MOST FILIPINOS will recognize the Latin phrase “Noli me tangere” as the title of Jose Rizal’s first novel, rather than as a biblical line from the gospel of St. John (20:17). In English, it is usually ...

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In 1957, the Noli Me Tangere was set to music when National Artist Felipe de Leon wrote the Philippines’ first full-length opera based on the landmark novel, then set it to a libretto by Guillermo ...

MANILA, Philippines—Dulaang UP opens its 37 th season with the restaging of “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera,” the critically-acclaimed operatic retelling by National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon of Jose ...

SENATOR Loren Legarda honored the lasting wisdom of Dr. Jose Rizal at the launch of the German editions of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, which took place during the Philippines’ Guest of ...

MICHAEL Dadap,musical director of “Noli” in NY; Loida Nicolas Lewis, producer; Bayani de Leon, son of composer Felipe de Leon “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera,” a landmark adaptation of the Jose Rizal ...

Noli Me Tangere, an opera in Tagalog, premiered on Feb. 5, 1957, at the Far Eastern University Auditorium. Don David and Juanita Javier portrayed the ill-fated lovers, Crisostomo Ibarra and Maria ...