Throwback Thursday
A nostalgic look back at the festival of music, dance and drama that was held immediately after the inauguration of the Tata Theatre. A nine-day festival of music, dance and drama was organised from 11th October, 1980 to mark the inauguration of the Tata Theatre. Immediately after the formal inauguration,
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On the birth of the NCPA’s Experimental Theatre The Tata Iron and Steel Company, in commemoration of its Platinum Jubilee, presented to the NCPA India’s first Theatre for Experimentation in Drama (also known as The Experimental Theatre). The theatre was formally inaugurated by Russi Mody on 25th April,
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Nikhil Sardana explores the strangely uncelebrated story of an Indian maharaja’s invaluable contribution to Western classical music. The year was 1948. Europe was limping back to normalcy after seven terrible years of a world war. Richard Strauss had managed to escape his shattered homeland in the last year of
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India has been in the vanguard of nations that have honoured, through commemorative postage stamps, not only her own great sons and daughters, but also those eminent citizens of other countries who have contributed to the wisdom, peace and happiness of mankind. In 1970, the National Centre’s Trustee-in-Charge, Dr.
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Shanno Khurana created ‘Sohni Mahiwal’, ‘Jahanara’ and more in the 1960s and ’70s, a time when classical vocal music was staunchly insular. The statuesque young woman with a powerful voice who joined the cast of director Sheela Bhatia’s Heer Ranjha in 1956 was an unknown face in the theatre
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ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988 and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. In this piece, Jamshed Bhabha, founder of the NCPA, discusses the reflection, hard work and scientific thought that went into building the magnificent Tata
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The Autumn 2018 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India featured enthralling performances of rare as well as popular works by legendary composers. The Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) presented its Autumn 2018 Season at the NCPA from 4th to 16th September, 2018, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Sibelius,
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Friday, April 24, 1998, began as a usual day in the life for me. It was an overcast morning in Calcutta, as it tends to be on days when the city is blessed with April showers after days of sweltering heat. I do not remember much from my time at
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My senses had been heightened due to sheer anticipation when I arrived in the Austrian capital. It took me only a few hours to realise that Vienna truly was soaked in history. I felt like I had walked into the past, into the empire of the Habsburgs and into the
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The antique church had an organ played by Mozart. It was small and filled with the faithful waiting for the music to begin. A child danced before the first row, as only children can with abandon regardless of who’s looking – God or parents. The performers then arrived – a baritone
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The opening bars of Mozart’s Fantasia in D minor are a gateway to an inviting sonic escape. Through the sombre arpeggios of the Andante, the weeping Adagio, the fiery Presto, all the way to the final resolution of the Allegretto, one is left surprised, seduced and seeking more. It
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“The show must go on”, is the most valuable lesson that I have learnt in all my years on stage. While it rings true, its real significance is not easy to understand, particularly if your experience with the stage is from a public point of view. The reality, particularly in
