Music

• Philippine Opera


  A dramatic story told through song
• Opera


  • Considered the most complete art form, combining all the elements of arts; words, Music, drama, and dance
  • Performed in an Opera House or a Cultural center
  • Accompanied by an orchestra or a small musical ensemble
• Theatre


  A place for performing plays
• Opera House


  A theatre specifically for performing opera
• Cultural Center


  An organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts
• Opera is an art and music form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and a musical score, usually in an elaborate theatrical setting. The dialogue is entirely sung and not spoken.
• Opera started in Italy at the end of the 16th century


  More than 400 years ago
• Emergence of Filipino Opera

  Middle part of the 19th century
• Opera was first introduced in the Philippines in 1878 through the Zarzuela, which was eventually called Sarswela after adapting to local culture and later on known as local opera
• Foreign performers, including instrumental virtuosi, as well as opera singers and Spanish zarzuela performers came to the country to perform
• As the locals (Filipinos) were being exposed to Western art and music, they were also realizing their own talents and passion for the opera
• That period in Philippine history became the right time for artists to voice out their own sentiments about love of country and longing for independence from colonial rule

  
• Teatro Zorilla or Zorilla Theatre


  A prominent (Well Known) theatre in the Philippines, opened Aug. 17, 1893
• Manila Grand Opera House


  A theatre and opera house located in the Santa Cruz district of Manila, opened mid 19th century, demolished 1970
• Manila Metropolitan Theatre


  Located on Padre Burgos Avenue corner Arroceros Street, near the Manila Central Post Office, designed by architect Juan M. Arellano and inaugurated on December 10, 1931
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)

  A government owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines, established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966

  
• Theatres inside CCP


  • Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theatre)
  • Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theatre)
  • Tanghalang Manuel Conde (Dream Theatre)
  • Tanghalang Huseng Batute (Studio Theatre)