Thousands of miles away from Chambal, where she operated, late dacoit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi’s life has been converted into a chamber opera by composer Shirish Korde and director Lynn Kremer. The Boston Musical Viva, a six-piece symphony ensemble at the College of the Holy Cross have put together the opera, Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen, under the direction of Richard Pittman with a cast of six singers and over 20 dancers. Only two Indian instrumentalists were asked to accompany the all-American ensemble, which was held last month - sitarist Chirag Katti and tabla-player Aditya Kalyanpur. For 23-year-old Katti, who already has four albums ...
- 6/21/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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