Phillipine Opera

• Opera - part of the western classical music form and tradition.
• Opera - an art and musical form in which and musical form in which singers and musicians perform a dramtic work combining text and a musical score.
• 19th century - the emergence of the Filipino opera
• Sandugong Panaginip - by Pedro Paterno, the first Filipino opera
• Bonifacio Abdon - first Filipino opera conductor
• Dr. Ramon Javier - first Filipino opera impresario who promoted local talents to participate in foreign productions
• The Orchesta Molina - known for its interpratation of operatic works as well as other classical compositions.
• La loba Negra - a three-act Filipino opera
• Act 3 of La Loba Negra - based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos, one of the three martyred priests.
• La Loba Negra - takes place in the 17th century, during the time of Spanish rule in the Philippines. It revovles around the tragic assasination of Spanish Governor-General Fernando Bustamante.
• Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo - composed by National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon.
• Noli Me Tangere - originated from the Latin version of the words from the Bible verse John 20:17.
• El Filibusterismo - written as a sequel to the earlier Noli Me Tangere. It tells the continuing struggle of the Filipino people to achieve freedom from Spanish rule
• Noli Me Tangere - premiered in 1957 at FEU Auditorium.