Performer: Aleksandrs Antoņenko

Mascagni's stirring music and gripping storyline cast their spell over a festival audience at the edge of the Baltic Sea.

A celebration of young Latvian musicians and established Latvian artists performing a huge variety of works from Vivaldi to Stevie Wonder: how about that for something completely different?

During the “Salce” and “Ave Maria” in Act Four Bezsmertna turned this to magical effect, thinning out and floating her shimmering soprano into gossamer threads.