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 ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine national hero’s masterpiece is getting the opera treatment and will be shown in Manila in a once-in-a-lifetime production celebrating Filipino history, art and ...

THERE are at least four major translations of Jose Rizal’s masterwork, “Noli Me Tángere.” The first was by the American Charles Derbyshire, published in 1905, titled “The Social Cancer.” It’s now in ...

MANILA, Philippines - The highly anticipated theater production of Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not): The Opera has finally opened at Resorts World Manila. Coinciding with RWM’s fifth anniversary ...