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Bringing to life the groundbreaking artistic vision of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential musicians of all time

Ravi Shankar's final vision: the first ever East-West Opera!

Bringing to life the groundbreaking artistic vision of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential musicians of all time
131 backers pledged £30,024 to help bring this project to life.
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BBC Radio 3 Live Broadcast of Sukanya - available for 25 days!

Follow this link to hear the Royal Festival Hall Performance of Sukanya on May 19th: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rsr1l Creative team Interviews and much interesting background also feature in this programme. Enjoy!

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Sukanya World Premiere Reviews

Dear All,

Thanks to your wonderful support Sukanya had a fantastic World Premiere Tour of the UK.

Here are some of the reviews:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/sukanya-curve-review-charming-evening-pure-escapism/

http://www.whatsonstage.com/leicester-theatre/reviews/review-sukanya-the-curve-leicester_43593.html 

https://bachtrack.com/review-sukanya-hurrell-kumar-murphy-das-birmingham-may-2017 

https://dattakatha.com/2017/05/20/sukanya-a-review-of-ravi-shankars-only-opera/

More to follow... Read more

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April 7th: An Opera Update on Ravi Shankar's Birthday!

April 7th 2017

We would like to celebrate the Maestro's birthday by letting you know that preparations for the World Premiere of Ravi Shankar's Sukanya on May 12th continue apace!... Read more

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Sukanya on ITV News at 10

Its full steam ahead to the World Premiere in May 2017, and Ravi Shankar's Opera was previewed on ITV News at 10 recently. Take a look:

https://youtu.be/cFoIoJYlAx0

 Thanks so much... Read more

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Sukanya Press Launch

Dear All,

Wonderful news! Yesterday evening at the Royal Opera House, we had the Press Launch for Ravi Shankar's Opera Sukanya. This Kickstarter campaign played a vital part in making... Read more

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World Premiere News!

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The Next Stage

We have now completed our series of Work in Progress Performances of Sukanya. They were held at the Royal Opera House, Norwich Arts Centre and the Curve Theatre, Leicester.... Read more

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Have a look - video extract from our first Work in Progress Performance

Many, many thanks once again to all our backers and supporters! 

Here is a video extract from our recent Work in Progress Performance - Ravi Shankar wanted to combine the... Read more

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Fully Funded and First Work in Progress Showcase a Great Success. Thank You!

Profound thanks to all of the wonderful Kickstarter backers and supporters of the Ravi Shankar Opera Project!

We have met some wonderful people as a result of this Kickstarter, several... Read more

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Successfully raised £30,024 with 131 backers
Project of the Day

9 days to go and the Realisation of Ravi Shankar's Vision is in Sight!

 We have had a wonderful week of rehearsals, meetings and preparation for our initial showing of Highlights from Act 1 of Sukanya on the 14th July in the Linbury Theatre... Read more

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Two Weeks to Go!

These are very exciting times for the Ravi Shankar Opera Project – we have our showing of Highlights from Act 1 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, two weeks... Read more

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A Great Start....

The Ravi Shankar Opera Project has had a fantastic week artistically, and this has been combined with a great start to our Kickstarter campaign. Thank you all so much for... Read more

New Reward: Norah Jones CDs AUTOGRAPHED by NORAH JONES!

Yesterday evening we had the fantastic news that Ravi Shankar's daughter, the wonderful singer Norah Jones has autographed some of her CDs especially for this project. Thank you Norah!
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