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MULTIMEDIA FORMS OF THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

Opera

➢ is a drama set to music with vocal pieces and orchestral accompaniment on an elaborate stage.

➢ text of an opera is called a libretto. Its writer is called a librettist or dramatist.

➢ Opera characters are revealed through songs. The composer sets the text to the appropriate
music.

➢ operas are a venue for airing one's opinion, judgment, or sentiment. Love, deception, revenge,
and crime are themes that are common in most Philippine operas.

ELEMENTS IN OPERA

➢ costumes
➢ acting
➢ scenery
➢ poetry

Philippine operas were traditionally staged at the Manila Grand Opera House and the Metropolitan
Theater.

Examples

La Loba Negra

➢ It is a Filipino opera. Its music is composed by 2014

➢ National Artist Francisco Feliciano
➢ its libretto is written by Fides Cuyugan Asensio, a renowned soprano.

Noli me tangere

➢ Touch me not
➢ national artist for music Felipe Padilla de Leon
➢ its librettist is also a national artist for literature Guillermo Tolentino.
➢ It was first staged in 1957 at the FEU Auditorium.

El filibusterismo

➢ is intended for the Filipinos crying out for freedom

 ➢ written in Tagalog by the National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon.
➢ Its librettist is Anthony Morli.

MULTIMEDIA FORMS OF THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES

BALLET

➢ pronounced bah lay' or bah' lay

➢ French word originated from the Italian balletto, which means "a dance."
➢ ballet music composers include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky of Russia and Jean-Baptiste Lully of
France.
➢ ballet uses bodily movements and facial expressions to portray and interpret stories, novels, and
folktales.
➢ a male ballet dancer is called a danseur (dän 'ser)
➢ a female ballet dancer is called a ballerina or danseuse.

Example of Ballet Version Of some Stories

Lola Basyang

➢ is a ballet (Cersion of the various folktales written by Severino Reyes from his Mga Kuwento ni
Lola Basyang.

Rama hari

➢ Rama Hari literally means "King Rama."

➢ In the Philippines, it is the modified version of Ramayana, an Indian epic.

➢ It was first shown in 1980

Lisa Macuja-Elizalde

➢ is the first Filipina prima ballerina. She founded the ballet manila of which she is the artistic
director.