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| Me with (l-r) Pablo Tariman, Pianist Mary Anne Espina and Baritone Andrew Fernando. |
Andrew Fernando, baritone. U.S.-based Filipino Baritone Andrew Fernando was a former member of the Opera Pacific Resident Artist Program where he was seen in more than fifteen productions, notably as Doctor Bartolo in Barber of Seville, Professor Bhaer in Little Women, Marullo in Rigoletto and Kommissarius in Der rosenkavalier. The Los Angeles Times hailed him as the "Young singer to watch!"
Mr. Fernando is the 2003 First prize Winner in the prestigious Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition in the United States. He was also granted the Grand Prize in the 2004 Pasadena Opera Guild Vocal Competition.
During his time in the Philippines, Mr. Fernando sang Marcello in the Cultural Center of the Philippines production of La Boheme, and a Dr. Lavander Gas in Mennoti's Help! Help! The Globolinks! Also an alumnus of the Hongkong Academy for Performing Arts and the University of Santo Tomas, Mr. Fernando has performed in the Hongkong Festival as Zweiter Soldat in their 1998 production of Salome.
In Hongkong, Mr. Fernando was featured as Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Slook (La Cambiale di Matrimonio), Baron de Gondremark (La Vie Parisienne), Dr. Malatesta (Don Pasquale) and title role in Gianni Schicchi under the baton of Maestro Georg Tintner.
He just appeared in a Shostakovich operetta in Long Beach, California and a revival of Pocahontas in Minnesota, USA.
Mary Anne Espina, pianist. This is the second time that Ms. Espina performed in Calbayog. I have featured her portfolio in an earlier blogpost. Please check this link.
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| Flutist Christopher Oracion with some members of the CKC Youth Symphony Orchestra |
Christopher Oracion, flutist. A two-time first prize winner of the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA), Christopher Oracion has shared the stage with Camille Lopez Molina and Tenor Otoniel Gonzaga at the Philamlife Theater and Cecille Licad in Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
