The opera will offer traditional holiday productions online

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“This year has been full of surprises and challenges. Sometimes the plans have been bigger than possible, but we respect the festive traditions in the opera and continue in special circumstances! This year’s long-awaited and beloved holiday productions – operettas” Bat “, ballet” Nutcracker “and” Annual concert ” At the opera “- we will offer you online on the opera’s website. Tickets for them will be a nice gift both for you and your friends, relatives and colleagues,” says Egils Siliņš, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet.

The festive program will start with Johann Strauss’s operetta “Bat”, which will be available from December 13 to 27. It is a story about a luxurious and intoxicating world, full of brilliance and fun, flirtation, intrigue and misunderstandings. At the ball organized by Count Orlovsk, the wealthy Gabriel von Eisenstein fascinates with a charming stranger, without even realizing that the mask hides his wife Rosalind. Viewers will be offered a recording of the premiere of “Bat” with subtitles in Latvian. The performance was created by conductor Jānis Liepiņš and director Edmunds Freibergs. The main roles are Margarita Vilsone, Jānis Apeinis, Inga Šļubovska-Kancēviča and Raimonds Bramanis.

From December 20 to January 3, the feeling of the holiday will be enchanted by the children’s favorite Peter Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker”, the visit of which is an annual Christmas tradition for many families. We will offer the viewers a new record created in December with Jūlija Braueris and Kārlis Cīrulis in the main roles. The composer of these fairy tales was composed by the composer at the end of the 19th century, inspired by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann’s fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice”. The production of the Latvian National Ballet takes place in Riga at the end of the 19th century. On Christmas Eve, little Mary receives a doll – Nuts. The toys come to life under the Christmas tree, and miraculous adventures begin – an army of mice invades the room, the Nutcracker turns into a prince, frees Mary and takes her to the fairy land. The choreographer of the production is Aivars Leimanis, at the conductor’s desk – Mārtiņš Ozoliņš.

From December 27 to January 10, spectators will be invited to the sparkling concert of Gadumi at the Opera. Taking into account this year’s special situation, the entire Latvian National Opera and Ballet Hall will become the concert playground – the artists will be in the seats! The solo atmosphere will be enchanted by the soloists of the Latvian National Opera – Inga Šļubovska-Kancēviča, Jūlija Vasiljeva, Raimonds Bramanis, Mihails Čuļpajevs and Egils Siliņš – and an orchestra conducted by Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, offering pearls of opera music and the most beautiful operas. The concert will feature music by Joaquino Rossini, Gaetano Donicetti, Luigi Arditi, Stanislao Gastaldon, Rouger Leonkavallo, Ferenc Lehar, Johann Strauss and Karl Milleker.

Tickets will be available on the website www.bilesuparadize.lv from December 6.

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