ISTA

THEATRUM MUNDI

    
Volterra 1981

     Blois-Malakoff 1985

     Holstebro 1986


     Salento 1987

     Bologna 1990

     Brecon-Cardiff 1992

     Londrina 1994

     Umeå 1995

     Copenhagen 1996

     Montemor-O-Novo 1998

     Bielefeld 2000

ISTA PRODUCTIONS

    Shakuntala

    The Jungle Book

    Orô de Otelo

 

SHAKUNTALA

An Indian-Danish opera based on the play by Kalidasa with music by Raghunath Panigrahi and Frans Winther

Director: Eugenio Barba

Conductor: Flemming Vistisen

Cast: Sanjukta Panigrahi and musicians, Lone Rasmussen (soprano), Jens Krogsgaard (tenor), Odin Teatret’s actors and musicians, Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo (Italy), Yuyachkani Theatre Ensemble (Peru), Holstebro High School choir, orchestra from Holstebro Music School.

Premiere: Holstebro Festive Week "Mixed Marriages", 4 - 12 September 1993.

The work on Shakuntala started during the session of The University of Eurasian Theatre in Fara Sabina in May 1993. Its theme was "Parallel Dramaturgies". The opera was in seven acts, each of which was performed every evening juxtaposing three dramaturgical styles: opera, Odissi dance and Odin Teatret. The last evening the opera was presented in its totality in a new montage which brought together the different styles.

An Indian-Danish opera based on the play by Kalidasa with music by Raghunath Panigrahi and Frans Winther


Director:
Eugenio Barba

Conductor:
Flemming Vistisen

Cast:
Sanjukta Panigrahi and musicians, Lone Rasmussen (soprano), Jens Krogsgaard (tenor), Odin Teatret’s actors and musicians, Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo (Italy), Yuyachkani Theatre Ensemble (Peru), Holstebro High School choir, orchestra from Holstebro Music School.

Premiere:
Holstebro Festive Week "Mixed Marriages", 4 - 12 September 1993.

The work on Shakuntala started during the session of The
University of Eurasian Theatre in Fara Sabina in May 1993. Its theme was "Parallel Dramaturgies". The opera was in seven acts, each of which was performed every evening juxtaposing three dramaturgical styles: opera, Odissi dance and Odin Teatret. The last evening the opera was presented in its totality in a new montage which brought together the different styles. University of Eurasian Theatre in Fara Sabina in May 1993. Its theme was "Parallel Dramaturgies". The opera was in seven acts, each of which was performed every evening juxtaposing three dramaturgical styles: opera, Odissi dance and Odin Teatret. The last evening the opera was presented in its totality in a new montage which brought together the different styles.