Noli Me Tangere (opera)

Noli Me Tangere
Opera by Felipe Padilla de León
The composer, Felipe Padilla de León pictured in a stamp. An aria from the opera is on the background.
LibrettistGuillermo Tolentino
LanguageTagalog
Based onNoli Me Tángere
by José Rizal
Premiere
5 February 1957
Far Eastern University Auditorium, Manila

Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) is an opera in 3 acts by Felipe Padilla de León with libretto by Guillermo Tolentino. The opera was closely based on a novel by José Rizal by the same name. The opera was sung entirely in Tagalog and is considered as the first full-length Filipino opera.

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