OPERA IN THE

PHILIPPINES
 LA LOBA NEGRA (THE BLACK SHE-
WOLF)
• Is a three-act Filipino opera.
*Acts I and II are based on history.
*Act III is based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos,
one of the three martyred priests Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora who
were executed in Bagumbayan(now Luneta) in 1872.
 NOLI ME TANGERE

• Three-act opera composed by National Artist

Felipe Padilla de Leon, with libretto by
National artist Guillermo Tolentino.
 EL FILIBUSTERISMO

• is a novel by Dr. Jose Rizal, a sequel to the earlier

Noli Me Tangere.
• It tells of the continuing struggle of the Filipinos
to achieve freedom and emancipation from
Spanish colonial rule
BALLET IN THE
PHILIPINES
 LOLA BASYANG

• is a ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes’ folktales Mga

Kuwento ni Lola
Basyang.
• It was meant to instill and rekindle the interest of the
Filipino youth in the beauty, richness, and heritage of
Philippine literature.
 RAMA HARI

• translated as King Rama, is the Philippine

adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana set to
music, dance, and drama.
MUSICAL PLAYS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
 ANDRES BONIFACIO: ANG
DAKILANG ANAK-PAWIS
• is a five-act work commissioned by Alfonso Puyat
in 1979, depicting the life of revolutionary hero
Andres Bonifacio.
 ATANG - DULANG MAY MUSIKAL

• It is a musical based on the life of the first

superstar of the Philippines, Atang Dela
Rama.
 KATY!

• Is about the life of bodabil star Katy de la

Cruz.
 FLORANTE AT LAURA

• It was selected as the official Philippine entry

to the first ASEAN Theater Festival in August
1988.
 DARAGANG MAGAYON

• a production for poetry and mixed media for male

and female narrators, female voice, two
percussionists, two pianists, and two dancers, is
based on a poem by Merlinda C. Bobis.
 NOLI ME TANGERE

• The musical play closely follows the storyline of the

original novel and the opera.
• The musical play assumes a more contemporary approach
in the musical compositions owing to Cayabyab’s
chromatic and rhythmically innovative style.
 EL FILIBUSTERISMO

• The musical play closely follows the Rizal

novel, whose major character Crisostomo
Ibarra disguised as Simoun
 MAGSIMULA KA by Gines Tan
• is the story of young dreamers whose ambitions begin to fade in
life’s realities.
• They are part of the graduating class filled with hope but end up
compromising their idealism for their own survival.
• The play responds to the young peoples’ lingering question of
whether there is hope for them in this cruel world.
• A major factor in realizing this hope is to start and uphold one’s
talent or ambition despite all odds.