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Iconic ‘Walang Sugat’ zarzuela goes onstage for 4 reveals in UP

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Iconic ‘Walang Sugat’ zarzuela goes onstage for four shows in UPIconic ‘Walang Sugat’ zarzuela goes onstage for four shows in UP

From high to backside: Daniella Silab and Lis Fortun, who will play the position of Julia; and Al Gatmaitan and Diego Alcudia, who will play the position of Tenyong. Images by Kevin Christian Roque, UPMPRO.

The College of the Philippines will stage the traditional Filipino zarzuela “Walang Sugat” on November 28 and 29, 2024 on the Benito Sy Pow Auditorium, UP School of Structure in UP Diliman. There might be 3 p.m. matinee and seven p.m. gala reveals for each playdates.

A manufacturing of the UP School of Music’s Abelardo Corridor Live performance Collection In Transit, the zarzuela might be offered by director Alegria O. Ferrer within the conventional idea of the masterpiece written by Severino Reyes in 1898 and set to the unique music of Fulgencio Tolentino.

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For the UP manufacturing, Professor Emeritus Josefino “Chino” Toledo is the musical arranger and in addition wrote extra music. Pianist Michelle Nicolasora and Padayon Rondalla are the aiding artists.

“Walang Sugat” is about through the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and highlights the injustices Filipinos confronted beneath Spanish rule, together with the oppression of Filipino prisoners for expressing their patriotism. It premiered in 1902 on the Teatro Libertad in Pasay.

The zarzuela, a Spanish lyric-dramatic style which encompasses music, singing, and poetry, turned a strong medium for expressing Filipino nationalism. The play additionally confronted challenges through the American colonial interval, because it was thought-about too subversive by the authorities, resulting in the imprisonment of its writer.

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The unique music for the play was misplaced throughout World Battle II when the Nationwide Library of the Philippines was bombed. In 1971 the music was reconstructed by a group led by Dr. Herminio Velarde Jr., who performed interviews with individuals who had seen the unique productions.

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“Walang Sugat” stays probably the most widespread zarzuelas within the Philippines, celebrated for its highly effective storytelling and its position in selling Filipino cultural id.

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A younger solid of current graduates of the UP School of Music voice program will essay the primary roles. The lead feminine protagonist Julia, who’s pressured to marry Miguel whereas ready for information from her real love, Tenyong, might be performed alternately by Daniella Silab and Lis Fortun. The position of Tenyong, a member of the Katipunan who
leaves Julia to hitch the revolution, might be shared by Al Gatmaitan and Diego Alcudia.

Walang Sugat can be the love story of Julia and Tenyong, whose relationship is examined by the political turmoil and social pressures of the time.

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Tickets can be found for P300 on the theater entrance or could be bought on-line by means of https://kind.jotform.com/242678559803470

Walang Sugat is co-presented by the Workplace of the UP Diliman Chancellor, UP Diliman Workplace for Initiatives in Tradition and the Arts, UP School of Structure, UP Middle for Ethnomusicology, Associates of Abelardo, Kayserburg Pianos, and UCC Espresso.



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