“At the Ikšķile Operetta Festival, I have been entrusted with conducting the Gala concert, which will show the wide genre possibilities of the Operetta Theater, the diversity of the genres of the Musical Theater. At the concert, the audience will have the opportunity to hear the most beautiful operetta melodies of J. Strauss, I. Kálman, F. Lehar, as well as melodies from famous musicals , but the biggest surprise – for the first time, the most popular opera melodies, such as J. Bizet, J. Verdi, J. Puccini, will also be included in the Gala concert program of the festival. The program will undoubtedly be rounded out by our great dancers as well. After the two-part concert, every listener of the concert is invited to feel in the real Viennese ball atmosphere, dancing in the Waltz evening, which is unique and unique only to this festival,” invites Operetta Theater conductor Atvars Lakstīgala.
Festival on Sunday, August 7, at 12 noon, Ikšķile ev. Lut. a concert will be played in the church Long live with the participation of Latvian young talent Rūta Martinova (soprano), Patricija Kozlovska (soprano), Dāvid Lokas (tenor), Marisa Lakstīgala (voice), Henrija Kozlovska (clarinet), etc. Entrance to the concert is free.
As a continuation of the festival, an event will be held on August 10 at the Ikšķile Town Hall A musical conversation over a cup of coffee, in a concert with a firefly, with the audience seated at the round tables, a special atmosphere will prevail, where sparkling music, personal conversation and nagging questions about and about the diversity of musical theater will mix. The soloist of Kyiv Academic State Operetta Theater Mariana Bodnar (soprano), her colleagues and Agija Ozoliņa-Kozlovska (pianist) will take part in the concert.
On August 11, in the square of the center of Ikškile, children and their parents are invited to A 360° 3D journey of superheroes for children – an exciting exploratory 360° 3D virtual reality tour, with activities, creative workshops and other surprises.
On the other hand, on August 12, the festival will end with two magnificent events: at 19 “GALĀ concert” will take place on the Ikšķile stage, but at 22 – Waltz evening. The leading soloists of Kyiv Academic State Operetta Theater, Olena Arbuzova (soprano), Valeria Tulis (soprano), Anatoly Pogrebny (tenor), Oleksandr Chuvpilo (tenor), Operetta Theater soloists Sonora Vaice (soprano), Anta Yankovsky (soprano/Italy) will take part in the gala concert. ), Jolanta Strikaite (soprano), Ilona Bagele (mezzo-soprano), Nauris Indzeris (baritone), etc., as well as the dancers of the Operetta Theater and the symphony orchestra led by conductor Atvaras Lakstīgalas. The program includes music from various musical theater genres. On the other hand Waltz evening the elegant and fun most exciting waltzes and polkas by J. Strauss and other composers will be played by the Operetta Theater Orchestra, creating an elevated, special atmosphere of a romantic summer night and unforgettable feelings, enjoying a real Viennese dance tour under the open sky, on the stage, next to the orchestra.
“We create this festival for the joy of people, as a gift for the best friend! With love, sincerity, with the best wishes, expressed in the language of music, appropriately choosing and including in the program only the most beautiful and positively charged music. The festival will have two thematic lines: musical theater – operetta theater the diversity of genres and the “word for the young” as carriers of the future of culture, that’s why two of the five events included in the festival are most directly related to children and young people. Although this is a very difficult time for everyone, and therefore this time we will not realize the full scope of the festival originally planned. However, I very much I am glad that the cultural traditions of Ikšķile are being continued in the new Ogre region and that, as before, the festival is created in cooperation with the municipality and is supported by the municipality of Ogre region, the administration of the city of Ikšķile and Tīnūžu parish and the Ikšķile People’s House,” explains Agija Ozoliņa, chairman of the board of the Operetta Theater – Kozlovsky
“I am pleased to be invited to participate in this beautiful event – the International Operetta Festival in Ikškile. I still remember the fantastic concert in Riga in April, where I was on stage with artists from Latvia. The audience’s ovation, such a warm, enthusiastic audience, wonderful people all around, I felt enormous support and care in this depressing, difficult time for Ukraine and for me. That’s why I really hope to return to beautiful Latvia very soon and perform at the festival! There will be music of different genres and styles from different countries of the world to show the genre diversity of musical theater and, of course, there will be many operettas arya,” emphasizes Ukrainian soloist Mariana Bodnar.
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