Music

• Three forms of Multimedia in the Philippines

  • OPERA
  • BALLET
  • MUSICAL PLAYS
• Opera


  An art and musical 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
• Opera


  • Incorporates many of the elements of spoken theater, such as acting, scenery, costumes, and sometimes dance
  • The performance is typically given in an opera house, cultural center, theater, or auditorium
  • The dialogue is entirely sung and not spoken
• Ballet


  A dance form that allows characters to come alive, not in spoken dialogue, but body movement or pantomime
• Ballet


  • The lack of spoken words or sung lyrics is more than made up for by the dancers' creative steps, arm gestures, facial expressions, and body movements, which add more meaning to the story being revealed
• Musical play


  • A popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera
  • The themes are usually more contemporary, and the musical melodies are more manageable by the average singer
  • The acting is less intense and dramatic, and the choreography and dance sequences provide entertaining breaks in the unfolding plots
• Filipino opera started

  Middle part of the 19th century
• Zarzuela


  Also known as the local opera, introduced by Spain
• Opera works based on novels

  • Noli Me Tangere (touch me not)
  • El Filibusterismo (filibustering-The Reign of Greed)
  • La Loba Negra (black she-wolf)
• Original Filipino ballets

  • Lola Basyang (ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes)
  • Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon (a love story where a princess falls in love with a bird)
• Music, media, or social media such as radio, television video recording played a great role in the development of musical genres
• Theatrical Elements

  • Performers-people presenting on stage
  • Audience-people watching a live performance
  • Director- supervises the actors
  • Theater space- a place where the performers perform
• Tools of the performers

  • Voice
  • Body
  • Facial expression
  • Emotion
  • Movement
  • Gesture
  • Appearance
• Aria


  A self-contained piece for solo voice, usually accompanied by an orchestra
• Musical Play


  A form of theatrical performance that combines song dialogue and acting
• Different examples of musical play

  • Andres Bonifacio - depicting the life of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio
  • Atang de la Rama-a musical based on the life of the superstar of the Philippines Atang de la Rama
  • Katy-story about the life of (vaudeville) star Katy Dela Cruz
  • Florante at Laura-Philippine Literature
  • Daragang Magayon - poetry and mixed media myth of the life and origin
• Andres Bonifacio-Ang Dakilang anak Pawis is a Filipino musical play by Alfonso Puyat in 1979, depicting the life of revolutionary hero, Andres Bonifacio
• The heroic acts of Andres Bonifacio can be seen in this musical play through the combination of acting, singing, dancing, and spoken dialogue
• Ballet began at the Cultural Center of the Philippines


  1969
• The group was founded by National Artist Alice Reyes with the support of Eddie Elejar and Tony Fabella
• Musical play RAMA HARI(1980)


  • An epic from India's RAMAYANA, was set to music, dance, and drama under the musical direction of Ryan Cayabyab, choreographed by Alice Reyes, libretto Bienvenido Lumbera, theater design by Salvador Bernal, and with the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The major roles were performed by Basil Valdez Rama), Kuh Ledesma(Sita) and Leo Valdez ((Ravana)
• Andres Bonifacio-Ang Dakilang anak Pawis


  A Filipino musical play by Alfonso Puyat in 1979, depicting the life of revolutionary hero, Andres Bonifacio
• Andres Bonifacio-Ang Dakilang anak Pawis


  • The heroic acts of Andres Bonifacio can be seen in this musical play through the combination of acting, singing, dancing, and spoken dialogue
• Some of our opera singers

  • Guillermo Tolentino
  • Juanita Javier Torres
  • Milo Cristobal Fides Cuyugan Asensio
  • Eleanor Calbes
  • Jimmy Melendez
  • Noel Velasco
  • Fernando Bustamante
• Ballet


  Began in 1969 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, founded by National Artist Alice Reyes with the support of Eddie Elejar and Tony Fabella
• RAMA HARI(1980)


  An epic from India's RAMAYANA, set to music, dance, and drama under the musical direction of Ryan Cayabyab, choreographed by Alice Reyes, libretto Bienvenido Lumbera, theater design by Salvador Bernal, and with the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra
• RAMA HARI(1980)

  • Major roles performed by Basil Valdez (Rama), Kuh Ledesma(Sita) and Leo Valdez ((Ravana)
• Opera


  • Entirely sung and not spoken
  • Characters come alive through body movement or pantomime
  • Lack of spoken words or sung dialogue
• Ballet


  • Used to interpret stories of all kinds
  • Characters come alive through body movement or pantomime
  • Lack of spoken words or sung dialogue
• Musical play


  • Popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera
  • Themes are usually more contemporary
  • Musical melodies are more manageable by the average singer
  • Acting is less intense and dramatic
  • Choreography and dance sequences provide entertaining breaks in the unfolding plots
• Filipino opera


  • Started in the middle part of the 19th century
  • Spain introduced the "zarzuela" also known as the local opera
  • Some opera works were based on the novels of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Original Filipino ballets

  • Vividly present folktales and local fables
  • The beloved stories of Lola Basyang (ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes)
  • Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon is one of the famous original Filipino ballets, a love story where a princess falls in love with a bird
• Music, media, or social media such as radio, television video recording played a great role in the development of musical genres
• Theatrical Elements

  • Performers
  • Audience
  • Director
  • Theater space
• Tools of the performers

  • Voice
  • Body
  • Facial expression
  • Emotion
  • Movement
  • Gesture
  • Appearance
• Aria


  A self-contained piece for solo voice, usually accompanied by an orchestra
• Theatrical performance


  Combines song, dialogue and acting