mapeh 10 arts

1. OPERA
IN THEPHILIPPINES

2. 19th CENTURY –
Filipino opera emerged in the
Philippines when foreign
performers, including instrumental
virtuosi, as well as opera singers and
Spanish zarzuela performers came to the
country to perform for enthusiastic
audiences.

3. -Isanartandmusicforminwhich
singers andmusiciansperforma
dramaticwork combiningtext(calleda
libretto)anda musicalscore.
- Itisaccompaniedbyanorchestraor
smallermusicalensemble.
-Thedialogueisentirelysungandnot
spoken.
OPERA

4. Local Theatres
and Early
Philippine
Operas

5. LOCALTHEATERS
 ZorrillaTheater, 1817-1893
 PrincipeAlfonsoTheater, 1862-1876
 V
ariedades Theater, 1847
 QuiapoTheater
 T
ondoTheater, 1841
 Manila GrandOperaHouse, mid-19th
 MetropolitanTheater, 1931

6. ZORRILLA THEATRE
(1817-1893)

7. PRINCIPE ALFONSO THEATRE
(1862-1876)

8. VARIEDADES THEATRE
(1847)

9. QUIAPO THEATERS
(TIMES THEATRE)

10. MANILA GRAND OPERA
HOUSE

11. METROPOLITAN
THEATER

12.  ComposedbyLADISLAOBONUS, “Father of
PhilippineOpera)
 SaidtobetheFIRSTFILIPINOOPERAby
PEDROP
A
TERNO, apoet, novelist, musician,
andgovernment official. (LaAlianzaSoñada)
 Thiswasfirst presentedat the ZorillaTheater
onAugust 2, 1902
 It waslater translatedbytheEnglishman M.W.
Lovingwiththetitle TheDreamedAlliance.
“SANDUGONG PANAGINIP”

13. “SANDUGONG
PANAGINIP”

14. First
Filipino
Opera
Conductor
BONIFACIO ABDON

15. DR. RAMON JAVIER
First Filipino
Impresario
who promoted
local talentsto
participatein
foreign
productions.

16. PATRICIO MARIANO
Wrotethe
“Lakangbini”that
wasfirst stagedat
theMetropolitan
Theater in
December 19,
1933

17. NELIAMANALO
asViolettainLaTraviata
MERCEDESMA
TIAS-SANTIAGO
 asLuciainLuciadi Lamemoor
JOVIT
AFUENTES
asMimi inLaBoheme
POPULAR SINGERS

18. Establishedby thenFirst Lady
ImeldaRomualdez-Marcos in
1969pavedthewayfor other
Filipinooperastobestagedat a
legitimatevenueof international
standard.
CULTURAL CENTER OF
THE PHILIPPINES

19. FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON
ComposedNoli
MeT
angereand
El Filibusterismo
Presentedat
the CCPMain
Theater in1970
and1975

20. Famous
Filipino
Operas

21.  TheBlackShe-Wolf
 AThree-act FilipinoOpera
 Themusicwascomposedby
FranciscoFelicianowith
libretto bysopranoFides
Cuyugan Asensio
“LA LOBA NEGRA”

22.  Thethree-act operacomposed
by NationalArtist FelipePadilla
de Leon, withlibrettobyNational
Artist GuillermoT
olentino.
 It premieredin1957at the
FEU Auditorium.
“NOLI ME TANGERE”

23.  It waswrittenfour yearsafter the
Noli MeT
angere
 It wasinthreeactsandwritten
in T
agalog(withLibrettobyAnthony
Morli)
 It tells of thecontinuing struggle of the Filipinos to
achieve freedomandemancipation fromSpanish
“EL FILIBUSTERISMO”

24. BALLET
IN THEPHILIPPINES

25. TheFilipinoballet
presentsfolktalesbased
onlocal fablesandepics
fromneighbouring
regions.

26.  Aballet adaptationof Severino
Reyes’folktales MgaKuwentoni
LolaBasyang.
 It wasmeanttoinstill andrekindle
theinterest of theFilipinoyouthin
thebeauty
, richness, andheritageof
Philippineliterature.
“LOLA BASYANG”

27.  translatedasKingRama,
isthePhilippine
adaptation of theIndian
epic Ramayanaset to
music, dance, anddrama.
“RAMA HARI”

28. MUSICALPLAYS
IN THEPHILIPPINES

29. InthePhilippines, the
musical playrelymostly
on adaptationsfrom
novels, literaryworks, or
biographical sketchesof
famousartists.

30. Lighter formthantheopera
Themesare
usually
contemporary
Actingislessintense
MUSICAL PLAY

31. BROADWAY MUSICALS
“Showboat”wasthe
first broadwaymusical
whichfeaturedthepopular
modeof transport inthe
Americanfrontier.

32.  Siamese royaltyin TheKingandI,
 Englisharistocracy in MyFair Lady,
 AustrianhistoryinTheSoundof
Music
 Medieval Englishtragedyin Camelot
 Interracial gangrivalry andromance
inW
est SideStory
Other Themes:

33. ANDRES BONIFACIO: ANG
DAKILANG ANAK-PAWIS
It isafive-act work
commissionedbyAlfonso
Puyat in1979, depictingthe
life of revolutionaryhero
Andres Bonifacio.
MusicwasbyJerryDadap.

34. It isamusical basedonthe
lifeof thefirst superstar of
thePhilippines, A
T
ANG
DELARAMA.
ATANG - DULANG MAY
MUSIKAL

35. ATANG - DULANG MAY
MUSIKAL
writtenbyFloyQuintosand
directedbyAlexander Cortes,
wasshownat UPDilimanin
2008aspart of theZarzuela
Festival organizedbytheUP
CollegeofArtsandLetters.

36.  isabout thelife of bodabil star Katy
dela Cruz.
 Themusic andmusical arrangements were
donebyNonongBuencamino
 TheplaycommissionedRyan Cayabyab for
themusic, Jose Javier Reyes for thelyrics,
andstarredMitchV
aldes inthetitlerole
KATY!

37. It waspresentedin
celebrationof the200th
birthanniversaryof the
author FranciscoBalagtas-
Baltazar.
FLORANTE AT LAURA

38. It isbasedonapoem
by MERLINDAC.
BOBIS.
It wasproducedbytheCCP
Women’sDeskandthe
CoordinatingCenter for
DARAGANG MAGAYON

39. MAGSIMULA KA
It isthestoryof youngdreamers
whoseambitionsbegintofadein
life’srealities. Theyarepart of the
graduatingclassfilledwithhope
but endupcompromisingtheir
idealismfor their ownsurvival.

40. MAGSIMULA KA
byGinesT
an, stagedat
theCCPMainTheater
from April 7to24, 1988.
oneof thelongest
running musicalsat the