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Fides Belza Cuyugan-Asensio (born August 1, 1931) is a Filipino coloratura soprano, director, librettist, TV host, translator, and teacher.
Jun 16, 2022 · Professor Emeritus Fides Cuyugan Asensio’s more than six decades of involvement with the art of opera displays her dedication and passion for bringing inaccessible Western dramatic idiom into Philippine theaters for Filipino opera enthusiasts to experience and learn from.
Jul 13, 2022 · A music school in Quezon City carries her name: The Fides Cuyugan Asensio Institute of Music and Arts. Naturally, her former students have reasons to cheer. Recalls pop tenor Jonathan Badon: “The way Tita Fides encouraged me was reason enough for me to pursue music.
Jun 11, 2022 · Opera singer, teacher, stage and film actor and librettist Fides Cuyugan-Asensio is new National Artist for Music. The Order of National Artist is the highest national recognition conferred upon Filipinos who have made distinct contributions to the development of the Philippine arts and culture.
May 19, 2019 · The public knows the beautiful Fides Santos Cuyugan Asensio best as movie actress and TV host. She gave sterling performances in two acclaimed films: Oro Plata Mata and Aparisyon.
Apr 21, 2015 · Fides Cuyugan Asencio is one of the most celebrated classical opera singers in the Philippines. She is an Actress, Librettist, Lyricist and a Pedagogue, (meaning acquisition of specific skills), Producer and Director.
Fides Cuyugan Asensio is the recipient of this year’s Philstage Gawad Buhay! for Lifetime Achievement in the Performing Arts, along with director Nonon Padilla and choreographer Denisa Reyes.
