16 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Swan Lake
16 Aug - 09 Sep
Swan Lake is the ballet's ballet, and has always been an audience-favorite. This production combines the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky with the ingenious choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov.
17 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Opera "La Traviata"
17 Aug
Opera in 3 acts by Giuseppe Verdi. In Italian with surtitles in Latvian and in English.
18 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Ballet "At the Blue Danube"
18 Aug - 16 Sep
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.
22 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Don Juan
22 Aug
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.
23 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Opera Don Pasquale
23 Aug - 28 Oct
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.
24 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Antonija #Silmači
24 Aug - 29 Nov
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.
25 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Opera Carmen
25 Aug
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...
26 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Bolero
26 Aug
French composer Maurice Ravel once joked: I have written a masterpiece. Unfortunately, there is no music in it.
29 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Opera Faust
29 Aug
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.
30 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Ballet La Bayadère
30 Aug - 12 Oct
For the first time, Latvian National Opera will stage the ballet La Bayadère by French choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus.
31 Aug
Opera, Ballet
Opera Madama Butterfly
31 Aug
This revival of Madama Butterfly offers the unique opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the LNO's original 1925 production: the original set and costume design, as well as the basic structure of the direction, have been preserved.
01 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Romeo and Juliet
01 Sep
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 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet The Sleeping Beauty
02 Sep
Princes and princesses, fairies and other heroes from fairy tales come together at Tchaikovsky's ballet featuring wonderful music and memorable story about love that overcomes all difficulties.
06 Sep
Opera, Ballet
LNOB season opening concert
06 Sep
The season opening concert program will be divided into two parts - the first part dedicated to ballet, but the second part - to opera. Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) soloists, as well as guests performers, will present a sneak-peek of the upcoming season, as well as perform the very best of previous seasons.
07 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Giselle
07 Sep
Giselle is one of the first large ballets of the romantic period, and one of the few works of that era to have survived to the present day.
08 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Opera "Turandot"
08 Sep - 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.
09 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Swan Lake
16 Aug - 09 Sep
Swan Lake is the ballet's ballet, and has always been an audience-favorite. This production combines the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky with the ingenious choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov.
12 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Peer Gynt
12 Sep
Henrik Ibsen's world famous dramatic poem (1867) is the basis for this new full-length ballet. The plot centers on the adventurous Peer Gynt, having gone off into the world in search of .... , finally returns home a mature man where his beloved Solweig has waited for him. Will this courtship be Peer's last adventure? The illustrious Slovenian choreographer Edward Klug has modernized the proceedings and chooses elements of irony, absurdism and surrealism as his main tools of expression, all set to Edvard Grieg's lilting melodies.
13 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Opera - the Rose of Turaida
13 Sep
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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14 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet Raymonda
14 Sep
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.
15 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Opera Rake's Progress
15 Sep - 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.
16 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Ballet "At the Blue Danube"
18 Aug - 16 Sep
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.
22 Sep
Concerts (classical)
Solo concert by Ilona Bagele - Cantando y amando
22 Sep
Renowned soloist Ilona Bagele will perform a solo concert at the Latvian National Opera.
28 Sep
Opera, Ballet
Opera - The Flying Dutchman
28 Sep - 24 Nov
Fleeing the difficulties of his time in Riga, sailing off on a risky sea voyage gave the young composer Richard Wagner a vision of a new production that was to mark the beginnings of his original style. In the history of Latvian music The Flying Dutchman opened a new and important chapter – with the 1918 production, under the leadership of Teodors Reiters, the Latvju Opera troupe, which evolved into the current Latvian National Opera and Ballet, began its work. And it is with this opera, as interpreted by conductor Mārtiņš Ozoliņš and director Viesturs Kairišs, that the Latvian National Opera and Ballet begins its second century!