Opera show Seasons of Desire taps into Asianovela craze

February 7, 2015, 8:00 PM

Abelardo Hall Auditorium

College of Music, University of the Philippines

Diliman, Quezon City

Featuring:

Elaine Lee, soprano

Ivan Nery, tenor

Lawrence Jatayna, baritone

Dingdong Fiel, piano

Programme:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

     Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro, K.492

     Cinque, Dieci, Venti... from Le Nozze di Figaro, K.492

     Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Die Zauberflöte, K.620

     In uomini, in soldati from Così fan tutte, K.588

     Deh vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni, K.527

     Papageno/Papagena duet from Die Zauberflöte, K.620

Giuseppe Verdi

     Mini Overture from Rigoletto

     Questa o quella from Rigoletto

     Signor né principe from Rigoletto

     Caro nome from Rigoletto

     Cortigiani, vil razza dannata from Rigoletto

     Mio padre! Tutte le feste al tempio from Rigoletto

     Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendetta from Rigoletto

     La donna è mobile from Rigoletto

     V'ho ingannato, colpevole fui from Rigoletto

     Addio del passato from La Traviata

As a prelude to the Valentines’ Day season, the opera show Seasons of Desire, incorporating the tropes of popular Asian television series like tragedies, betrayals, vengeance, and redemption happens this February 7, 2015, 8:00 PM at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium, College of Music in UP Diliman.

Written by Vladimeir Gonzales and directed by Nazer Salcedo, Seasons of Desire features soprano Elaine Lee, tenor Ivan Nery, baritone Lawrence Jatayna and pianist Dingdong Fiel as they perform a selection of music from operas like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze de Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte and Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto and La Traviata.

Soprano Elaine Lee has performed in the Philippines, USA and Canada. Her most recent roles were Lucy in Menotti’s The Telephone and Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème with the Philippine Opera Company. She also produces her own concerts and stage productions that feature opera excerpts, Chinese and Filipino folk classics, and Broadway selections.

Tenor Ivan Nery is a product of St. Scholastica’s College, Manila. He was part of MusicArtes productions of La Bohème and Madame Butterfly as understudy of Rodolfo and Pinkerton respectively and part of the ensemble. Nery also had a solo concert at the Ayala Museum as part of MCO Foundation’s Young Artists Series 2013.

Baritone Lawrence Jatayna has appeared in Singapore Lyric Opera’s productions of La Traviata, Tales of Hoffman, Madame Butterfly, Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s Fidelio, and Opera Viva’s Fences. He is currently a freelance vocal coach, a vocal arranger, voice instructor, and a voice faculty member of the University of the Philippines’ College of Music Extension Program.

Pianist Dingdong Fiel is currently the music director of Upstart Productions’ upcoming Into the Woods. His former music director credits include Repertory Philippines’ No Way to Treat a Lady, Green Wing Entertainment’s Lorenzo and Upstart Production’s Forbidden Broadway. He was also the featured soloist in Manila Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert during the 2013 Asia Orchestra Week held in Japan.

For ticket inquiries:

(0919) 427-2340, productions.bellanotte@gmail.com