Music

• Musical play


  A popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera
• Musical plays


  • The themes are usually more contemporary
  • The musical melodies are more manageable by the average singer
  • The acting is less intense and dramatic
  • The choreography and dance sequences provide entertaining breaks in the unfolding plots
• Musical plays have been related with

  • The Broadway plays of New York
  • The West End Productions in London
• Musicals have presented other themes

  • Siamese royalty in The King and I
  • English aristocracy in My Fair Lady
  • Austrian history in The Sound of Music
  • Medieval English Tragedy in Camelot
• Singing in musicals


  • The singing is usually amplified, unlike the operatic quality of classically trained voices
  • Many songs from Broadway musicals have become popular hits and some have achieved semi-classical status because of their sustained popularity
• Lea Salonga


  She is best known for her portrayal of Kim in Miss Saigon, a role for which she won the prestigious Tony Award for theater in the USA and the Laurence Olivier Award in London
• Les Misérables


  • A musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
  • Libretto by Alain Boublil
  • Based on the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis


  • A five-act work commissioned by Alfonso Puyat in 1979
  • Depicting the life of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio
• Atang-Dulang May Musika


  A musical based on the life of the first superstar of the Philippines, Atang De la Rama
• Honorata "Atang" de la Rama-Hernandez, National Artist for theater and music, was born in Pandacan, Manila


  January 11, 1902
• Atang de la Rama-Hernandez


  • She would later become the lead star of around 50 zarzuelas
  • At the age of 7, she was already starring in Spanish zarzuelas such as Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and Marina
  • At 14 she played Angelita in "Dalagang Bukid" and popularized the song "Nabasag ang Banga"
• Organizations associated with Atang de la Rama-Hernandez

  • Kaisahan ng Kababaihan sa Pilipinas
  • The Gaga Ladies
  • Confederation of Labor Organization
  • The Home orsing Association
  • The Girl Scouts of the Philippines
  • PETA
  • Babaylar FLOY GUINTOS
  • Gabriela
• Noli Me Tangere musical play

  In 1996, Noli Me Tangere returned to the CCP, but this time as a musical play composed by Ryan Cayabyab with libretto by National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera