💃🏾🎻 Bizet's CARMEN premiered #OnThisDay 150 years ago! The audience in 1875 was shocked by its blatant sexuality, portrayal of crime, and its unconventional heroine... ...but appetite for this eternally provocative piece has never dimmed and today, Carmen is THE most frequently performed opera worldwide. Here's the overture, with the Orchestra of Opera North under Garry Walker, filmed as part of Sky Arts 'Musical Masterpieces' | Opera North

Bizet's Carmen is the quintessential French opera, and one of the world's most widely performed works. Tragically, Bizet died only three months after the premiere, unaware that it would become one of the most resoundingly successful works in the classical canon. Watch the great Myung-Whun Chung conduct the opera's thrilling Overture with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. https://bit.ly/3AggjUD | medici.tv

Sampaguita This OPM aka La Flor de Manila of the Habanera genre (Contradanza or Danza) is written by Dolores Paterno, later translated from its original Spanish language to the Tagalog language by our National Artist for Music, Levi Celerio, is arranged by our dear friend and fellow PWU choirmaster and conductor, Christopher Borela, and performed Live at the Tovo Sant'Agata, Italy by the world-renowned Philippine (aka UP) Madrigal Singers. #pinoy #filipino #Sampaguita #dolorespaterno #LeviCeleri