Philippine Opera

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In your own words, what is an
opera?
 What is an opera?
Is an art and music form in
which singers and musicians
perform a dramatic work
combining text (called libretto)
• And a musical score, usually in
an elaborate theatrical setting.
• It incorporates many of the
elements of spoken theatre
such as:
Acting
Scenery
Costumes, and sometimes
includes
dance
• The performance is typically given in an
opera house, cultural center, theater, or
auditorium..
• It is accompanied by an orchestra or
smaller musical ensemble.
• The dialoque is entirely entirely sung
and not spoken..
• Opera is part of the Western
classical music form and
tradition. It started in Italy at
the end of the 16 century and
th

soon spread through the rest of

Europe.
• While English, French, and
Italian operas were being
presented. It was the Italian
Opera that captures the
creative imagination of
composers, librettists, and
 LOCAL THEATHERS
• Zorilla, Principe Alfonso,
Variedades, Quiapo
Theater, Tondo Theater, Manila
Grand Opera House, Metropolitan
Theater
ITALIAN OPERAS THAT CAME TO OUR COUNTRY
Lucia di Lammermoor
La Boheme
La Traviata
Aida
 SANDUGONG PANAGINIP
• First Filipino opera
• By Pedro Paterno
• First performed in the Zorilla
Theater on August 2, 1902.
 LAKANGBINI

• Patricio Mariano
• Staged at the Metropolitan
Theater on December 19,
1933
 Noli Me Tangere
and El Filibusterismo
La Loba Negra
PROMINENT FIGURES
IN
PHILIPPINE OPERA
Bonifacio
Abdon
Dr. Ramon Javier
 Orchestra Molina

Antonio
Molina
Imelda Romualdez Marcos
OPERATIC DIVAS
NELIA MANALO
 Mercedes
Matias-Santiago
JOVITA FUENTES
Activity 1.
Reaction paper. (short bond paper)
You listen to the song carefully to
appreciate the music. Describe the
lyrical content and message that
the piece wants to convey. Write a
reaction paper about it.
 PARTS OF A REACTION PAPER

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. BODY
• 3. CONCLUSION
Final output in
music
(OPERA)
Each group will choose an
excerpt from any one of the
following operas to perform:
a) La Loba Negra
b) Noli Me Tangere
c) El Filibusterismo
You may create or improvise
appropriate sounds, music,
gestures, movements, and
costumes for your selected
opera excerpt.
Present the opera excerpt or
scene that you have prepared,
either using musical
instruments as accompaniment
or acapella (without
accompaniment).
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