Arts (LAS 1 and 2)

Zarzuela is a musical theater, and it is a lyric-dramatic form of music that switches between the spoken word and song.

This is a kabuki makeup which provides an element of style.

This type of Kabuki play focuses primarily upon commoners.

Zarzuela started in Cuba

Most of the time, Zarzuela's subject matter revolves around heroic or mythological topics.

This refers to the type of Kabuki play which is set within the context of major events in Japanese history.

There are three main forms of zarzuela.

This is a stage design of Kabuki theaters which means flower path.

This is a stage design which means revolving stage.

The plot of the Philippine Zarzuela is not about Filipino life in both positive and negative aspects such as family, politics, feasts, values, and even corruption of the government.