MAPEH 10 - PART 1 - Q4 MUSIC 10 - Opera.pdf

20th and 21st
Century
Multimedia Forms

❑ Opera is an Italian word meaning, “work”.
❑ A drama mainly sung and accompanied by
instruments.
❑ Includes varied forms of overture, solo songs,
duets, choruses, and other vocal combinations.
❑ Composed of the following;
- Librettist - Composer - Conductor
- Dancers - Soloist - Choristers
- Instrumentalist - Choreographer - Director

❑ European opera companies visited the Philippines
during the 1860s and introduced Opera. From there,
the Opera became the main attraction in Manila
during the 19th and 20th centuries.
❑ Many Filipino composers created operas inspired by
the life and works of Jose Rizal: Noli Me Tangere, El
Filibusterismo, and Binhi Ng Kalayaan.
❑ Also, others are inspired by literature such as
Florante and Laura

❑ Opera Presentations were performed inside a
Theater. The venue was crucial to the whole
production. Below were the early venues of opera in
the Philippines.
- Manila Grand Opera House
- Metropolitan Theater
- Pandacan Theater
- Teatro del Principe Alfonso
- Teatro de Tondo
- Teatro Zorilla

Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP)

❑ Sandugong Panaginip (Dream Alliance)
- Is an original Filipino Opera by Pedro Paterno, a poet,
novelist, and musician.
❑ Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)
- Is a Philippine opera written by different experts; Felipe
Padilla de Leon (Music), Guillermo Tolentino (Libretto),
and Lucio San Pedro, Lucio Sacramento, and Felipe Padilla
de Leon (Orchestration).
NOTABLE PHILIPPINE OPERAS

❑ La Loba Negra (The Onyx Wolf)
- Was created by Francisco Feliciano, a National Artist
for Music in 2014.
❑ San Andres B
- Describes the nation’s transformation and evolution
after the 19th century.
- Was directed by Floy Quintos, composed and
conducted by Josefino Toledo, and written by Virgilio
Almario, a National Artist for Literature.
NOTABLE PHILIPPINE OPERAS

Ripe for voicing out
sentiments about
their love for the
country and longing
for independence
from colonial rule.
Themes of Philippine Opera

The element of tragedy,
emanating from the
popular themes of
romance, deceit,
murder, vendetta, and
other elements of
human frailty, became
a favorite narrative of
the Filipino opera

❑ Some works were based
on previous literary
creations, such as Rizal’s Noli
Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo.
❑ Tragic endings and
unresolved conflicts made
for excellent choices of
opera productions.

QUESTION AND ANSWER
1. How do you give value to
Philippine Opera/Musical
Play?
2. What challenges do you
think you, a student, will face
in promoting Philippine
Opera/Musical Play in this
present time?

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