Music

• Opera


  • Essential for Western Classical
  • Began in Italy toward the finish of the 16th century and before long spread all through the remainder of Europe
  • Art and musical form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score
  • Accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble
  • Dialogue is entirely sung, not spoken
• Opera in the Philippines

  • Began during 19th century
  • Instrumental virtuosi, show vocalist, and Spanish zarzuela entertainers went to the nation
• Manila Grand Opera House (MGOH)


  • Marangal na Bahay-Opera ng Maynila
  • Theater and opera house
  • Located in the district of Santa Cruz Manila
  • The Philippines' premier entertainment during Spanish and American colonial periods
  • Most popular theater in 1900s
  • Site of political meetings
  • 200 people (crowd)
• Nearby theaters

  • Zorilla
  • Principe Alfonso
  • Variedades
  • Quiapo
  • Tondo

  
• Sandugong Panaginip


  • First Filipino Opera by Pedro Paterno
  • Composed by Ladislao Bonus (father of Philippine Opera)
  • First presented at Zorilla theater Aug 2, 1902
  • Translated by Englishman M.W. Loving entitled The Dreamed Alliance
• Bonifacio Abdon


  First Filipino opera conductor
• Dr. Ramon Javier


  First Filipino opera impresario, elevated nearby gifts
• The Orchestra Molina


  Known for their interpretation of operatic works as well as classical compositions
• La Loba Negra (The Black She-Wolf)


  • Three-act Filipino opera
  • Acts I and II = history
  • Act III = attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos
  • Composed by National Artist Francisco Feliciano with libretto by soprano Fides Cuyugan Asensio
  • Premiere = 1984 = Lamberto Avellano as director
  • 1985 = directed by Peque Gallaga and Jorge V. Ledesma, production design by Don Escudero, costume design by National Artist Salvador Bernal, lighting design by Dennis Marasigan, and choreography by Rene C. Hinojales
• Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo


  • Composed by National Artist Felipe Padilla de leon
  • Presented at CCP Main Theater 1970 and 1975
  • Restaged at CCP with new music by Ryan Cayabyab
• Noli Me Tangere, The Opera


  • Three-act opera
  • Composed by National Artist Felipe Padilla de leon with libretto by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino
  • Premiered = 1957 = FEU Auditorium
  • Casts: Maria Clara, Ibarra, Sisa, Padre Damaso
  • Director: Morli Daram
• El Filibusterismo, The Opera


  • Three-act, written in Tagalog
  • Composed by National Artist Felipe Padilla de leon in 1970 with libretto by Anthony Morli
  • Casts: Paulita, Simoun, Juli
  • Staged at Cultural Center of PH
• Cultural Center of the Philippines


  Established by First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos in 1969
• Elements of Theater


  • Performers
  • Audience
  • Director
  • Space
  • Visual Aspect
  • Script / Text
• Performers


  • People onstage
  • Must be believable
• Audience


  • Essence of theater is the interaction between the performer and audience
  • Experienced live
  • "Call and response" atmosphere cannot be witnessed in movie theater
  • Movie = no connection = only reactions
• Director


  • Makes certain that performers understand the text and deliver script
  • Make sure blocking, costume, set, etc
  • All the aspects of theater should complement each other, and the director oversees all these things
• Space


  • Performers or audience come together
  • Stage, area to perform
  • Audience to sit or stand
• Visual Aspect


  • Visual = costumes, lighting, scenic bg
  • Nonvisual = sound, bg music
• Script / Text


  Text that is performed
• Ballet in the Philippines


  • Pantomime, performance told by body movements and facial expressions
  • Lack of spoken = creative steps
  • Filipino ballets present folktales e.g. Lola Basyang and epics such as India's Ramayana
• Lola Basyang


  • Ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes' folktales Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang
  • Instill, rekindle interest of Filipino youth
• 3 Kuwento ni Lola Basyang


  • Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Marya
  • Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin
  • Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon
• Rama Hari (King Rama)


  • Ph adaptation of Indian epic Ramayana set to music, dance and drama
  • Feb 8 - 17, 1980
  • Ryan Cayabyab (Music), National Artist Alice Reyes (Choreography), National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera (Literature), National Artist Salvador Bernal (Theater Design), with the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Cayabyab
• Musical Play


  • Lighter than opera
  • Theme = contemporary, musical melodies more manageable
  • Less intense and dramatic
  • Musical plays have been associated with the Broadway plays of New York City and West End Productions in London, including My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Camelot, West Side Story, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, Mama Mia, Cats, and Miss Saigon
• Broadway Musical


  • Family entertainment
  • Light theme, easily understood
  • Problems of everyday
• Lea Salonga


  • First Asian to play the role of Eponine in the musical Les Miserables based on novel written in 1862 by French Victor Hugo
  • Played the role of Mei-Li in Flower Drum Song
• Phantom of the Opera


  • Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
  • Lyrics Charles Hart
  • Music Lloyd Webber
  • Based on novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
  • Focuses on a beautiful singer Christine Daaé as she is seduced by a mysterious disfigured musical genius known as The Phantom of the Opera who lives beneath the Paris
• Les Miserables "Les Mis"


  • Musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with libretto by Alain Boublil
  • Tells the story of paroled convict Jean Valjean who, failing attempts to find work as an honest man
• Musical Play in the Philippines

  • More recent development than its broadway and West End counterparts
  • Relies more on adaptation of novels, etc.
• Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis, The Musical


  • Five-act work commissioned by Alfonso Puyat in 1979
  • Life of Andres Bonifacio
  • Co-produced by CCP and the Andres Bonifacio Music Foundation, Inc.
  • Staged again at CCP Main theater Aug 20, 21, 1994 with Jerry Dadap and late Elmo Makil
  • 2014 = UP = new version = 150th birth anniv
• Atang - Dulang May Musika


  • Based on the life of the first superstar of Ph, Atang Dela Rama
  • Written by Floy Quintos and directed by Alexander Cortes, shown at UPD 2008 Zarzuela Festival
  • Music by Von de Guzman
• Katy!


  • Life of bodabil star Catalina "Katy" dela Cruz aka "Queen of Filipino Jazz"
  • Music by Ryan Cayabyab, lyrics by Jose Javier Reyes, starred by Mitch Valdes
• Florante at Laura


  Presented in celeb of 200th birth anniv of the author Francisco Balagtas-Baltazar
• Daragang Magayon


  • Produced by CCP Women's Desk and Coordinating Center for Dance
  • Celebration of Women's Month
  • Music by Ramon P. Santos
• Magsimula Ka


  • Young dreamers whose ambitions begin to fade in life's realities
  • Part of graduating class filled with hope but end up compromising their idealism for own survival
  • By Gines Tan staged at CCP Main Theater April 7-24, 1988
• Noli Me Tangere, The Musical


  • Music by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Libretto, Bienvenido Lumbera
  • Staged at CCP Little Theater, feb 1-4 1996
  • Production of Tanghalang Pilipino
• El Filibusterismo, The Musical


  • Music by Ryan Cayabyab
  • Libretto, Jovy Miroy
  • Two-act play
  • Staged at CCP Main Theater, Aug 8-10 1997
  • Production of Tanghalang Pilipino
• Pedro Paterno


  poet, novelist, musician, government official (La Alianza Soñada)
• “Theater, The Lively Art” 


  “There are certain elements common to all theater. These are present whenever a theater takes place; without them, an event ceases to be theater and becomes a different art form and different experience”