Grand Opera back on stage

ahasamayama’ the grand opera produced and directed by Prof. Ariyarathne Athugala will be staged once again at Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre on 12th January 2014 at 6.30 pm. under the patronage of Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

‘Mahasamayama’ woven around ancient Sri Lankan and Indian mythology and folklore is based on an ancient traditional legend – ‘Gotaimbara and Mahasona’. It is a massive production and is designed to fit into the ultra-modern Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre.

‘Mahasamayama’ brings legendary folk drama tradition, which derived from myths and rituals to the modern stage. Athugala said that viewing wing our things from a global perspective ve is the theory that he followed in the production of “Mahasamayama”

The cast featuring key ey figures in the fields of Sri Lankan theatre/dance atre/dance will include Nissanka Diddeniya, eniya, Jackson Anthony, Sriyantha Mendis, endis, Ravibandu Vidyapathi, Channa Wijewardena, Indika Upamali, pamali, Madani Malwatte, Sandum dum Wijesiri, Janaka Ranasinghe, Kumara umara Thirimadura and Chaturika rika Peris & together with the he cultural troupes of the Triservices-the Army, the Navy and the Air force.

Choreography is by Channa Wijewardena, Ravibandu Vidyapathi & Darshana Piyarathna. Music direction is by Samantha Perera.