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A treasure trove of Filipiniana

By Amadís Ma. Guerrero | October 16, 2015 - 10:00am

It’s the 15th anniversary of the Philippine Opera Company (POC), headed by soprano Karla Gutierrez, and they’re bringing back not something artsy like La Boheme but the delightful Ang Bagong Harana: A...

Entertainment

Retelling the life story of MLQ

August 6, 2015 - 10:00am

This is the start to getting to know the man again. He is a very interesting man,” said Regina Samson, head of the Quezon...

Entertainment

Brief encounter

By Regina Belmonte | September 19, 2014 - 12:00am

It is unexpected. These things always are. You rush through the train station, digging through your purse for your ticket,...

YStyle

Toni’s choreographic feat with Nutcracker’s huge cast / Yang’s letter to a scholar

By SUNDRY STROKES | December 25, 2013 - 12:00am

The Nutcracker Ballet performed by Toni Lopez Gonzalez’s students consisted predominantly of tiny tots, teen-agers and adolescents, and a sprinkling of adults.

Opinion

Tried and tested

By Butch Dalisay | September 23, 2013 - 12:00am

Last week’s piece on the kind of open-book exam I give my students reminded me of the toughest exams I myself had to take as a student. It’s been more than two decades since I last stepped into a classroom...

Arts and Culture

A fascinating Le Corsaire/Spectacular Malasimbo fete/MSO’s ‘Rush Hour Concerts’

By SUNDRY STROKES | April 10, 2013 - 12:00am

The Philippine Ballet Theater seems the first local dance group to present Le Corsaire.

Opinion

Barber: Best of 3 operas; Cassi, Gerodias awe crowd

By SUNDRY STROKES | July 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Before the curtains opened at the CCP main theater for Rossini’s “Barber of Seville”, speeches by CCP President Raul Sunico, Ambassador Luca Fornari and Rustan President Nedy Tantoco pointed to...

Opinion

The Bard must be amused as facts, fantasies merge / Celebrating a dance fete

By SUNDRY STROKES | April 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Ken Ludwig’s comedy “Shakespeare in Hollywood” ingeniously and imaginatively merges facts and fantasies throughout.

Opinion

A Mitsubishi year?

By Andy Leuterio | August 22, 2007 - 12:00am

Motoring

A holiday tradition worth looking forward to

By Joseph Cortes | January 8, 2007 - 12:00am

What would Christmas be like without The Nutcracker? Its images of snowflakes, a tree that grows magically on Christmas Eve, an army of toy soldiers, a colony of rats, the sugarplum fairy, and a nutcracker...

Arts and Culture