Dauka: Riga Opera Festival

Sobre o Evento

The LNO continues the popularization of Latvian opera music. Andris Dzenītis is one of the most talented, multi‐faceted and internationally successful new Latvian composers. Enjoy his new opera 'Dauka' at the Riga Opera Festival.

The main character of his new opera is an archetypal hero forever searching for the end of the horizon, walking a path that forever runs through ectasy and catasrophe. In this take on the story, Dauka is no longer a naive child, but an adult, who leaves materialistic society behind only to be met with unsurpassable resistance in his challenging adventures in the vast spirit world. Poet Kārlis Vērdiņš’ libreto is based on the classic children’s tale by Sudraba Edžus, interweaving modern timbral and textural discoveries with a viscerally Latvian feeling.

The Riga Opera Festival, founded in 1998 as the first festival of its size and scale in Eastern Europe, has already become a valuable tradition. The festival is highly anticipated by both Latvian audiences and opera‐lovers from abroad who form the biggest part of all Riga Opera Festival’s visitors. Every summer, the festival marks the end of the Latvian National Opera’s performance season with an overview of the best moments of the previous year, offering fans a chance to relive their favourite scenes or see what they’ve missed.

Production
Conductor: Aigars Meri   
Stage Director: Ināra Slucka   
Set Designer: Katrīna Neiburga   
Choreographer: Elita Bukovska   

Cast
Dauka: Armands Siliņš
Mother: Ieva Parša
Old Andža: Kārlis Saržants
Zvīnis: Guntars Ruņģis
The Trustee: Gundars Dziļums
The Lame Teacher: Andris Lapiņš
The Priest: Rihards Mačanovskis
The Girl: Kristīne Gailīte
The Governess: Andžella Goba
The Gymnasium Teacher: Viesturs Jansons