this a is both a musical and art form wherein singers and musicians perform. The dialogues were sung and not spoken?

Name one local theater in the Philippines

It is the first Filipino Opera.

AKA The Black She-Wolf a three-act Filipino opera. Acts I and II are based on history. Act III is based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos, one of the three martyred priests?

He wrote the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

A sequel to the earlier Noli Me Tangere. It tells of the continuous struggle of the Filipino people to achieve freedom and emancipation from colonial rule.