Tuesday 16 May 2023

The first opera in Sanskrit: Jataneel Banerjee's Gaṅgā at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe

Jataneel Banerjee's Gaṅgā at Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival in 2022 (Photo Claire Shovelton)
Jataneel Banerjee's Gaṅgā at Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival in 2022 (Photo Claire Shovelton)

Composer Jataneel Banerjee's new chamber opera Gaṅgā is being premiered as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe with performances at the National Opera Studio, on 17 June 2023, and at Royal Academy of Dance, Battersea, on 25 June 2023. Gaṅgā is being billed as the first ever opera in Sanskrit, and it tells a story from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The performances will feature five singers, four musicians and a choir of (real) temple priests.

Composer, music producer and impresario, Jataneel Banerjee trained in both North Indian classical music and Western classical, he is a trained Indian classical vocalist and studied composition at the Royal College of Music. Gaṅgā was presented as a work-in-progress at the Tete-a-Tete Opera Festival 2022.

Full details from the composer's website.

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