The Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) is an opera house and opera company at Aspazijas boulevard 3 in Riga. Its repertoire includes performances...
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abolished, a Latvian nationalist movement, the First Latvian National Awakening, begun. Led by "Young Latvians", it encouraged Latvians to become artists...
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Andris Nelsons (category Latvian conductors (music))
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was previously music director of the Latvian National Opera, chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, and music...
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from visiting companies; in 2009 Moscow Helikon Opera, Szeged National Theatre and Latvian National Opera were among these. In 2017, the festival marked...
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Marina Rebeka (category 21st-century Latvian women opera singers)
Marina Rebeka (born 10 September 1980) is a Latvian soprano, active on both opera and concert stages. Associated with Violetta in Verdi's La traviata...
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English as the Materials of Latvian Folk Music, is the anthology and commentary of Latvian folk. It analysed 5999 items of Latvian ethnography published in...
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experimental broadcast of television in Latvia took place on 10 November 1937 at the Latvian Radio Society (Latvian: Latvijas Radio biedrība) during a public...
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Zigmars Liepiņš (category CS1 Latvian-language sources (lv))
Liepāja, Latvian SSR, USSR (now: Latvia) is a Latvian composer, keyboard player and the chairman of the board for the Latvian National Opera. Liepiņš...
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The Latvian National Theatre (Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālais teātris) is one of the leading professional theatres in Latvia. The building is in the eclectic...
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Riga (redirect from Riga, Latvia)
embraces all opera masterpieces. The Latvian National Opera is famous not only for its operas, but for its ballet troupe as well. The Latvian National Theatre...
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Andrejs Žagars (category Latvian actors)
26 February 2019) was a Latvian actor, opera director, entrepreneur and politician. He was head of the Latvian National Opera from 1996 to 2013. His brother...
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Latvia (/ˈlætviə/ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes /ˈlɑːtviə/ LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija Latvian pronunciation: [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia, is...
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Viestur Kairish (category Latvian opera directors)
Kairish (Latvian: Viesturs Kairišs; born 30 January 1971) is a Latvian opera, movie and theatre director. He has made a successful career in Latvia and Germany...
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Elīna Garanča (category 20th-century Latvian women opera singers)
at the Latvian Academy of Culture, a vocal music teacher at the Latvian National Opera, and also a private voice tutor. She entered the Latvian Academy...
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CJ Perry (category American expatriates in Latvia)
Choreography School (the ballet school of the Latvian National Opera) and began dancing with the Latvian National Ballet at the age of 14. At the age of 17...
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Māris Liepa (category Latvian male ballet dancers)
from Moscow Choreography School in 1955 he returned to Riga and the Latvian Opera and Ballet Theatre. The company of theatre went on road-show to Moscow...
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Verdi, Padua Teatro Verdi, Pisa Latvian National Opera (LNO, Latvijas Nacionālā Opera), Riga Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (Lietuvos nacionalinis...
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Egils Siliņš (category 20th-century Latvian male opera singers)
Siliņš is a Latvian bass-baritone. He graduated from the Latvian Academy of Music and made his operatic debut at the Latvian National Opera in 1988. He...
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Levy Sekgapane (section Opera roles)
Massimo in Palermo, Bavarian State Opera, Hamburg State Opera and Aalto-Musiktheater Essen. He also appeared at Royal Opera Copenhagen as Il Conte di Libenskof...
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tradition. In 1919 the Latvian National Opera (Latvijas Nacionālā Opera) opened in Riga, where the Latvian opera Banjuta by Alfrēds Kalniņš premiered in...
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Kosovo Kosovo Ballet Latvia Latvian National Opera Ballet Lithuania Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Moldova Moldova National Opera Ballet Monaco Les...
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Rame Lahaj (category 21st-century male opera singers)
2018. Retrieved 8 October 2022. "100 Years of the Latvian National Opera". Latvian National Opera and Ballet. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2022...
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Swan Lake (section Musicals/opera)
June 2021. Leimanis, Aivars (2002). "Synopsis" (Press release). Latvian National Opera. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004. Retrieved 5 November...
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Berlin Anke Engelke Nadja Zonsarowa 27th (2014)[C] 13 Dec. 2014 Latvian National Opera Riga Thomas Hermanns Michael Maier 28th (2015) 12 Dec. 2015 Haus...
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List of government-owned companies (section Latvia)
Economics VSIA Latvian Television VSIA Latvian Radio AS Air Baltic Corporation - 80.05% owned by the Ministry of Transport VSIA Latvian National Opera and Ballet...
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Inese Galante (category 20th-century Latvian women opera singers)
entered the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga in 1977. While still a student at the Academy, she became a soloist of the Latvian National Opera. Parallel...
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Aivars Leimanis (category Latvian male ballet dancers)
Aivars Leimanis was a Latvian ballet dancer and is now the Artistic Director of Latvia’s National Ballet. His daughter is the ballet dancer, Elza Leimane...
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Arturs Maskats (category CS1 Latvian-language sources (lv))
20 December 1957 in Valmiera) is a Latvian composer and since 1996 artistic director of the Latvian National Opera. His orchestral composition, Tango...
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Jānis Liepiņš (conductor) (category Latvian conductors (music))
(born August 7, 1988 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian conductor. Since 2014 he has been the conductor at the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNO). For the...
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Alfrēds Kalniņš (category CS1 Latvian-language sources (lv))
1951, in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian composer, organist, pedagogue, music critic and conductor; the founder of national Latvian opera. Kalniņš is primarily...
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