NATIONAL ARTIST FOR THEATER AND MUSIC

Question 1

was formally honored as the Queen of Kundiman in 1979, when she was already 74
years old singing the same song (“Nabasag na Banga”) that she sang as a 15-year old
girl in the sarsuela Dalagang Bukid.

Answer 1

Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama

Question 2

Atang became the very first actress in the very first locally produced Filipino film when
she essayed the same role in the sarsuela’s film version.

Answer 2

Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama