Culture picks: French baritone at the opera, Molière's Don Juan and a Riga music festival
Several cultural events are set for Riga from 29 October into early November, including a recital by French baritone Ludovic Tézier, a Molière premiere at the National Theatre and the Riga Music Week festival.
Riga will host a series of cultural events in late October and early November, including an opera recital, theatre premieres, a music industry festival and pop and electronic music concerts.
Opera and theatre
On 4 November at 7 p.m., French baritone Ludovic Tézier will give a solo concert at the Latvian National Opera. He is known for his interpretations of Giuseppe Verdi's opera roles, but the Riga programme also includes music by Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, Thomas, Gounod, Puccini and other composers. He will be joined by Latvian National Opera soloists Inga Šļubovska-Kancēviča, Irma Pavāre, Raimonds Bramanis, Rihards Mačanovskis and Artjoms Safronovs, while Lorenzo Passerini conducts the orchestra and choir. Tickets cost EUR 30–60.
The Latvian National Theatre is showing Molière's comedy Don Juan from 29 October to 13 December. It was staged by Bulgarian director Aleksandar Morfov, with Gundars Grasbergs in the title role. Tickets cost EUR 21–45.
At the Riga Circus stable building, the theatre troupe Kvadrifrons presents The Tooth Fairies from 31 October to 31 January, aimed at primary-school-age children and their parents. Directed by Paula Pļavniece, the musical detective story follows the case of missing milk teeth and covers dental care. A ticket costs EUR 23.
Festival and concerts
The second Riga Music Week, a music industry conference and city festival, takes place on 4–6 November in the Tallinas iela quarter. More than fifty artists and bands from eight countries will perform. A ticket costs EUR 30.
The band Kautkaili will mark the release of its second album, All the Feelings of the World, with concerts on 30 and 31 October at 6.30 p.m. at the pavilion of the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture. The musicians plan to play the whole album together with the audience and say this format will not be repeated. A ticket costs EUR 38.70.
On Saturday, 31 October at 8 p.m., the Vienna trio Elektro Guzzi will play at Hanzas perons. Since 2004 the group has made techno using guitar, bass and drums, without computers. Tickets cost EUR 25–30.
