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Salome in Riga, Winehouse at the Western Wall... with robots

Egils Siliņš (Jochanaan) and Astrid Kessler (Salome) © Agnese Zeltiņa
The limitations of AI are demonstrated in Alvis Hermanis’ problematic new production of Salome at Latvian National Opera. 

Latvian National Ballet relish Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova

Antons Freimans as Casanova and Sabīne Strokša as M.M. in Kenneth Tindall's Casanova © Kristaps Kalns, Latvian National Ballet
Kenneth Tindall's epic Casanova is a huge success for all concerned in Riga.

For one night only: Jorma Panula in Riga

Jorma Panula conducts the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra © Jānis Porietis | LNSO
The 94-year-old conductor inspires the Latvian National SO to incandescent heights in Sibelius and Strauss

Mushroom clouds of fantasy: The Tales of Hoffmann in Riga

Giorgio Berrugi (Hoffmann) and Štěpánka Pučálková (NIcklausse) © Agnese Zeltina | Latvian National Opera
A new steampunk staging for Latvian National Opera stays true to the fantastical invention of Hoffmann and Offenbach. 

Sparkling new L'elisir d'amore from Latvian National Opera

Peter Kálmán (Dulcamara), Lubov Karetnikova (Adina) and chorus © Agnese Zeltiņa | Latvian National Opera
The leafy parks and cobbled streets of Riga’s old town are far removed from the intense heat of the little village in the Basque Country in which Donizetti set his L'elisir d'amore, but a new production at the Latvian National Opera captures much of the spirit of the work, adroitly balancing comedy with the joys and pain of love.