Sumi Jo stuns Manila anew
South Korea’s celebrated diva Sumi Jo had her second Philippine engagement with pianist Najib Ismail Tuesday night and was singularly awarded with rounds of standing ovations.
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Bangs, gowns and Sumi Jo
Tenor Paul Dominique Galvez, guest artist at Sumi Jo’s one-night concert “The Divine Diva” on Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Meralco Theater, has a hobby of imitating soprano voices and uploading his videos of these in YouTube.
Sumi Jo through the eyes of her accompanying artist
Sumi Jo gave a special request to the organizers of her Manila concert “The Divine Diva.” She said she wanted pianist Najib Ismail to be her collaborating artist again at her coming Feb. 7 concert at 8 p.m. at the Meralco Theater in Pasig City.
‘Hello, angels, I’m a singer’
Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA BEFORE she could even sing one note in tonight’s much-awaited concert, operatic sensation and Grammy award-winning crossover artist Sumi Jo already promised over 200 children and teenagers saved from the mean streets that she would return to the Philippines to be with them. During her visit yesterday to
Voice from heaven as human as anyone else
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA Photos by ANNA LEAH SARABIA IN her next reincarnation, Sumi Jo, Korean lyric coloratura and toast of the opera world, would rather be “something else.” What she is today still entails battles with loneliness, caring for and covering up her throat (“Winter is hard for singers”), the discipline of sitting, studying,
Dialogue with Sumi Jo
By PABLO A. TARIMAN FROM the looks of it, the opera odyssey of internationally acclaimed Korean diva Sumi Jo would make a good material for soap opera. Her mother enrolled her for a piano lesson at age four and voice at age six and spent eight hours a day studying music. Although the family
Some things about Sumi Jo
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA THERE is something about international operatic superstar Sumi Jo who’s a vegetarian. If she were to sing about Mary Moon in the Deadeye Dick song “New Age Girl,” it would take on a magical quality in the sincerity she puts into each tune, whether classical, pop or a Korean folk song.
