French Day concert at The Podium

MANILA, Philippines – The Podium celebrates French National Day with Je veux vivre, a concert by soprano Joscephine Gomez tomorrow, July 17, 6 p.m. at The Atrium on the 2nd Floor of The Podium on ADB Ave., Mandaluyong City.

With music director Carlos Perion at the piano, Gomez will sing popular French ballads, a Mozart art song and well-loved opera arias.

For the concert, she invited mezzo-soprano Maricris Joaquin to perform with her the duets L’important c’est la rose and Belle nuit from Les Contes d’Hoffman by Jules Offenbach.

Joaquin, a mezzo-soprano, will sing Mon coeur souvre a ta voix from Samson et Dalila by Jules Massenet and the Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet and Quelqu’un pour me proteger (Someone to watch over me) from the Broadway musical Oh! Kay.