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Eugene Birman’s opera “State of the Union”, referred to by some as the “Occupy Opera,” was canceled in the eleventh hour by a Latvian conductor for its supposed anti-capitalist sentiment. It will now ...

Elīna Garanča is a Latvian opera singer. She was born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia. She began her professional career as a resident artist with the Südthüringischer Staatstheater in Meiningen ...

(MENAFN- Aol) Latvia Culture Ministry has addressed the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) in Riga to look into the possibility of the exclusion of “La Bayadère” ballet from repertoire, after ...

The award-winning Latvian opera, movie and theater director Viesturs Kairišs is making a film about an isolated community of Russian Old Believers on a small Estonian island. The film "Border Island" ...

MY THANKS to The Press for highlighting the success of the Latvian Festival in York (The Press, June 9). Very grateful thanks are also due to the Rotary Club of York Ainsty, which generously sponsored ...

Music has always played an important role in the life of Latvian violinist Baiba Skride. Born into a musical family, her father (a choir conductor), mother (an accompanist) and grandmother (a singing ...