MUSIC

Question 1

It is essential for the Western Classical music structure and custom.

Answer 1

Opera

Question 2

Where and when did Opera begin?

Answer 2

It began in Italy toward the finish of the sixteenth century.

Question 3

Is an art and musical form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called libretto) and a musical score usually in an elaborate theatrical setting

Answer 3

Opera

Question 4

The text in an opera

Answer 4

Libretto

Question 5

What was the first opera in the PH?

Answer 5

Sandugong Panaguinip

Question 6

Who made Sandugong Panaguinip?

Answer 6

Pedro Paterno

Question 7

A Spanish art and music form that involves spoken and sung words.

Answer 7

Zarzuela

Question 8

It 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.

Answer 8

La Loba Negra

Question 8

Who composed El Filibusterismo? And in what year?

Answer 8

National Artist Felipe Padilla De Leon in 1970, with libretto by Anthony Morli

Question 9

Who composed Noli Me Tangere?

Answer 9

National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon, with libretto by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino.

Question 10

When and where was Noli Me Tangere premiered?

Answer 10

It premiered in 1957 at the FEU Auditorium

Question 11

When was La Loba Negra premiered? And who was the director at the time?

Answer 11

The premiere was held in 1984 with Lamberto Avellana as director.

Question 12

These are the people on stage presenting characters in dramatic action.

Answer 12

Performers

Question 13

It is the element in which the essence of the theater is found.

Answer 13

Audience

PS: The essence of theater is the interaction between the performer and audience.

Question 14

Makes certain that the performers understand the text and deliver the script excitingly and appropriately.

Answer 14

Director

Question 15

Makes sure the blocking, costume designs, set designs and other aspects of the show blend together to make a production that works together.

Answer 15

Director

Question 16

The space in which performers or audiences come together

Answer 16

… Space (😭)

Question 17

It is an element composed of two major aspects. One which consists of the costume, lightning, and background and one which consists of the sound and background music

Answer 17

Visual Aspects

PS: Those where Visual Aspects and Nonvisual Aspects respectively.

Question 18

It is the text that is performed, and it must be present for theater to occur.

Answer 18

Script

Question 19

It is a performance in which a story is told without words by using body movements and facial expressions.

Answer 19

Ballet

Question 20

It is a ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes’ folktales Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang.

Answer 20

Lola Basyang

Question 21

It was meant to instill and rekindle the interest of the Filipino youth in the beauty, richness, and heritage of Philippine literature

Answer 21

Lola Basyang

Question 22

Family entertainment with themes and texts which are generally light and easy to understand. These may include the problems of everyday life, such as love and romance, social acceptance, jealousy and intrigue, and adventure.

Answer 22

Broadway Musicals

Question 23

The singing is usually amplified, unlike the operatic quality of classically trained voices.

Answer 23

Broadway Musicals

Question 24

It is a popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera. The themes are usually more contemporary, and the musical melodies more manageable by the average singer. The acting is less intense and dramatic. The choreography and dance sequences provide visual breaks from the ongoing plots.

Answer 24

Musical Play

Question 25

She was the first Asian to play the role of Eponine in the musical Les Misérables, based on the novel of the same title written in 1862 by the French author Victor Hugo.

Answer 25

Lea Salonga

Question 26

A broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, with lyrics by Charles Hart and music by Lloyd Webber.

Answer 26

The Phantom of the Opera

Question 27

The story focuses on a beautiful singer Christine Daaé as she is seduced by a mysterious disfigured musical genius known as The Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom lives beneath the Paris

Answer 27

The Phantom of the Opera

Question 28

It is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg with libretto by Alain Boublil. It is perhaps the most famous of all French musicals and one of the most famous musicals performed worldwide.

Answer 28

Les Misérables

Question 29

It tells the story of paroled convict Jean Valjean who, failing attempts to find work as an honest man, breaks his chains and conceals his identity in order to live his life again.

Answer 29

Les Misérables

Question 30

It is a five-act work commissioned by Alfonso Puyat in 1979, depicting the life of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio. It was co-produced by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Andres Bonifacio Music Foundation, Inc., and was staged again at the CCP Main Theater on August 20 and 21, 1994 with Jerry Dadap as composer-conductor and the late Elmo Makil as Bonifacio.

Answer 30

Andres Bonifacio: Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis

Question 31

It is a musical based on the life of the first superstar of the Philippines, Atang de la Rama.

Answer 31

Atang - Dulang May Musika

Question 32

She was a singer, bodabil performer, and the first Filipina film actress. She was born in Tondo, Manila on January 11, 1902 and died on July 11, 1991.

Answer 32

Honorata dela Rama – Hernandez

Question 33

What was Honorata dela Rama – Hernandez more popularly known as?

Answer 33

Atang de la Rama

Question 34

It is about the life of bodabil (vaudeville) star Katy de la Cruz. It was initially presented by Actors Studio East Production in 1988. The play commissioned Ryan Cayabyab for the music and Jose Javier Reyes for the lyrics. It starred Mitch Valdes in the title role.

Answer 34

Katy! The Musical

Question 35

“Queen of Filipino Jazz” and “Queen of Bodabil”

Answer 35

Katy de la Cruz

Question 36

It is a production for poetry and mixed media for male and female narrators, female voice, two percussionists, two pianists, and two dancers. It was produced by the CCP Women’s Desk and the Coordinating Center for Dance to mark Women’s Month based on a poem by Merlinda C. Bobis.

Answer 36

Daragang Magayon

Question 37

It 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.

Answer 37

Magsimula Ka

Question 38

It was presented in celebration of the 200th birth anniversary of the author Francisco Balagtas- Baltazar.

Answer 38

Florante at Laura

Question 39

In Andres Bonifacio: Ang Dakilang Anak-Pawis, who made the music?

Answer 39

Jerry Dadap

Question 40

In Atang - Dulang May Musika, who made the music?

Answer 40

Von de Guzman

Question 41

In Daragang Magayon, who made the music?

Answer 41

Ramon P. Santos