THE POOR MAN’S OPERA: Glove puppet theatre as an aesthetic entertainment form
Glove puppetry had its origins, it is believed, in China during the 1300s. Later, in the early 1600s, droves of...
PHOTO FINISH AT THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL
Neck to neck, two great symphony orchestras finished the festival programme on a high note. This was the Berlin Philharmonic...
Remembering Mad Fingers
It is usually said that when one attains the higher being in any performing arts, the artist forgets what exactly is happening in the surroundings and witnesses something beyond the normal, mundane life. In today’s fast paced world, we seldom...
A Conversation with the Tabernacles Choir from Secunderabad
Music is one aspect which brings people together and keeps them bonded for long periods of time. Such bonding is...
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Imagine hearing today what the great pianist – composers heard while composing their music or playing it. Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin,...
DIEGETIC MUSIC IN OPERA: 3 WAYS TO USE IT
If you don’t recognise the term, you definitely recognise the device. Diegetic music in a show – be it television, film, or even opera – is essentially music that the characters hear as well as the audience. In film and...
True Multiculturalism: In touch with Param Vir
We spoke the other day with Indian composer Param Vir, whose recent work, Cave of Luminous Mind, takes the writings...
Autumn 2017 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India
Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Korngold, and Karl Jenkins to be showcased 13th – 28th September, 2017 |...