Arellano High School

Music 10

History of Philippine Opera

Quarter 4: 20th and 21th Century Multimedia

Forms
(Opera in the Philippines)
Mark Anthony Janer
MAPEH Teacher
 Group 1 (10-hertz)

1. Castro, 6. Del Rosario

2. Cayetano, 7. Espinosa
3. Cunanan, 8. Fabroa
4. Dapula, 9. Gonzaga
5. De Guzman 10. Guasis
Opera in the
Philippines
 History of Philippine Opera

 Opera is a part of the western

classical music form and
tradition. It started in Italy at
History of Philippine the end of 16th century and
Opera spread through Europe.
 History of Philippine Opera

 Emerge in 19th Century.

 Foreign performers including
History of Philippine virtuosi, opera singers and

Opera spanish zarzuela perform in

enthusiastic audiences.
Local Theaters and Early Philippine Opera
 Manila Grand Opera House

 The Manila Grand Opera House -was

a theater and opera house located in
the Santa Cruz district of Manila on the
intersection of Rizal Avenue and
Manila Grand Opera House Doroteo Jose Street.
 First built in the mid-19th century as a
circular wooden structure with a
nipa roof known as the H.T. Hashim’s
National Cycle Track.
 Metropolitan theatre

 The Manila Metropolitan Theater

(Tanghalang pangkalakhan ng

Metropolitan
Maynila) is a Philippine Art Deco
building found near the Mehan
Garden located on Padre Burgos
corner Arroceros Street, Near

theatre Manila Central Post Office. It was

designed by architect Juan
Arellano and inaugurated on
December 10,1931.
 Zorrilla Theatre

 The Teatro Zorrilla or Zorrilla Theatre,

also known as the Duláang Zorrilla sa
Maynila in Tagalog, was a prominent

Zorrilla
theatre in the Philippines . Once located
along Calle Iris (now a part of C.M Recto
Avenue ), Manila, the theatre was
named after Jose Zorilla (1817 - 1893), a

Theatre
Spanish poet and playwright. The
building, which had a seating capacity
of 900 people, was officially opened on
17 August 1893, and it was the venue
for Spanish-Language and Tagalog-
language stage performances.
 Principe Alfonso Theater

 On 4 January 1861, Sociedad anonima,

an organization of
military officers and government
employees devoted to the theater,
presented a formal request to the
municipal council about a lot at Campo
Arroceros. The Sociedad intended to
Principe Alfonso build a theaterof light construction on
the lot for which they were willing to

theater pay the usual 6 percent annual rental

fee.
 Cultural Center of the
Philippines

 The Cultural Center of the Philippines is

a government owned and controlled
corporation established to preserve,
develop and promote arts and culture in
the Philippines .[ The CCP was established
through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966
by President Ferdinand Marcos. Although

Cultural Center of an independent corporation of

the Philippine government, it receives an

the Philippines
annual subsidy and is placed under
the National Commission for Culture and
Arts for purposes of policy coordination.
Philippine Opera
 Sandugong Panaginip

 The First Filipino Opera is said to

be to Sandugong Panaginip by
Pedro Paterno, A poet novelist
musician and government
official.
 Presentedin Zorilla Theater on
Sandugong Panaginip August 02 1902.
 Translated
by The Englishman
M.W. Loving with the title The
Dreamed Alliance.
 Lakangbini

 Lakangbini by Patricio
Mariano was stage at
Metropolitan Theater
Lakangbini on December 19, 1933.
 Laloba Negra

 La Loba Negra (The Black

She-Wolf) is a 3-act Filipino
opera.
 Acts 1 and 2 are based on
history. Act 3 is based on a

Laloba legend attributed to Fr. Jose

Burgos.

Negra
 Laloba Negra

 The music was composed by

National Artist Francisco
Feliciano with libretto by
soprano Fides Cuyugan
Asensio

Laloba
 The premier was held in 1984
with National Artist for
Theater and Film Lamberto

Negra
Avellana.
 Noli Me Tangere

 The Three- act Opera Noli

Me Tangere was

Noli Me
composed by National
Artist Felipe Padilla de
Leon with libretto by

Tangere National Artist Guillermo

Tolentino.
 Premiered in 1957 at the
FEU Auditorium.
 Noli Me Tangere

 Cast include Juanita Javier

Torres as Maria Clara, Don
David As Ibarra, Fides
Cuyugan as Sisa, Milo

Noli Me Cristobal As Padre

Damaso And Morli Daram

Tangere
as the director.
 El Filibusterismo

 El Filibusterismo is a novel by
Dr. Jose Rizal, a sequel to the
earlier Noli Me Tangere.
 It was written four years later.
It tells of the continuing
El struggle of the Filipino to
achieve Freedom from

Filibusterismo Spanish colonial rule.

 El Filibusterismo

 The Opera was composed

by National Artist Felipe
Padilla de Leon in 1970
with Libretto by Anthony

El 
Morli
It was also in three acts

Filibusterismo and written in Tagalog.