprano Angeli Benipayo took the place of a vocally indisposed Stefanie Quintin just three days before the concert.
Before he leaves for Europe, Arthur Espiritu is slated to appear in a special concert at the Manila Pianos on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in between singing Rodolfo in La Boheme at Cologne Opera in Germany until the new year.
Savage Mind, a cultural landmark in Naga City, survived the beatings of typhoon Enteng last September but not the ferocity of storm Kristine.
The music played by Sunlag is inspired by nature, Asian Traditional Music and the European Avant Garde in its textures, colors and compositional processes.
The show was a virtual Theater of Silence reminiscent of Andrea Bocelli’s concert venue called Teatro del Silenzio in the Tuscan hills of Italy.
It is a week of music and memories as friends, musicians and Iloilo city officials including civic organizations pay tribute to violinist and music missionary Gilopez Kabayao in the last days of viewing at the Gegato-Abecia Memorial Homes at Tanza, Iloilo City.
Fil-American singing actor Yna Tresvalles is only 23 but she is playing the role of Anne Boleyn who was married to King Henry VIII at age 31 on January 25, 1533. She was later beheaded for high treason on May 19, 1536.
Baguio City’s music lovers savored rare vocal treats during the weekend with two back-to-back concerts featuring the magic of cinema through their music and a balanced program of opera and Neapolitan favorites.
After a successful season opening concert of the Philippine Philharmonic under Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, the national orchestra goes breezy and light in an evening of film music with Gerard Salonga on November 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m. at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts.
One could safely conclude the PPO has risen to high expectations with Richard Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, which elicited a screaming standing ovation.
