Puccini in Manila and Italy
There is sudden interest on Puccini after the 2022 staging of Turandot courtesy of the CCP, the Filipino Opera Society and the PPO Society, Inc.
Tag Archives: Arthur Espiritu
Musical tribute for Nedy Tantoco July 20
Zenaida “Nedy” R. Tantoco -- patron of the arts and one of the moving spirits behind above-mentioned landmark musical events -- will be given a special musical tribute on her 78th birthday on July 20, 2024, 7:15 p.m. at the CCP Black Box Theater.
How Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu copes with extreme weather changes as he sings in Baguio and Manila in between performances in Lubeck, Leipzig and Warsaw
No doubt about it. Arthur Espiritu is the country’s busiest tenor starting November 2023 up to 2025 with lead roles in Faust, La Boheme and Lucia di Lammermoor.
New production of Verdi’s Don Carlo in Vienna stars Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu
Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu is back in Vienna, Austria in the title role of a new Oper Klosterneuburg production of Verdi’s Don Carlo opening on July 8, 2023.
PPO dazzles at 50
Friday night (May 12) at the Manila Metropolitan Theater, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) observed its 50th year with a commemorative concert partly recreating the 1973 inaugural concert.
Arthur Espiritu captivates Science city of Muñoz
Tenor Arthur Espiritu continued his winning streak by getting his third standing ovation in Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija Monday afternoon (Feb. 13) at the CED Teachers Hall of the Central Luzon State University.
Iloilo City confers honorary citizenship to writer Pablo Tariman
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has conferred honorary citizenship to writer-journalist, poet, and impresario Pablo Arcilla Tariman, a Bicolano, in recognition of his artistic excellence and contribution to Iloilo’s arts and culture.
Ecstatic bravos for Arthur Espiritu at CCP Black Box Theater inauguration
The inauguration of the CCP Black Box Theater Thursday night (Sept. 8) became doubly memorable with the ecstatic bravos and thunderous applause resounding at the new theater after tenor Arthur Espiritu’s rendition of Una furtiva lagrima from Donizetti’s L'elisir d'amore.
Clarinetist girds for live concert at Manila Pianos
Prize-winning clarinetist Andrew Constantino is all set for one of his first live concerts this time with internationally acclaimed tenor Arthur Espiritu at the Manila Pianos on Monday, 6 p.m. October 17, 2022.
Singing in time of the virus
The last three months were constant, if, extreme, challenges for the country’s foremost tenor.
