La Loba Negra, Noli Me Tangere & El Filibusterismo are 3 Iconic Philippine Operas.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines, paved the way for Filipino opera's to be staged at a legitimate venue of international standard.

La Loba Negra is about a Filipino woman who ravaged her husband and daughter.

The Philippines does not have an original Philippine Opera.

Opera is part of Western Classical Music form & tradition.

The Phantom of the Opera is an example of Philippine opera.

Noli Me Tangere opera was created by National Artists Felipe De Leon and Guillermo Tolentino.

The story thus focuses on the bitter reaction and planned revenge by his wife Doña Luisa on the religious perpetrators.

This refers to a performance or a stage play set in music.

It is said to have originated from the Latin Version of the words from the Bible Verse John 20:17.

He is the first Filipino Opera Conductor.

It is one of Manila's iconic landmarks during the city's years as the "Paris of Asia".

It tells the continuing struggle of the Filipino people to achieve freedom from Spanish Rule.

It is named after Jose Zorilla, a Spanish poet, and playwright. 

It is a Spanish art and music form that involves spoken and sung words.