Published on : Tuesday, May 29, 2018
This summer, it is for the 26th time the Sigulda Castle of the Livonian Order will become an impressive venue for one of the most outstanding musical events in Latvia.
This widely loved festivity will take place from July 27th to July 29th, 2018.
The visitors will have both the pleasure to meet, see and hear again the artists, who have already been playing in Sigulda and enjoy musical surprises, which will be offered by various world opera soloists, who will perform in Sigulda for the first time.
The Sigulda Opera Festival will begin on July 27 at 19:00 pm with the Festive Overture – an inaugural concert in Sigulda’s New Castle Garden. The concert will feature brilliant local artists – Viktorija Pakalniece (soprano), Edgars Ošleja (bass), Daumants Liepiņš (piano) and Madara Liepiņa (violin).
The Italian composer’s Umberto Giordano opera is the brightest achievement of this master of sound art. Its premiere took place in 1896 in Milan opera-house La Scala, and it belongs to the most popular Italian operas.