{"id":4922,"date":"2016-10-16T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2016-10-14T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T11:48:07","slug":"lopera-on-wheels-makes-its-stop-in-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2016\/10\/16\/lopera-on-wheels-makes-its-stop-in-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;L\u2019Opera on Wheel&#8217;s makes its stop in Manila!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Societa\u2019 Dante Alighieri Comitato di Manila (SDA Manila) and Lyric Opera Philippines (LyrOpera), under the auspices of the Italian Embassy, Manila are all on onboard for the first season of <strong>L\u2019Opera on Wheels<\/strong> in the Philippines!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">L\u2019Opera on Wheels officially starts rolling in November at the TIU Theater (formerly Louie THX Cinema) at the Mile Long Compound, Makati City. L\u2019Opera on Wheels is a unique format of the opera to make the classic opera accessible to a broader audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4924\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/Gianni-Schicchi-Poster-Oct-7-.jpg\" alt=\"gianni-schicchi-poster-oct-7\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">SDA Manila and LyrOpera highlights opera as the pinnacle of the arts by featuring opera from Italy, the country where the great art form was born. As homage to the Italian \u201cSommo Poeta\u201d, Dante Alighieri, L\u2019Opera on Wheels will be featuring Giacomo Puccini\u2019s <em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em>, a one act comic opera inspired by Dante\u2019s <em>Inferno Canto XXX<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4926\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/02.jpg\" alt=\"02\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/02.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/02-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/02-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>THE CAST. After reading the late Buoso Donati\u2019s will, his relatives learn that the wealthy man left everything to the monastery. The cast of Ginanni Schicchi is led by acclaimed opera singer Noel Azcona (far right).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The Philippine production will be lead by internationally acclaimed opera singer, Noel Azcona who plays con man Gianni Schicchi. Schicchi pretends to be the dying Bouso Donati in order to reverse the wealthy man\u2019s will in favor of his family. <em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em> premieres on November 13 at the TIU Theater and will run until November 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">L\u2019Opera on Wheels continues its tour as it presents special Christmas concerts which will travel in malls and public spaces all throughout December. The Christmas concerts will feature classic Christmas music from Italy and other holiday favorites from all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4923\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/06.jpg\" alt=\"06\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/06.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/06-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/10\/06-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>COSI\u2019 FAN TUTTE CAST. Despina, pretending to be a doctor, tries to revive the Albanians who feign unconsciousness after drinking poison.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Come February 2017, L\u2019Opera on Wheels will take you on a romantic ride as it showcases Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\u2019s <em>Cosi\u2019 fan Tutte, <\/em>\u00a0which casts the world class ensemble of Naomi Sison, Mary Patrice Pacis, Vidagrace Mirang, Renz Nathaniel Cruz and Nomher Nival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Cosi\u2019 fan Tutte<\/em>, an opera of two acts, is a romance-comedy about two sisters whose love is tested by their respective lovers and their struggle to fight the temptations of new love. It debuts on February 12 and will run until February 26, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">SDA Manila promotes the Italian language and culture in the Philippines, and creates opportunities for cultural partnerships and linkages between the Filipino and Italian communities, providing windows for cultural growth for both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">LyrOpera is an opera company known for presenting opera productions and operathemed shows of outstanding quality with its string of successful productions utilizing both local and international talents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">L\u2019Opera on Wheels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gianni Schicchi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">November 13, 19, 26, 2016; 7:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">TIU Theater<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Mile Long Compound, Amorsolo St., Makati City<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Tickets: P938.72 (free seating), available at TicketWorld (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketworld.com.ph\/Online\/GianniSchicchi\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ticketworld.com.ph\/Online\/GianniSchicchi<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Societa\u2019 Dante Alighieri Comitato di Manila (SDA Manila) and Lyric Opera Philippines (LyrOpera), under the auspices of the Italian Embassy, Manila are all on onboard for the first season of L\u2019Opera on Wheels in the Philippines!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,293],"tags":[618,573],"class_list":["post-4922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makati","category-performance","tag-lopera-on-wheels","tag-makati-city"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6606,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions\/6606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}