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• Opera


  A form of art and music in which musicians and singers perform a dramatic work, combining musical score and text (libretto), usually on a well-designed theatrical stage
• Opera


  • Integrates theater elements like acting, dance, costume design, scenery, and performance; usually done in an opera house, a cultural center, or an auditorium
  • Music is played live by an orchestra or other ensembles, and the speech is sung and not spoken all throughout
• Filipino opera


  Emerged during the mid-19th century when foreign instrumental performers and Spanish zarzuela singers came to the country
• Literary works adapted into Philippine opera


  • Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere
  • Jose Rizal's El Filibusterismo
• La Loba Negra


  An opera written by Francisco Feliciano, with libretto by Fides Cuguygan-Asensio, based on a novel ascribed to Jose Burgos of the GOMBURZA
• La Loba Negra


  • Music contains thrilling contrasts in pitch and orchestration, fast-changing meters and keys, and rich instrument timbres, presenting creepy wolf calls and nightly forest sounds
  • Critically acclaimed as extraordinary work of the 80s, it premiered at the CCP in 1984, with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer himself
• Noli Me Tangere


  A full-length Filipino opera written by Felipe Padilla de León, with libretto by Guillermo Tolentino, based on Jose Rizal's novel
• Noli Me Tangere opera


  • Well appreciated by viewers of all ages, as its story is very familiar to Filipinos
  • Rizal's exquisite tales of revenge and romance may have relevance to issues like corruption, church and state relationships, status struggle, and colonial mentality
• El Filibusterismo


  A sequel to Noli Me Tangere, written by Felipe Padilla de León, with libretto by Anthony Morli, based on Jose Rizal's novel
• El Filibusterismo opera


  • Music had a more contemporary and thrilling style, as compared to de Leon's Noli, which was created about 15 years earlier
  • The composer used more personalized elements to make the music emphasize more on the deeper intentions of the novel
• The novel El Filibusterismo has been translated into several languages and adapted for theater, TV, and film throughout the last century
• Ballet


  An art form created by the movement of the human body
• Ballet


  • Theatrical - performed on a stage to an audience utilizing costumes, scenic design and lighting
  • Can tell a story or express a thought, concept or emotion
  • Can be magical, exciting, provoking or disturbing
• Filipino ballet productions have attracted people of all sorts and ages, though it is not used as widely as other dance genres locally due to its high difficulty
• Lola Basyang


  A ballet performance that communicated through dances the tales of Grandma Basyang, the author's pen name, and presented three stories written by the beloved national artist for Literature, Severino Reyes
• Rama Hari


  A distinguished Ballet Musical in the Philippines, based on the Indian epic Ramayana, a tale of courage, comedy, and magic
• Rama Hari


  • The discipline of ballet dancers is exemplified by the entire cast which shows excellent direction, choreography, and restaging
  • The props and stage design are considered art in itself, from the creativity of national artist Salvador Bernal
  • Physical spectacle is minimalistic, since the music, dances, and lyrics are more than enough to overwhelm the fans
• Musical plays


  A lighter but more popular form of dramatic work than an opera, with topics that are more modern, and melodies that are more recognizable
• Musical plays


  • The acting part is still intense, and the dance transitions provide breaks from the plot
  • Well connected with Broadway plays of New York City, like West Side Story, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, and Cats
• Lea Salonga


  An internationally acclaimed Filipina, recognized both in New York's Broadway and London's West End, best known for her role as Kim in Miss Saigon
• Lea Salonga


  • She is the first Filipina to win various international awards by just playing a single role
  • She is also known as the original singer of Jasmine's voice in Aladdin's A Whole New World, and Mulan's Reflection
• Miss Saigon


  A heartbreaking story of an ill-fated romance between a Vietnamese bar girl who was left by her American lover, a soldier in the Vietnam War
• Miss Saigon


  • Its USA productions at Broadway Theater, New York alone had around 4,000 performances
  • After Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga was the first Asian to play Eponine in the world-famous musical Les Misérables
• The Phantom of the Opera


  A musical based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, depicting a beautiful singer Christine who was seduced by a mysterious and face-scarred musical genius the Phantom of the Opera
• Les Misérables


  A musical based on the novel by French author Victor Hugo, a tale of ex-convict Jean Valjean, his failed attempts to look for a job, and his breaking of chains to hide his identity and live his life normally again