The Journey of Creation: Unveiling the Diamond within the Rock Opera “Lāčplēsis”

“The production is like a fruit that slowly ripens. It is a process in which the participants, all creators, technical solutions, also external influences meet, and there is a clear path ahead, which we walk together with a great team, where everyone has something to say,” says director Rēzija Kalniņa. “A director takes the world apart in order to create it again, and that’s what we do. Modernly relevant, seeing, feeling and also with awareness on all levels. The bear predator in our production is like a nugget, which is not yet a diamond, it is a diamond. And then life polishes that diamond until it becomes a brilliant. Both Kangar and Lāčplēsis are in the same position as children. And there is a question at which moment who remains in the dung, wrapped in a beautiful candy wrapper, and who still breaks free, even if you have to peel yourself off like an onion until the core remains. If we see something more behind every known image, then we feel that this world and land – Latvia, carries us further as heroes, giving us the opportunity to become such.”

Photo: Gorgeous costumes created by Dana Dombrovska for the rock opera “Lāčplēsis”

2023-07-21 10:11:08
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