26 Oct
Opera, Ballet
Ballet "Three Musketeers"
26 Oct - 14 Dec
The creative team of the neoclassical ballet "Three Musketeers" – Czech composer Jan Kučera and Canadian choreographer Paul Chalmer – invite you to experience all the intrigue, the torrid love affairs and deep loathing of the court of French King Louis XIII. The production was commissioned by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre and premiered on March 23, 2017 in Ostrava. Now, the ballet artists of the Latvian National Ballet present their interpretation of Alexandre Dumas’ literary masterpiece. World famous heroes bravely stand against the cunning enemy of the King’s court and prove that generosity, wit, love and friendship are the most powerful weapons in the fight against dishonesty, betrayal and the lust for power.
27 Oct
Opera, Ballet
Ballet "Three Musketeers"
26 Oct - 14 Dec
The creative team of the neoclassical ballet "Three Musketeers" – Czech composer Jan Kučera and Canadian choreographer Paul Chalmer – invite you to experience all the intrigue, the torrid love affairs and deep loathing of the court of French King Louis XIII. The production was commissioned by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre and premiered on March 23, 2017 in Ostrava. Now, the ballet artists of the Latvian National Ballet present their interpretation of Alexandre Dumas’ literary masterpiece. World famous heroes bravely stand against the cunning enemy of the King’s court and prove that generosity, wit, love and friendship are the most powerful weapons in the fight against dishonesty, betrayal and the lust for power.
28 Oct
Opera, Ballet
Opera Don Pasquale
28 Oct - 20 Dec
Don Pasquale, the comic opera of the bel canto genius Gaetano Donizetti, tells a story of an elderly bachelor, who is befooled by his doctor, doctor’s sister – a young and beautiful widow, and the bachelor’s lovesick nephew who marries the widow in the end. In the tradition of opera buffa, the opera makes reference to the stock characters of the commedia dell’arte: Pasquale is recognizable as blustery Pantalone, Ernesto as the lovesick Pierrot, Malatesta as the scheming Scapino, and Norina as a wily Columbina.
29 Oct
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
30 Oct
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
31 Oct
Opera, Ballet
Opera "Tannhäuser"
31 Oct
In Richard Wagner’s masterpiece, Tannhäuser draws his artistic inspiration from experiencing polar opposites: the pleasure he experiences in an underground grotto, and the asceticism he experiences on his pilgrimage to Rome. He also loves women who are polar opposites to one another, and searches for a way to combine these two opposites to form a unified whole: Tannhäuser wants the sensual Venus to have Elisabeth’s chastity, whereas he wants the chaste Elisabeth to have Venus’s sensuousness. Stage Director Vilppu Kiljunen tells about his production: My approach to the staging was built around a central question: the conditions that make love and loving possible in a cultural context, where the idea and role of a woman is violently divided into that of a saint or a whore.
01 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Romeo and Juliet
01 Nov - 21 Dec
Ballet of Sergey Prokofiev, born from themes of immortal tragedy of William Shakespeare, no doubt, is one of the most popular examples of its genre in the XX century.
02 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Antonija #Silmači
02 Nov - 19 Dec
The summer is in full blossom, the sun goes uphill towards the summer solstice, and the love-sick heart of Antonija, the mistress of Silmači house, gets dizzy... The ballet Antonija #Silmači is a romantically dramatic story about the longing for a fulfilled personal life.
03 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Opera - the Rose of Turaida
03 Nov - 15 Dec
The Rose of Turaida, an opera by Zigmars Liepiņš and with the libretto by Kaspars Dimiters, is a musically and theatrically fresh remake of the opera No Rozes un Asinīm (From Rose and Blood). It’s a story about the events of 1620, during which the protagonists continue to live out their passions – a story that moved conductor Mārtiņš Ozoliņš and director Ināra Slucka to portray this melodious drama as a timeless legend about Maija’s love and loyalty.
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04 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Raymonda
04 Nov
This work by genius Marius Petipa represents the artist’s rebirth in the twilight of his life. The Master created "Raymonda" at the age of 80 as the quintessence of his rich life.
07 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Opera Faust
07 Nov - 12 Dec
Dr. Faust is sinking into depression despite his many years, and the promise made to mysterious Mephistopheles - all his wishes granted in exchange for his soul. Charles Gounod's marvelous opera, based on the Goethe tragedy, had its world premiere back in Paris in 1859. Here and now, director Aik Karapetyan offers late-Gothic mileau, with touches of German Expressionism, including silent movies. "However, this does not mean a production that will be 'hopelessly serious," the director is quick to explain.
07 Nov
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
08 Nov
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
09 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Ballet "Three Musketeers"
26 Oct - 14 Dec
The creative team of the neoclassical ballet "Three Musketeers" – Czech composer Jan Kučera and Canadian choreographer Paul Chalmer – invite you to experience all the intrigue, the torrid love affairs and deep loathing of the court of French King Louis XIII. The production was commissioned by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre and premiered on March 23, 2017 in Ostrava. Now, the ballet artists of the Latvian National Ballet present their interpretation of Alexandre Dumas’ literary masterpiece. World famous heroes bravely stand against the cunning enemy of the King’s court and prove that generosity, wit, love and friendship are the most powerful weapons in the fight against dishonesty, betrayal and the lust for power.
09 Nov
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
10 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Opera Rake's Progress
10 Nov
The story concerns the decline and fall of one Tom Rakewell, who deserts Anne Trulove for the delights
of London in the company of Nick Shadow, who turns out to be the Devil. The opera that was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 1951, was based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake’s Progress of the 18th century artist William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen in 1947 in a Chicago exhibition. At the Latvian National Opera, this opera will be staged for the first time.
11 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Ballet "At the Blue Danube"
11 Nov
The beautiful music of “waltz king” Johann Strauss inspired a romantic ballet about the choice between love and the stage, dreams and reality. An der schönen blauen Donau was first performed in Riga in 1957; in the 60 years since, it has been revived numerous times and has become one of the cornerstones of the Latvian Ballet. This new production is in celebration of yet another anniversary. April 2017 marks the 110th birthday of Helēna Tangijeva-Birzniece – legendary ballerina, ballet master, instructor and producer of this ballet.
14 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Opera "Turandot"
14 Nov
This production of Puccini’ last opera, staged at the Latvian National Opera in 1973, has been renewed several times. The magnificent set and costumes by Edgars Vārdaunis take audiences to a mythical journey to the legendary times of China, while the wonderful music melts even the coldest hearts.
16 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Concert - 100 Years of the Latvian National Opera
16 Nov - 17 Nov
The Latvian National Opera (LNO) troupe’s colorful centenary celebration concert will feature the voices of the outstanding LNO soloists as well as internationally recognized and locally beloved opera stars.
17 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Concert - 100 Years of the Latvian National Opera
16 Nov - 17 Nov
The Latvian National Opera (LNO) troupe’s colorful centenary celebration concert will feature the voices of the outstanding LNO soloists as well as internationally recognized and locally beloved opera stars.
20 Nov
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
21 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Don Juan
21 Nov
The ballet Don Juan, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Frédéric Chopin, is staged by the renowned choreographer of Cuban origin Julio Arozarena. He teams up with playwright Valentina Turcu, better known to Latvian audiences as the choreographer of the ballet Romeo and Juliet.
21 Nov
Circus
The circus excursion performance - Wonderers
29 Oct - 22 Nov
The excursion performance Wonderers in the circus building is a site-specific audience-involving show to be experienced individually assisted by an audio guide. During the show, the circus building will tell its life story, introducing you to the amazing circus artists and events that have taken place over its 130 year-long history.
22 Nov
Opera, Ballet
Opera Carmen
22 Nov
At the same time celebrated and hated by her own sex, desired and punished by the opposite one, Carmen changes the world around her. The hatred she causes comes from the desire she arises...