Music

• Multimedia


  A system of relaying information or entertainment that includes many different forms of communication like audio-visual, text, images, writing, animations and others
• Opera


  A drama set to music with vocal pieces and orchestral accompaniment in an elaborate stage. It is a collaboration between the composer and the dramatist.
• Libretto


  The text of an opera
• Librettist


  The writer of the libretto or dramatist
• The dialogue in an opera is always sung and never spoken
• Opera characters are revealed through songs
• Elements in an opera

  • Music
  • Costumes
  • Scenery
  • Poetry
  • Acting
• Some operas incorporate dance performances
• Operas are a venue for airing one's opinion, judgment, or sentiment
• Common themes in Philippine operas

  • Love
  • Deception
  • Revenge
  • Crime
• Philippine operas were traditionally staged at the Manila Grand Opera House and the Metropolitan Theater
• Watching an opera satisfies one's ears and interests one's emotions as its music depicts the mood, character, and action of the drama
• Sanggong Panaginip


  The first Philippine opera written in the Tagalog vernacular, composed by Ladislao Bocampo
• La Loba Negra


  A Filipino opera in three acts, with music composed by Francisco Feliciano and libretto written by Fides Cayugan Asensin
• Noli Me Tangere the Opera

  An opera based on the novel by Jose Rizal, with music by Felipe Padilla de Leon and libretto by Guillermo Tolentino
• El Filibusterismo the Opera

  A three-act opera version of Rizal's novel, with music by Felipe Padilla de Leon and libretto by Anthony Monis
• Prominent figures in Philippine opera

  • Bonifacio Abdon (composer and first Filipino conductor)
  • Dr. Ramon Javier (first Filipino opera impresario)
  • Orchestra Molina (known for their interpretation of operatic works)
  • Imelda Romualdez Marcos (established the Cultural Center of the Philippines)
• Opera


  Performed in opera houses, always live performances with a live orchestra, main emphasis is on singing, performer is a classical singer, music comes first
• Musical


  Performed in theatres, could be stage, film or TV, main emphasis is on dialogue, performer is an actor first then singer and dancer, words come first
• Pinoy musicals


  • Rak of Aegis (longest running original Pinoy musical)
  • Miss Saigon
  • Katy the Musical
• Ballet


  A performance that uses bodily movements and facial expressions to portray and interpret stories, novels, and folktales
• Danseur


  A male ballet dancer
• Ballerina/Danseuse


  A female ballet dancer
• Prima ballerina


  The lead female dancer
• Premier danseur


  The lead male dancer
• Philippine ballets


  • Tatlong Kwento ni Lola Basyang
  • Rama Hari
• Tatlong Kwento ni Lola Basyang


  A ballet performance based on folktales by Severino Reyes, with music, choreography and storylines depicting fantasy, love stories and comedy
• Rama Hari


  A ballet based on the Indian epic Ramayana, with music by Ryan Cayabyab, choreography by Alice Reyes, and libretto by Bienvenido Lumbera
• Rama Hari teaches the concept of dharma - the kind of attitude or behavior that a person should do in his or her entire life, serving as guiding principles