Wednesday, September 9, 2009

FIDES CUYUGAN-ASENSIO, as Spy


MS. FIDES S. CUYUGAN-ASENSIO is an operatic soprano, actress par excellence, and librettist. She wrote: "Spoliarium," an opera with music by Ryan Cayabyab, "Larawan ng Kababaihan: Maskara at Mukha" with music by Dr. Lucrecia Kasilag, "La Loba Negra" music by Francisco Feliciano, and "Mayo- Bisperas ng Liwanag," an opera written for the Philippine Centennial with music by Rey T. Paguio.

MS. FIDES' career in classical opera spans more than half a century in various roles as singer, stage diector, librettist/lyricist, host and singer in long-running television shows, producer and mentor -- all to critical acclaim. She sang the major role of the ill-fated Dona Juliana in Spoliarium.

MS. FIDES is an alumna of the Philippine Women's University and the Curtis Institute of Music, Pennsylvania, and is currently Professor Emeritus at UP. She is also the Artistic Director of the Opera Guild Foundation of the Philippines and President/Artistic Director of the Music Theater Foundation of the Philippines.

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