The Unfinished Opera by Franz Schubert (approx. 100 mins) An Austrian Embassy & Jasubhai Foundation Presentation Shakuntala is an unfinished opera in three acts, written in 1820 by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Johann Philipp Neumann. The opera is based on the Sanskrit story of Shakuntala’s love for King Dushyanta and her rejection. In 1789, Kalidas’s Shakuntala was translated by Sir William Jones, reportedly the first Indian play to be translated into a Western language. The famous love story […]

A Mehli Mehta Music Foundation Presentation Francesco Granata, 20, has been performing since the age of eight and has won several competitions and prizes, the most recent being the First Prize of the Premio Venezia Piano Competition in 2017. He graduated from the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi with highest honours and is currently at Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome. The programme will include the works of Debussy, Chopin and Mussorgsky.   Box Office: 9th October for Members & 12th October for […]