Opera

• 19th Century - Filipino Opera merged in the Ph
• Opera - Art and music form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work
• Opera - accompanied by an orchestra or ensemble
• Opera - the dialogue is entirely sung
• Zorilla Theatre - Italian Mode, Dulaang Zorilla
• Quiapo Theatres - first to introduce black light for decorative effect
• Manila Grand Opera House - A hotel has been constructed
• Metropolitan Theatre - First theatre to be design by an architect
• Sundugong Panaginip - First Filipino opera
• Bonifacio Abdon - First filo opera conducter
• Dr. Ramon Javier - First filipino impresario who promoted local talents
• Patricio Mariano - wrote "Lakangbini"
• Cultural Center of the Philippines - established by Imelda Romualdez-Marcon
• La Loba Negra - three-act filo opera
• Noli Me Tangere - FEU Auditiorium premiered
• El Filibusterismo - written four years after the FEU premier
• Filipino Ballet - presents folktales based on local fables and epics
• Lola Basyang - adaptation of Reyes' folktales
• Rama Hari - King Rama an Indian Epic