Allan Justo PastranaOn JP Habac’s Marahuyo ProjectDuring one of the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdowns, I remember getting hooked on BL. I have no doubt the term’s been used in contexts…Jul 3Jul 3
Allan Justo PastranaRevisiting Glyndebourne’s 2006 production of Mozart’s Così fan tutteGlyndebourne’s 2006 production of Mozart’s Da Ponte opera Così fan tutte was well-acted. That sounds like a generic comment someone would…Jul 31, 2022Jul 31, 2022
Allan Justo PastranaOtar Iosseliani’s Chant d’hiver (2015)You take one look at Chant d’hiver and you know that not everyone’s going to buy this gag. If it stopped at slapstick & committed to it…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
Allan Justo PastranaNote on Federico Fellini’s I vitelloni (1953)This might not be the Fellini movie one would expect to represent the director’s “ethos” if you are one of those people who believe that’s…Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2021
Allan Justo PastranaTeatro Regio di Torino’s 2018 TurandotTeatro Regio di Torino’s Turandot is a heady mixture of haunting voices and a new and bizarre staging. The epistemic hijacking of non-white…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
Allan Justo PastranaBruch and Shostakovich at ToulouseTugan Sokhiev conducts the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse at the Halle aux grains in Toulouse, France on January 12, 2018…Jan 29, 2018Jan 29, 2018
Allan Justo PastranaNelly Miricioiu: A ReviewMANILA, Philippines — The March 6 concert of Romanian soprano Nelly Miricioiu at the Meralco Theater earned every possible gesture of…Mar 16, 2015Mar 16, 2015
Allan Justo PastranaOn Young PianistsMost young pianists will escape the critical eye of even the stingiest critic. Let loose those virtuosic musical warhorses, with just the…Oct 13, 2014Oct 13, 2014
Allan Justo PastranaMostly Mozart: the Fine and the BeautifulOn many levels, a programming that stays within the territory of the First Viennese School is fiendishly difficult to pull off. The…Jul 28, 2014Jul 28, 2014
Allan Justo PastranaPianist Albert Tiu, In His ElementIt’s one thing to marvel at a pianist’s display of sheer showmanship, the entertainment value of which goes way back to the time of the…Jul 9, 2014Jul 9, 2014
