The masterpiece of National Artst Felipe Padilla de Leon, “Noli Me Tangere the Opera,” returns to the Manila concert stage after seven runs in this country and the United States since it first premiered at the Far Eastern University Auditorium in 1957. Libretto is by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino, sculptor.
In 1957, composer Felipe Padilla de Leon wrote the first full-length Philippine opera, a dramatization of Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere.” With libretto by eminent sculptor Guillermo Tolentino (both would later be named National Artists), the production was mounted at the historic auditorium of Far Eastern University.
