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FULL GANGA (Jataneel Banerjee) London 2022 Magdalena Maria Herfurtner, Jonathan Cooke
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Ganga
- Composer: Jataneel Banerjee
- Libretto: Original Sanskrit text from Mahabharata by Veda Vyasa and Atharvaveda. Additional Sanskrit text by Dr Baldevanand Sagar and English texts by Jataneel Banerjee
- Venue & Opera Company: The Cockpit, London, UK, Tête à Tête Festival
- Recorded: August 31, 2022
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Magdalena Maria Herfurtner, Jonathan Cooke
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble
- Stage Director: Jataneel Banerjee
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: MyNewOpera
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
A work-in-progress chamber opera in Sanskrit.
The story of Ganga: a saga of heartbreak, promises and love.
Ganga is a powerful, yet helpless, celestial river goddess, whose womb becomes the medium to fulfil the higher purpose of gods and men. Cursed and doomed to be born as mortals, the eight Vasus choose Ganga to be their mother. She promises to release all but one from the curse; the last must live on earth.
Ganga chooses her beloved Shantanu, mighty king of Hastinapur, to be the father. But, to keep her promise to the Vasus, she must also break his heart.