A fabulous ensemble consisting of two violinists, a violist, a cellist, and a pristinely silvery lyric coloratura soprano join forces to create a stirring concert. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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One of today’s greatest interpreters of the basso profondo repertoire entertained families with holiday classics dressed as the Sankt Nikolaus, Father Christmas, or Santa Claus. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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Kangyoon Shine Lee mounts his crown full of golden clarion tones, peerless musicianship, and noble Bel Canto singing as Malcolm’s supporting yet impactfully vital role. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
During Thomas Cilluffo’s Advent Concert, style, ease, affable charisma, and veritable Bel Canto singing were on his side. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Oscar Wilde’s short story turned opera by Alexander von Zemlinsky transports the tale of a haplessly enamored dwarf and an impetuously spoiled princess to the late 2010s, as highlighted by Tobias Kratzer’s production. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Ascending the upper echelons of baritones from Leonard Warren to Sherrill Milnes is Thomas Lehman conquering the ambitious yet ruthlessly bloodthirsty Macbeth the Thane of Cawdor. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
This may be the twilight of the all-powerful ring’s terrifying chaos on Middle Earth. However, a new king will ascend the throne and bring peace to this locale and the entire world. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
The tension gets thicker, the Ents move towards their enemies like how Birnam Wood is about to strike at Macbeth, and the excitement heightens in the second Lord of the Rings movie. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Happy Thanksgiving Month, everybody. I have been quiet about this for over three weeks. This is because I have been busy with my contributions for this year’s Red Ribbon Reviewers Month. However, I am proud to announce that I have officially obtained my Master’s Degree in American Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Therefore, I have finally completed two intense years of next-level study and research in my chosen field of American history, literature, culture, art, music, popular culture, politics, sociology, and sociocultural theory. This was also accompanied by two elective courses in British Studies, which have also jettisoned my passion for studies revolving around popular culture, literature, film, television, music, and art in American and British contexts. This recent achievement gets better. I have also obtained a final grade of 1,8, which is better than the 2,0 I obtained from my Bachelor’s Degree in English and Musicology. I have graduated at the top 25% of my class. By American standards, I have graduated with an A at the highest, an A- at the middle, and a B+ at the lowest, thus landing me strongly at Cum Laude. By British graduate school standards, I have graduated with 73.4%, thus landing me in Distinction or First-Class Honours. By Australian graduate standards, I graduated with 86, thus landing me in High Distinction. By Singaporean standards, I have graduated with an A- or 4.5 according to the National University of Singapore and a 3.6, an A, or Magna Cum Laude according to the Singapore Management University. By Canadian standards, I have graduated with an A- at the highest and a B+ at the lowest, once again with a strong Cum Laude. By Hong Kong standards, I have graduated with an A- at the highest and B+ or Distinction. By Philippine standards, I have graduated with an A at the highest, an A- at the middle, and a B+ at the lowest or a 1.55, hence a very strong Cum Laude again. Anyway you slice it, I have emerged as a proud A/AB honor student. My dear family, friends, role models, teachers, colleagues, fans, fellow artists, fellow pundits, and students, thank you all so much for this exciting journey of inspiration and high purpose.