Orpheus

Music by: Claudio Monteverdi and Jasdeep Singh Degun

Opera North

October – November 2022

Guest blog by Sudipta Roy, who is a student of Hindustani vocal music and a Chemical Engineer.

Image: Screenshot taken from trailer.
 

The exploration of the state of being ‘courage’, veera in Sanskrit, opened with renowned dance artist Aditi Mangaldas highlighting the gender bias in the popular perception of the word ‘courage’.

The Road to Nine

I have taken the first step of a journey that promises to be super exciting, passing through nine states of being, crisscrossing  time zones, sharing a ZOOM Screen with over sixty fellow travellers. 

"...there is this feeling of knowledge and experience being released from the confines of time and space, and it is so exciting!"