''Noli Me Tángere'', also known as ''Noli Me Tángere: The Musical'', is a Filipino

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

based on

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a na ...

's novel of the same name, with music by Ryan Cayabyab and

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Bienvenido Lumbera Bienvenido L. Lumbera (April 11, 1932 – September 28, 2021) was a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist. Lumbera is known for his nationalist writing and for his leading role in the Filipinization movement in Philippine literature in the 1960s, ...

. Directed by Nonon Padilla, the musical premiered in 1995 at the

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(CCP) in

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. The musical was produced after the success of Cayabyab's previous Rizal musical adaptation, ''El filibusterismo'' (1993). Since its original production, ''Noli Me Tángere'' has been restaged multiple times, including a production in 2011 which was held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Rizal's birth.

Casts

Television film

A television film adaptation of the musical was broadcast on December 30, 1995, on RPN (now

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). Produced by the Film Development Foundation and directed by Jose Mari Avellana, it features

Ariel Rivera Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera, professionally known as Ariel Rivera (; born September 1, 1966), is a Filipino singer, songwriter and actor. Rivera was born in Manila, Philippines but has since migrated with his family to Canada. He has since be ...

and Monique Wilson in the respective roles of Crisóstomo Ibarra and

María Clara María Clara de Tolitol is a fictional character in Jose Rizal's novel '' Noli Me Tángere'' (1887). The beautiful María Clara is the childhood sweetheart and fiancée of the protagonist, Crisóstomo Ibarra, who returns to his Filipino home ...

; Audie Gemora, who originally played Ibarra on stage, agreed to play the role of Father Salvi instead.

References

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