The Heiress of Vilkači: Latvian National Opera

О событии

The Latvian National Opera presents The Heiress of Vilkači by Bruno Skulte, an opera with rich, tuneful music that reflects influences of Wagner, Dvořák, and Smetana, subtly combined with elements of Latvian folk music.

Set in rural Latvia in 1896, The Heiress of Vilkači tells the story of two neighboring estates connected by an impending marriage and by a union that produces an illegitimate child. One of the houses has always been more prosperous than the other, and there are suspicions that this situation is the result of witchcraft. Bruno Skulte wrote the vocal score after he fled Latvia from the Soviets, in the late 1940s in Germany, before he emigrated to New York. However, the Heiress was never performed during Skulte's lifetime. It was orchestrated in by Andrejs Jansons, who also conducted the first‐ever concert performance of the piece in 2005. The LNO premiere is the first staged production of this opera.
 
Production:
Conductor: Aigars Meri
Stage Director: Ināra Slucka   
Set and Costume Designer: Ieva Jurjāne   
Dramaturge: Margarita Zieda   
Lighting Designer: Egils Kupčs   
Choreographer: Elita Bukovska   

Cast:
Maruta: Dana Bramane, Ance Purmale   
Raitis: Andris Ludvigs   
Ieva: Inga Šļubovska, Gunta Davidčuka   
Pēters: Imants Erdmans, Rihards Mačanovskis   
Dievlodziņš: Armands Siliņš, Krišjānis Norvelis   
Grieta: Olga Jakovļeva, Ieva Parša   
Dace: Kristīne Zadovska, Andžella Goba   
Bērtulis: Nauris Puntulis, Guntars Ruņģis   
Andis: Reinis Bagāts, Patriks Stepe