Music (Opera)

• Where and when did opera started?

  Italy, end of the 16th century
• Opera - art and and musical form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and a musical score, usually in an elaborate theatrical setting
• In opera, the dialogue is entirely sung and not spoken
• When did the emergence of the Filipino opera started?

  Mid 19th century
• Senakulo - takes place as on stage performance that re-enacts the passion of Christ.
• Moro-moro - express the conflict between Christians and Muslims in the country.
• Carillo - A famous theatre form which is usually drama play, is shown after the harvest season.
• Zarzuela - which is a local version of Spanish operetta.
• Opera was first introduced to the Philippines in 1878 through the zarzuela
• Sandugong Panaginip - first Filipino opera
• Pedro Paternos - poet, novelist, musician, government official, and the creator of Sandugong Panaginip
• Teatro Zorilla - also known as Dulaang Zorilla sa Maynila was a prominent theatre in the Philippines
• The Dreamed Alliance - Sandugong Panaginip translation by the Englishman M.W.Loving
• Metropolitan Theater (Met) - Designed by Juan Arellano. The theater was inaugurated on December 10, 1931, with a capacity of 1670 (846 orchestra, 116 in loge, and 708 in balcony).
• Juan Arellano - Filipino architect who designed the Met. Said that he plans for the building with the phrase "On Wings of Song" in mind.
• Manila Grand Opera House - the country's most popular theater in the 1900s, built on the corner of Doroteo Jose Street and Avenida, formerly the metro's center of entertainment.
• Principe Alfonso Theatre - 1862, was built within Plaza Arroceros, near the Metropolitan Theater. This theater stood until 1876, when the old theater was burnt down.
• Metropolitan Theater (Met)

  
• Cultural Center of the Philippines

  
• LA LOBA NEGRA (The Black She-Wolf)

  • This is one of the novels that greatly influenced Dr. Jose Rizal's ideals.
  • It was written by Father Jose Burgos.
  • It is actually "subversive" melodrama.
  • La Loba is a three-act Filipino opera. Act I and II are based on history.
• Act 3 of LA LOBA NEGRA is based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos, one of the three martyred priests
• Noli Me Tangere - three-act opera composed by Feliper Padilla de Leon, libretto by Guillermo Tolentino. Premiered in 1957 at the FEU Auditorium
• El Filibusterismo - three acts, composed by Felipe Padilla de Leon, libretto by Anthony Morli. It was staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1970