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

Egils Siliņš (Jochanaan) and Astrid Kessler (Salome)

Astrid Kessler (Salome)

Salome at Latvian National Opera

Zanda Švēde (Herodias) and Thomas Blondelle (Herodes)

Par Eleanor Knight, 22 février 2025

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“their toxic partnership proves a welcome area of credibility”

Critique faite à Opéra National de Lettonie, Riga, le 21 février 2025

Strauss R., Salomé

Latvian National Opera

Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, Direction

Alvis Hermanis, Mise en scène, Décors

Jana Čivžele, Costumes

Oskars Pauliņš, Lumières

Latvian National Opera Orchestra

Astrid Kessler, Salomé

Egils Siliņš, Jochanaan

Rihards Mačanovskis, Jochanaan

Zanda Švēde, Hérodias

Thomas Blondelle, Hérode Antipas

Andris Ludvigs, Hérode Antipas

Raimonds Bramanis, Narraboth

Artem Safronov, Narraboth

Mushroom clouds of fantasy: The Tales of Hoffmann in Riga

Peter Quantrill, 4th October

A new steampunk staging for Latvian National Opera stays true to the fantastical invention of Hoffmann and Offenbach.

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

Dominic Lowe, 23rd May

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.

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A game of light and darkness: Don Carlo in Riga

Richard Bratby, 5th October

Claus Guth's staging walks a line between atmosphere and audacity, in a powerful company achievement from Latvian National Opera.

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Four house debuts in Latvian National Opera's Bohème

David Karlin, 16th March

With four singers making their debuts and two more experienced singers making strong impression, Latvian opera singing appears to be in safe hands.

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Youthful style in Latvia National Opera's Fledermaus

David Karlin, 10th December

Edmunds Freibergs and Latvian National Opera give us a Fledermaus that's high on style and sheer entertainment, with a notable Adele from Inga Šļubovska.

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Tosca à Berlin : triomphe de la Staatskapelle et de Saioa Hernández

Stéphane Lelièvre, 18th February

Une Tosca à l'esthétique « bande dessinée », magnifiée par l'orchestre de la Staatskapelle et l'interprétation flamboyante de Saioa Hernández dans le rôle-titre.

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.

Winehouse at the Western Wall... with robots: Salome at Latvian National Opera