Ghanashyam (Shankar) | 1989

Winner of the prestigious Prudential Award for the Arts.

"The suspicion that this was to be no ordinary night out in Erdington was confirmed by the sight of former Beatle and Shankar student George Harrison sitting a few rows behind me in conversation with Birmingham rock guitarist Jeff Lynne." - Terry Grimley, Opera Now 10 Years of CBTO

City of Birmingham Touring Opera gave Ravi Shankar's first opera Ghanasyham its world premiere on Tuesday, 3 October 1989 at Stockland Green Leisure Centre, Birmingham, featuring superstars Durga Lal and V.P. & Shanta Dhananjayan.

Renu Bassi as Lalita in Ravi Shankar's Ghanashyam, 1989

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