PROGRAMME
August 3, Friday
19:00 Chamber music concerton Sigulda New castle terrace
Playing - one of the most outstanding Latvian piano personalities – Liene Circene
August 4, Saturday
15:00 Children's show - concerton Sigulda Open Air Stage
Participate youth and adult Siguldians
21:00 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata"on Sigulda Open Air Stage
The title role:
Violetta Valéry, a courtesan - the worlds most marketable opera diva – Maija Kovaļevska (Latvia) is singing in the Metropolitan, La Scala Opera, Vienna State Opera, Munich Opera, the Verona Arena
Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois from a provincial family– Charismatic world recognized tenor Pavol Breslik (Slovakia)
Giorgio Germont, Alfredo's father– Laurent Naouri (France) *
Mariinsky Theatre soloist Elena Razguļajeva (Russia) *
Director - Edmunds Freibergs
Scenaries will be made by Reinis Suhanovs - one of the best scene designers in Latvia
Festival Orchestra and choir will participate as well
A Viennese conductor of Bulgarian extraction – professor Vladimirs Kiradžijevs (Bulgaria)
August 5, Sunday
13:00 Sacred Music concertin Sigulda Evangelical Lutheran Church
17:00 Grand Gala concerton Sigulda Open Air Stage
Performers:
The world's first dramatic tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko (Latvia)
Filipe Do(France), Mariinsky Theatre soloist Yevgeny Akimov (Russia)
Clémentine Margaine(France), Nuri Laurent (France) *, Inga Šļubovska (Latvia), Krišjānis Norvelis (Latvia)
Conductor - Maestro Aleksandrs Viļumanis
* Festival organizers are waiting for the confirmation from the artists
