The Latvian National Opera opens a new season

The annual award is presented in eight nominations for Best opera soloist, Best ballet soloist, Best orchestra musician, Life-long contribution to the Latvian National Opera in the artistic and technical/administrative fields, Significant artistic achievements over the last season, and the special award "Legendary life in the arts".

Until September 7, the "Delfi" portal ("www.delfi.lv") is organising a public ballot on the past year's best new production at the opera, the winner of which will qualify for the "Latvijas Gāze" Award of the year. The public is invited to vote for the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty", contemporary dance performance "Aplam", as well as the operas "Werther" and "Il Trittico".

The opera’s programme for October will feature celebrations of the 120th anniversary of Latvian composer Jānis Mediņš and the debut of the ballet "A Midsummer's Night Dream" by Jurijs Vamošs.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" by director Andrejs Žagars and guest conductor Mihail Tatarnikov will be premiered in December.

The second half of the 2010/2011 season will see a new production of Gioachino Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville", a solo concert by Kristīne Opolais, a new production of the ballet "The Lady of the Camellias", and a production of Bruno Skulte's opera "The Heiress of Vilkači".

The new season will also feature well-known and loved operas, including Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" and Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot". As usual, the season will be closed in June with the Riga Opera Festival.

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