‘A national opera company is a no brainer. We can sustain it’ – Arthur Espiritu
“We can sustain it. But it would take a village.”
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‘A national opera company is a no brainer. We can sustain it’ – Arthur Espiritu
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Artists photos by JOJIT LORENZO “WE can sustain it. But it would take a village.” This was international tenor Arthur Espiritu’s response to the idea of an opera company that would accommodate the boom in young, classically trained vocal artists in this country. “We can sustain it. But it would take
Beethoven Ninth according to Flipino soloists
By Pablo A. Tariman There is a virtual feast of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Cultural Center of the Philippines as the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura mounts one version on Friday, October 14, 2016 and another performance the following day, October 15, 2016 this time with the ABS CBN Philharmonic
A Schubert song cycle triumphs amidst torrential rain
By PABLO A. TARIMAN WHO would brave a maddening Friday night traffic and a torrential rain to listen to a Schubert song cycle based on 20 stanzas of Wilhelm Müller’s poems about a young man’s journey into doomed love? Just two hours before the August 26 concert at the Ayala Museum, ominous dark clouds
Tenor Arthur Espiritu shares lessons on taking care of one’s voice
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA IN the world of classical music singing, talent isn’t enough. The voice must be cared for like the instrument of God that it is. This is where vocal workshops come in. In Makati this weekend, the Intensive Vocal Workshop with Arthur Espritu runs from Jan. 15 to 17 at the Black Box
Standing ovation for Rossini’s La Cenerentola in Manila
By PABLO A. TARIMAN ROSSINI’S La Cenerentola made its Philippine debut Saturday night (August 15, 2015) at the Meralco Theater with a cheering crowd who loved opera’s retelling of Cinderella with another twist: no overbearing stepmother, no missing golden slippers. Instead we are treated to a tale of the bracelet which ultimately sealed the
The journey to realize the star-studded Mostly Mozart Festival
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA THE Mostly Mozart 2014 Festival comes while the music world mourns the recent death of Maestro Oscar Yatco who did much to raise the country’s musical standards. Pianist Cristine Coyiuto, who will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488 and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphonywith the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) which
Filipino tenor in Oper Leipzig’s ‘Don Pasquale’
By PABLO A. TARIMAN Photos from the Facebook of ARTHUR ESPIRITU AT 5 degrees Celsius, Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu sang the role of the love-sick Ernesto in a well-received production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale at the Oper Leipzig, the third oldest opera house in Germany. Espiritu, the first Filipino tenor to sing at La
A Mass that is anything but petite
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA IT is anything but petite. But that is how Petite Messe Solennelle by Gioachino Rossini, pillar of the bel canto opera era and composer of the opera The Barber of Seville, is officially described. The mass, the Christmas offering on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Ayala Museum on Makati
Performing artists express desire to help typhoon victims
By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE typhoon that killed hundreds in the Visayan region elicited shock and an outpouring of sympathy from the country’s leading performing artists. “It is horribly sad,” said pianist Cecile Licad who expressed willingness to participate in any fundraising concert. The pianist once again received standing ovations for her performance of
