Posted at 1:44 p.m., Thursday, November 9, 2006
"Evening of Philippine Music" at FilCom Center Sunday
Advertiser Staff
Tenor Noel Espiritu Velasco and mezzo-soprano Gigi Mitchell-Velasco will present "An Evening of Philippine Music and Classics" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the FilCom Center in Waipahu.Noel Espiritu Velasco is a Pavarotti International Voice Competition winner and Philippine national treasure. Gigi Mitchell-Velasco is a winner of New York's Liederkranz Wagnerian competition.
The program is dedicated to the Filipino spirit of adventure and travel to foreign lands in search of fortune and livelihood.
The $45 tickets include a dinner reception at 5 p.m. There will be moonlit serenades, opera arias, duets and songs about love and women, farmers' toils and dreams, griefs and torments, and a visit to American music theater. The second half of the program will feature classic folk songs from the Ilokano, Tagalog and Visayas regions, and original compositions.
Information: Precy Espiritu, 924-7676 or 721-8423 or www.philippinesonline.org/nakem.
