[Updated on March 12, 2007] (ORIGINAL PHILIPPINE MUSIC) 11 Classic Collection of Conching Rosal . A native of San Jose, Batangas, Conchita H. Rosal was born on 1926. She started singing at the age of 6 in their local church in San Jose as a soloist. While studying voice at the UST Conservatory of Music, one of her classmates was Sylvia La Torre. She furthered her studies in voice under the tutelage of Dean Verchines in the ... [+]

[Updated on March 12, 2007] (ORIGINAL PHILIPPINE MUSIC) 11 Classic Collection of Conching Rosal . A native of San Jose, Batangas, Conchita H. Rosal was born on 1926. She started singing at the age of 6 in their local church in San Jose as a soloist. While studying voice at the UST Conservatory of Music, one of her classmates was Sylvia La Torre. She furthered her studies in voice under the tutelage of Dean Verchines in the United Sattes, a well-known coach to leading artists of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Opera. Her career in entertainment started to blossom when she won the Elizalde Family Hour Talent Search in 1952. Her performance as Carmen in Trudel Zipper’s Tagalog production of Bizet’s opera brought her fame as an opera singer. One of the Philippines’ great sopranos, Rosal’s musical career spanning three decades were highlighted with unforgettable roles in Philppine productions of Madame Butterfly, 1967, Aida, and the lead role in the zarzwela Ang Kiri. She died in 1985 of cancer. [-]