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Latvian National Opera 2025-26 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo: Latvian National Opera press) After a month-long closure for renovation works, the Latvian National Opera reopened its doors shortly before the end of the summer season with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” For this return to the stage, the National Opera presented Laura Groza’s production, which reimagines the opera in a dystopian future through a visual language that may recall Blade {…}

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Latvian National Opera Files Lawsuit Against Katharina Wagner Over Canceled Production

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The Latvian National Opera and Ballet has filed a lawsuit against Katharina Wagner over a canceled production of “Parsifal.” The  board of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) announced the news and said it was seeking to recover damages. The new production, which was scheduled to premiere in October 2025, was canceled by the LNOB three months before the {…}

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Latvian National Opera to Host Star-Studded ‘Aida’ with Marina Rebeka, Elīna Garanča & Ludovic Tézier

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On March 15 and 17, the Latvian National Opera is set to host a star studded production of “Aida.” The production will star two of Latvia’s brightest opera stars, Marina Rebeka and Elīna Garanča as Aida and Amneris. They will be joined by baritone Ludovic Tézier as Amonasro in his first appearance in Latvia and tenor Irakli Kakhidze was Radames. {…}

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Latvian National Opera 2025-26 Review: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

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  On February 17, the Latvian National Opera premiered its new production of “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” The evening stood as a demonstration of the highest artistic level, expressed in every dimension that only opera can so powerfully unite. Two fundamental pillars sustained the success of the enterprise: the formidable musical direction of Mārtiņš Ozoliņš and the extraordinary stage vision {…}

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Latvian National Opera 2025-26 Review: Salome

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(Photo: A Zeltina) “Salome” undoubtedly stands as one of the most significant works in the history of German opera. The elements Wagner outlined in his works reached Strauss as a direct torrent of influence, and it is precisely in “Salome” where Strauss finally finds—after “Guntram” and “Feuersnot”—a personal, absolute, and unmistakably original musical language. I have always perceived in “Salome” {…}

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Elīna Garanča Teams Up With Latvian National Opera & Ballet for Young Artists Program

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(Credit: Janis Keris) The Latvian National Opera and Ballet, in cooperation with mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and Jāzeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, have created the first new opera soloist program in the Baltics, “Elīna Garanča: The new voices of the Baltic.” The program will begin in the 2026-27 season, and Elīna Garanča will be the program’s patroness and ambassador. The {…}

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Latvian National Opera and Ballet 2024-2025 Review: Flavio, re de’ Longobardi

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On a warm Friday evening in Riga I had the pleasure of seeing “Flavio, re de’ Longobardi,” one of George Händel’s more underappreciated operas, presented in a highly performative, yet self-aware, fashion by the Latvian National Opera and Ballet. Under the direction of Max Emanuel Cencic— a true maître de la scène — palatial authenticity expertly fused with contemporary candor. {…}

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Latvian National Opera 2025 Review: Salome

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(Photo: Agnese Zeltiņa | Files.fm.) I’m not generally given to elaborating on opera plots; preferring for the audience to discover them for themselves, even where the outline of the tale is fairly well known. Alas, I feel somewhat compelled to at least superficially proffer some brief abridgement of “Salome,” if only to illustrate and accentuate the bizarre, outlandish and frequently {…}

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Latvian National Opera 2024-25 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

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(Photo: Agnese Zeltina Latvian National Opera) Latvian National Opera’s new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” was no simple reflection on the poet’s failed love affairs, in which the Muse/Nicklausse attempts to convince Hoffmann to forsake love’s attraction in favor of poetry. Rather, the director, Aik Karapetian, had an intriguing and very different reading in mind that turned it into {…}