Music: Lesson 1 - PHILIPPINE OPERA

• These forms have been in the Filipino tradition.

  Opera, ballets, and musical plays
• Many festivals and occasions are celebrated using ___________ as a medium of __________.

  Theater arts, Entertainment
• It is a shadow play performed during town fiestas or on dark nights after ___________.

  Carillo, harvest season
• Lenten play depicting the life, passion, _______________.

  Cenaculo, Death of Jesus
• It expresses the conflict between Christian and Muslims.

  Moro-moro and Comedia
• It is a local version of a Spanish operetta.

  Zarzuela
• An art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text ( ________ ) and musical score in a theatrical setting.

  Opera, Libretto
• In opera, lines are sung instead of spoken.
• The elements of opera: Acting, Scenery, Costumes, and sometime Dance
• Opera performances are done in an opera house, cultural center, theater, and auditorium accompanied by an orchestra or a small musical ensemble.
• Opera started during the middle part of 19th century.
• Popular themes of opera: Romance, Deceit, Murder, Vendetta, or other elements of human frailty.
• Sandugong Panaginip is a one-act opera with 5 scenes.
• One of the san-dugong panaginip melodies is "sampaguita"(la flor de manila), it was composed by Paterno's sister, Dolores.
• The libretto of Sandugong Panaginip was translated into English entitled "The Dream Alliance" by Col. Walter H loving
• Colonel Walter H Loving is the founder of philippine constabulary
• El filibusterismo in english is The Reign of Greed
• The music of Elfili was composed by Felipe Padilla de leon on 1970.
• The libretto of Elfili was written by Anthony Morli
• El filibusterismo is a one-act play with 3 scenes written in Tagalog about the unseen dark force (Greed), so powerful even the trivial actions are controlled and choices leads to tragic endings
• In the story Elfili Crisostomo Ibarra returns to SanDiego disguising himself as a rich jeweler, Don Simoun.
• In Elfili, Don Simoun seeks revenge against the people responsible for his misfortunes. He plans to start a revolution, convince youth to take arms, and to rescue his love in the convent.
• La loba negra in English is "The Black She- Wolf"
• la loba negra is a novel that influenced jose rizals's ideals
• La Loba Negra is a "subversive" melodrama in 3 acts but the first two acts are about history.
• The third act in La Loba Negra is about Father Jose Burgos, a martyred priests.
• The music of la loba negra is made by Francisco feliciano.
• The libretto of La Loba Negra is written by Fides Cuyugan-Asencio
• The premier of la loba negra was held on 1984 and another presentation happened on 1985
• The story of la loba negra happened during the 17th-century Spanish rule in the Philippines.
• La Loba Negra revolves around the tragic assassination of Spanish governor-general Bustamante whose admiration was greatly admired for his planned reform.
• la loba negra also focuses on bitter reaction and planned revenge by his wife dona luisa on the corupt and abusive religious perpetrators
• Noli me tangere in english is touch me not
• noli me tangere is the Philippines first full length opera
• Noli Me tangere is a 3 act opera composed in Western operatic tradition.
• Noli me tangere is based on the novel of the same title by Jose Rizal who was inspired to write about inequities in Filipino society.
• In Noli, the Musical presentation follows the story of Juan Crisostomo Ibarra, who returns to the Philippines after pursuing scholarly studies in Europe.
• Noli me Tangere depicts the abuses suffered by the native indios at the hands of the Spanish tyrants.

  The opera paints a clear picture of the so-called "social cancer" illustrating the rotten system of governance, the elicit way of the church, and the unfavorable trade of the privileged class.
• The music of Noli is composed by Felipe Padilla de Leon who is a national artist for music.
• the libretto of Noli was written by Guillermo Tolentino who was a national artist for Sculpture.