Opera

How an opera set in India propelled the career of one of France’s greatest composers

This Article First Appeared in The Scroll On Dec 13, 2023

In the spring of 1877, the Parisian intelligentsia hummed with rumours about an upcoming spectacle at the Grand Opera. Some said it was the myth of Orpheus set in India. Others claimed, no, it was an adaptation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata.

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