Music Gr10 4thQ Reviewwr

• Musical play

  A popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera
• Musical plays

  • Themes are usually more contemporary
  • Musical melodies more manageable by the average singer
  • Acting is less intense and dramatic
  • Choreography and dance sequences provide visual breaks from the ongoing plots
• Broadway musicals

  Family entertainment with themes and texts which are generally light and easy to understand
• Broadway musicals

  • Problems of everyday life, such as love and romance, social acceptance, jealousy and intrigue, and adventure
• Singing in Broadway musicals

  Usually amplified, unlike the operatic quality of classically trained voices
• Musicals adapted from classical operas

  • Miss Saigon based on Puccini's Madame Butterfly
  • Aida from Verdi's opera with the same title
• Modern musical productions

  • Amazing set designs
  • Elaborate costumes
  • Computer-generated visual and sound effects
• Lea Salonga

  First Filipina to win various international awards for a single role (Miss Saigon)
• Miss Saigon

  A modern adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly
• The Phantom of the Opera

  A Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, with lyrics by Charles Hart and music by Lloyd Webber
• The Phantom of the Opera is one of the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time
• Les Misérables

  A musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg with libretto by Alain Boublil, based on the novel by Victor Hugo
• Les Misérables is perhaps the most famous of all French musicals and one of the most famous musicals performed worldwide
• Philippine musical plays

  More recent development than Broadway and West End, relying mostly on adaptations from novels, literary works, or biographical sketches of famous artists
• Philippine musical plays

  • Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis, The Musical
  • Atang - Dulang May Musika
  • Atang, The Musical
  • Katy! The Musical
  • Florante at Laura, The Musical
  • Daragang Magayon
  • Noli Me Tangere, The Musical
  • El Filibusterismo, The Musical
  • Magsimula Ka, The Musical
• When comparing Western and Philippine musical plays

  They have similarities and differences
• Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis, The Musical was commissioned by Alfonso Puyat in 1979, co-produced by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Andres Bonifacio Music Foundation, Inc., and staged again in 1994
• Atang - Dulang May Musika is a musical based on the life of the first superstar of the Philippines, Atang de la Rama
• Magsimula Ka, The Musical was the winner of the CCP Playwriting Contest in 1983 and became one of the longest running musicals at the CCP
• Florante at Laura, The Musical was presented by Tanghalang Pilipino at the CCP Little Theater in 1988 to celebrate the 200th birth anniversary of the author Francisco Balagtas-Baltazar
• Daragang Magayon was first presented at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Loading Dock in March 1991
• Noli Me Tangere, The Musical was staged at the CCP Little Theater from February 1 to 4, 1996 as a production of Tanghalang Pilipino
• El Filibusterismo, The Musical is a two-act play that was staged at the CCP Main Theater from August 8 to 10, 1997 as a production of Tanghalang Pilipino