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Elaine Lim Lee performs in 'Bella Notte'

March 30, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Soprano Elaine Lim Lee takes center stage and teams up with special guest Jose Mari Chan in “Bella Notte” (Beautiful Night), a two-part classical concert on April 4, 8 p.m. at the...

Arts and Culture

A Beautiful Night with Jose Mari Chan

March 29, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - He wants to propose before he leaves on a trip.

Entertainment

Malipayong Pasko

December 27, 2006 - 12:00am

Christmas, as celebrated by that merry band of gourmands, the Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotissuers, always followed a central theme. We had a Symphony in Ice (2003), Ottoman Indulgence (2004), and in 2005, it...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Amusing Mozart concert / Manila Cathedral organ: A cultural treasure / RP-Mexico sessions

By SUNDRY STROKES | November 15, 2006 - 12:00am

Highly amusing and entertaining renditions of arias, duets, trios and quartets from Mozart’s best operas made up "An Evening with Amadeus" at the Mandarin Oriental last Friday under the...

Opinion

Japan-RP opera season / 12th Romantic Journey / A music mosaic

By SUNDRY STROKES | June 14, 2006 - 12:00am

Philippine Opera Company’s very first opera season in Manila, for 2006 opens with Terrence McNally’s Masterclass, a 1996 Tony Award winning play about a master class taught by opera’s grande dame,...

Opinion

A trio of pre-Yuletide treats

By Jess Q. Cruz | December 3, 2001 - 12:00am

In a city where classical concerts are as rare as crooked cops, three such concerts within a single week is an embarrassment of riches. More of the same may convince a cynical moonlighting critic that we are not...

Arts and Culture

Will Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore’ spark a

By Joseph Cortes | September 10, 2001 - 12:00am

Opera Guild Foundation of the Philippines chairman and executive producer Imelda Cojuangco likens it to a telenovela. "But with a difference," Cojuangco emphasizes. The difference in this blood-and-gore...

Arts and Culture