From harmony to harmony

A sense of the sublime:

Through Agni maestro Khemadasa hopes to take the opera of the country a step further because he believes we must not stagnate doggedly accepting - "ours is the best culture in the world and we must not change it". Having revolutionized the Sinhala film music with Sanasuma Kothanada and film songs with Sulang Kurullo, he yet dismisses them as sand under his feet when compared with an opera.

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A drama addict's dream

Mungen Ang back on the boards on January 27,2007:

Ibsen is for all times wrote Lynn Ockersz in the Daily News recently. Proving this statement to be true, Namel Weeramuni's adaptation of Ibsen's Enemy of the People as Mungen Ang will go on the boards once more on January 27, 2007 at 6.45pm at the Punchi Theatre, Borella.

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Stars of letters

In the enchanting port city of Galle:

The much-awaited literary fiesta of the Sri Lankan cultural calendar which undoubtedly set the stage for the revival of English Literature in Sri Lanka as well as in the Southern province, the Galle Literary Festival of 2007, kicked off with the opening remarks of the Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera.

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