“Noli Me Tangere, The Opera,” written by the late Filipino National Artists Felipe de Leon (music) and Guillermo Tolentino (libretto in Filipino), runs at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Theater from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3.
THE FELIPE Padilla de Leon Foundation Inc. and the Cultural Center of the Philippines celebrate the music of three generations of Felipe de Leon family through the one-night concert Tatlong
The National Commission for Culture and Arts ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways, on Wednesday (March 18), to stop its road project in Sariaya, Quezon, that could affect several heritage structures in the locality.
After a successful run in Chicago and New York, Noli Me Tangere, an opera based on Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s best known novel, will go on stage at the prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts here next month, on August 8 and 9.
“Cancel it,” costume and set designer Jerry Sibal recalls telling philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis, four months before the New York staging of “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera.”
“Noli Me Tangere: The Opera,” a landmark adaptation of the Jose Rizal novel by two Philippine National Artists, composer Felipe de Leon and Guillermo Tolentino who wrote the libretto, will go onstage in New York City on Oct. 4, 5 and 6, 2013, as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the Foundation for Filipino Artists Inc.
This July, Dulaang UP is bringing back to the stage last year’s hit musical, National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon’s “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera.” In this operatic rendition of Rizal’s timeless novel, director Alexander Cortez successfully melds the classic and the fresh to create a theatrical feat that reaches out across all audiences.
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