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An electrifying Wagner after 18 years

By PABLO A. TARIMAN
THE cream of Manila’s opera lovers showed up in an all-Wagner program Saturday night and gave its guest soprano, Claire Primrose, a standing ovation along with the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Russian conductor Alexander Vikulov.

An electrifying Wagner after 18 years

Why Manila hardly ever hears a Wagnerian soprano

By PABLO A. TARIMAN WHEN sensational Australian soprano Claire Primrose debuts in Manila on November 10 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra at the Philamlife Theater, she will have ended an 18-year drought of Wagnerian sopranos in Manila.

Why Manila hardly ever hears a Wagnerian soprano