20th and 21st Century Multimedia Forms

It is an art and music form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and music.

• Novie play

• Opera

• Poetry

• Spoken words

It is a solo piece sung in an opera or another large-scale vocal work.

• Aria

• Librettist

• Recitative

• Score

This tells of the continuing struggle of the Filipinos to achieve freedom and emancipation from Spanish colonial rule and was written four years after Noli Me Tangere

• Spoliarium

• El Filibusterismo

• Lakangbini

• Makamisa

This is a ballet adaptation with typical storytelling scenes showing the grandmother on a rocking chair with her grandchildren listening to her fascinating tales.

• Lola Basyang

• Lola Magda

• Lola Nena

• Lola Ora

This is a three-act Filipino opera based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos.

• La Loba Negra

• El Filibusterismo

• Noli Me Tangere

• Sandugong Panaginip