MUSIC

• BROADWAY MUSICALS - "showboat" was the first Broadway musical which featured the popular mode of transport in the american frontier.
• ANDRES BONIFACIO:ang dakilang anak-pawis - It is a five-act work commissioned by alfonso puyat in 1979, depicting the life of revolutionary hero andres bonifacio.

  Music by JERRY DADAP
• MAGSIMULA KA - By GINES TAN, staged at the CCP Main theater from April 7 to 24, 1988.

  One of the longest running musicals at the CCP
• ANG DULANG MAY MUSIKAL - It is a musical based on the life of the first superstar of the Philippines, ANTANG DELA RAMA
• EL FELIBUSTERISMO - IT WAS WRITTEN 4 YEARS BEFORE NOLI ME TANGERE . A three act and written in tagalog with libretto by ANTHONY MORLI
• RAMA HARI- Translated as King Rama, is the philippine adaptation of the indian epic Ramayana set music, dance, and drama
• MUSICAL PLAYS - It is a lighter form of opera, the themes are usually contemporary, and the acting is less intense and dramatic
• MAGSIMULA KA - It is the story of young dreamers whose ambition begins to fade in life's realities.
• KATY! - Is about the life of bodabil star KATY DE LA CRUZ.

  it is commissioned by Ryan Cayabyab for music, Jose Javier Reyes, for the lyrics, and Started Mitch Valdes in the title role
• LOLA BASYANG - A ballet of severino Reyes "Folktales mga kuwento ni Lola Basyang".

  IT WAS MEANT TO instill and rekindle the interest of the filipino youth
• DARAGANG MAGAYON - It is based on a poem by MERLINDA C. BORIS

  It was produced by the CCP women's Desk and Coordinating Center for Dance to celebrate Women's Month.
• NOLI ME TANGERE - The three act opera composed by national artist FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON, with libretto by national artist GUILLERMO TOLENTINO

  It premiered in 1957 at the FEU Auditorium
• FLORANTE AT LAURA - it was presented in celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of the author FRANCISCO BALAGTAS-BALTAZAR
• CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES - Established by the First Lady Imelda Romualdez- Marcos in 1969 paved the way for the other Filipino operas to be staged at at legitimate venue of international standards
• DR.RAMON JAVIER  -The first Filipino impresarion who promoted local talents to participate in foreign production
• BONIFACIO ABDON - The first filipino opera conductor
• LA LOBA NEGRA - A THREE ACT FILIPINO OPERA KNOWN AS THE BLACK SHE WOLF the music was composed by francisco Feliciano with Libretto by soprano Fides Cuyugan Asensio
• FELIPE PADILLA DE LEON- he composed Noli me tangere and el filibusterismo presented at the CCP main theater in 1970 and 1975
• 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.

  It is accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.

  THE DIALOGUE IS ENTIRELY SUNG AND NOT SPOKEN
• PATRICIO MARIANO- He wrote the "Lakangbini" That was first staged at the metropolitan theater in december 19, 1933
• SANDUGONG PANAGINIP- Composed by ladislao Bonus, Father of philippine opera

  It is said to be the first Opera by PEDEO PATERNO