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• The opera is an art and music form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called alibretto) and a musical score, usually in an elaborate theatrical setting.
• Opera incorporates many of the elements on spoken theater, such as acting, scenery, costume and sometimes includes dance. It is accompanied by an orchestra or smaller music ensemble. The dialogue is entirely sung and not spoken.
• Opera is part of the western classical music form and traditio
• Opera started in Italy at the end of the 16th century and soon spread through the rest of Europe.
• Sandugong panaginip is said to be the first Filipino opera
• Pedro Paterno is a poet, novelist, musician, and government official who made Sandugong Panaginip
• Where was Sandugong Panaginip first presented and when?

  Zorilla Theater on August 2, 1902
• Who translated Sandugong Panaginip and what was the translated title of it


  Englishman M.W. Loving, The Dreamed Alliance
• Who is the first Filipino opera conductor and first Filipino opera impresario who promoted local talents to participate in foreign productions?is

  Bonifacio Abdon & Dr. Ramon Javier 
• The Orchestra Molina was known for their interpretation of operatic works as well as other classical compositions.
• Felipe Padilia de leon composed operas based on rizal's two novel Noli me tangere and el filibusterismo
• Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo were later restaged also at the ccp as musical plays with new music composed by who?

  Ryan Cayabyab
• Noli Me Tangere premiered in 1957 at the FEU Auditorium
• La Loba Negra (The black she-wolf) is a three-act Filipino opera. Acts I and II are based on history. Act III is based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos
• Who were the three martyred priests? Where were the executed and when?

  Fr. Mariano Gomez, Fr. Jose Burgos, and Fr. Jacinto Zamora at Bagumbayan (now Luneta) in 1872
• The music of La Loba Negra was composed by National Artist Franciso Feliciano, with libretto by soprano  Fides Cuyugan-Asensio.
• The premiere of La Loba Negra was held in 1984 with Lamberto Avellana as director.
• La Loba Negra revolves around the assassination of Spanish Governor-General Bustamante It also focused on the bitter reaction and planned vendetta (revenge) by his wife Doña Luisa (La Loba Negra) on the religious perpetrators.
• Ballet is a performance in which a story is told without words by using body movements and facial expressions.
• Lola Basyang is a ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes' folktales Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang.
• mga kwento ni lola basyang is meant to instill and rekindle the interest of the Filipino youth in the beauty, richness, and heritage of Philippine literature. The typical storytelling scene shows the grandmother (lola basyang, the pen name of the author) on a rocking chair with her grandchildren listening to her fascinating tales
• Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang


  1.) Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Marya

  2.) Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin

  3.) Ang Prinsipe ng Mga Ibon
• translated as King Rama, is the Philippine adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana set to music, dance, and drama.


  Rama Hari
• is one of the two great Indian epics that talk about Indian life around 1000 BC and how dharma was practiced.

  Ramayana
• is a type of behavior said to be in accordance with the order that makes life and the universe possible.According to its meaning, it explains the expectations in fulfilling duties, respecting rights, observing proper conduct, practicing virtues, and maintaining a rightful way of living

  Dharma
• Theater arts is a collaborative form of art where live performers act on stage before a group of audience in a specific place carrying out a story
• Live performances like theater plays demand the expertise and collaboration of each member in the production team as well as the cast to produce a high-quality performance.
• Theatrical forms

  • Tragedy
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Melodrama
• Tragedy is a dramatic play portraying the struggle of a strong-willed protagonist against fate, as predestined by mysterious divine, social, or psychological forces, culminating in disaster and usually caused by a flaw in the protagonist's character.
• Comedy is a dramatic play of light and humorous character, typically with a cheerful and happy ending.
• Drama is a play that is "for real". The characters represent realistic and everyday people.
• Melodrama is a dramatic composition characterized by extravagant theatrically and the dominance of plot and physical action over characterization.
• Elements of Art as Applied to an Original Performance

  • Sound and Music
  • Spectacle
  • Costume, Mask, Makeup, and Accessories
  • Gesture, Movement, and Dance
• These two elements set for the audience different moods and emotions. Through the use of different sounds, they provide different effects to the play that heighten the emotions of the characters and the audience.


  Sound and music
• The sound effects also make the play more realistic and exciting.
• These are bodily movements or actions that usually express emotions, character, and narrative actions with accompanying sound or music.These conveys a meaning or message

  Gesture, Movement, and Dance
• These comprise the visual effects, of which the main function is to enhance visibility and aesthetic value. They help make the character appear realistic according to the role he/she portrays.

  Costume, Mask, Makeup, and Accessories.
• This is something exhibited for view as something unusual, notable, or entertaining, especially an eye-catching or dramatic public display which may be regarded as impressive and breathtaking and on stage if visual, lighting, sound, music, costumes, dance, and special effects are properly manifested in a play.

  Spectacle
• It is a type of melodrama in three acts where pieces are both spoken and sung.It was also employed as a tool to fight against colonization.

  Sarswela
• it is considered by scholars to be the highest point of Filipino folk literature. The usual topics are romance and adventure.


  Epic poetry