Dalisay Aldaba
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Dalisay J. Aldaba (September 9, 1912 – March 13, 2006) was a Filipino opera singer.
Biography[edit]
Dalisay Julian Aldaba was born on September 9, 1912 in Hagonoy in the Philippine province of Bulacan. Her parents were Estefania Julian and Amado Aldaba. She studied piano at the Conservatory of Music of the University of the Philippines (UP). She then studied singing at the UP and obtained a master's degree in music, literature and singing at the University of Michigan in the United States.
In 1947, Aldaba debuted as an opera singer with the New York City Opera in the role of Cio-Cio San in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly.[1] Performances in the United States and various European capitals resulted in critical acclaim. She then performed at operas in Italy, France, Spain, England, the US, the Far East and the Philippines from 1947 to 1967.
She was also a teacher. She was a professor of singing at the University of the Philippines and head of the Department of Singing at the Philippines Women's University from 1936 to 1945 . She also taught singing at the University of the Far East, Centro Escolar University, and St. Paul College. She also served as cultural attaché at the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York. On December 22, 1969, she founded the Opera Guild of the Philippines.[2] She taught Filipino opera singers and did much to promote classical operas to the Philippine public.
Aldaba died on March 13, 2006 at the age of 93.[3] She was an older sister of former welfare minister and UN Special Ambassador Estefania Aldaba-Lim.
The Dalisay J. Aldaba Recital Hall in the University of the Philippines, Diliman is named after her.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "DALISAY ALDABA BOWS; Philippine Soprano is Heard in Debut with City Opera". The New York Times. 17 November 1947.
- ↑ https://www.elib.gov.ph/details.php?uid=c751588721ddc1737a87ca6e9da31381 Outstanding leaders of the Philippines
- ↑ "Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "University Theater – UP Theater Complex".
- Herminia Ancheta and Michaela Beltran-Gonzalez, Filipino women in nation building, Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., Quezon City, 1984
- Outstanding leaders of the Philippines, Asia Research Systems [Press Foundation of Asia], Manila, 1980
- Varias-de Guzman, et al, "Women of distinction: biographical essays on outstanding Filipino women of the past and the present", Manila, 1967
- Dalisay Aldaba Bows; Philippine Soprano Is Heard in Debut With City Opera, New York Times, p.26, 17 November 1947
- Soprano Dalisay Aldaba dies; 93, Philippine Daily Inquirer, p.23, 15 March 2006
- Aldaba Family Site
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