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Come and spend two nights at the heart of Vilnius Old Town in a superior class hotel and experience the magic aura surrounding Lithuanian National Opera’s ballet and opera productions and enjoy the enthralling voices of favourite singers and vibrant performance of ballet dancers!
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Arrival in Vilnius.
Private transfer to a superior class hotel.
Rest after the trip or spend the day of sightseeing Vilnius tour.
Vilnius, the historical capital of Lithuania dating back to the 14th century, has the most beautiful and one of the largest old towns in Europe, awarded with the status of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, with Vilnius University being the oldest one in Eastern Europe. It is rapidly expanding as a modern European capital, so you can experience the harmony of the old and the new Vilnius.
Tour of Vilnius features essential sights of the city: St. Anne's Church, Pilies street, the Gates of the Dawn, University campus, Town hall, Cathedral square and others.
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Free day for individual taste of Vilnius – the capital of Lithuania.
The Old Town of Vilnius will offer you many art galleries to visit, stores to shop, cafes and restaurants to have lunch as well as great souvenir shops to acquire memories of Lithuania.
Impressive evening with Ballet or Opera performance. Famous opera “La Traviata”? Classical ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” or dramatic “Red Giselle”?
Make your choice, take a look to the Repertoire below.
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Private transfer from a hotel to the airport. Departure home. |
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The package includes:
· 2 nights accommodation DBL room with buffet breakfast in superior class hotel;
· Private transfers;
· Vilnius Sightseeing tour;
· 2 tickets to the Ballet or Opera performances;
· Information package.
3 days / 2 nights package 199 EUR per person
Important : to ensure you the best seats, we highly recommend bookings at least 1 week ahead.
Another season has passed in the blink of an eye... Being together with you brought us all a great deal of happiness and we are ready to bring you even more enchanting theatrical experiences during the next season!
REPERTOIRE
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October 1, 2011, Saturday, 6:30 PM, November 3, Thursday, 6:30 PM
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Ballet in 2 acts
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev
Conductors Robertas Šervenikas
Designer Viatcheslav Okunev (Russia)
Staging consultants Liubov Kunakova, Ninella Kurgapkina,
Liudmila Kovaliova, Henrieta Melnikova (Russia)
Premiere: 31 December 2004
It is for a century now that Swan Lake, this classical model of Russian ballet, has enjoyed legendary popularity on the repertoire lists of the world's lyric theatres. Hardly a ballet company exists whose repertoire does not include a production of Swan Lake. Rarely does a ballerina not dream of dancing the stunning swan Odette/ Odile. The immortal theme of Odette the Swan fraught with elegy at times, then radiating a passionate elation of spirits, has become the signature tune of the ballet. A poetical story of romantic love magnificently rendered by the musical genius of Tchaikovsky and talented choreographers Petipa and Ivanov is bound to leave a profound impression in one's heart.
There was hardly a time when Lithuanian Ballet did not have a Tchaikovsky ballet on its repertoire. Swan Lake was the first piece by this composer that an emerging Lithuanian Ballet Company put on stage back in 1927, with five more classical interpretations produced subsequently.
Approx. running time: 2h 35min
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October 2, Sunday, 12:00 PM, November 27, Sunday, 12:00 PM
Ballet in 3 acts for children
Libretto by W. Borkowski and S. Petrowski after Grimm brothers’ novel
Choreographer Witold Borkowski (Poland)
Production renewed by Jurijus Smoriginas
Conductor Alvydas Šulčys
Designer Giedre Riškutė
Premiere: 13 May 1972; production renewed on 30 June 1988.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?
Oh Queen, oh Queen, you no longer are,
Snow White is more beautiful by far…”
There is perhaps no need to continue telling the story of Snow White and her witchlike stepmother, a well known tale which is loved by children throughout the world. The more important is that the story, as it befits a true fairy tale, eventually comes to a happy ending.
Performance running time: 2h 10min
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October 6, Thursday, 6:30 PM, October 7, Friday, 6:30 PM, October 8, Saturday, 6:30 PM,
an opera in 2 parts, sung in Italian with Lithuanian and English surtitles
Music Director and Conductor Martynas Staškus
Director Emilio Sagi (Spain)
Set Designer Daniel Bianco (Spain)
Costume Designer Renata Schussheim(Argentina)
Lighting Designer Eduardo Bravo (Spain, AAI)
Choreographer Nuria Castejón (Spain)
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Production of the LNOBT in collaboration with Teatro Real de Madrid, Teatro Pérez Galdós de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ir Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Opera (A.B.A.O.)
Premiere: 5 February, 2010
It is difficult to evaluate Mozart’s works and their impact. The more we know about him, the more valuable treasures we discover in his music. An ever-growing number of articles and books dedicated to this creator reveals only one thing - we will never manage to fully discover the essence of his personality. Every generation discovers something new in his works and also gains experience through his music. This music is like a universe - it envelops and transcends everything.” |
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October 9, Sunday, 6:00 PM, November 25, Friday, 6:30 PM
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Ballet in 2 acts
Librettist and Choreographer Lorca Massine (Italy)
Conductor Martynas Staskus
Designer Sofia Tugarinova-Grzelak (Poland)
Premiere: 24 April 1998
Zorba the Greek from the Nikos Kazantzaki’s novel is known throughout the literary world. Zorba the Greek impersonated by Anthony Quinn is known throughout the cinema world. Lorca Massine’s Zorba, likewise, can be said to be known throughout the ballet world. Compelled by the overwhelming philosophy of joy, the spellbinding power of dance and vertigo of the final syrtaki, we readily forget our little troubles and problems, start feeling the heat of the sunny Aegean seashore and keep repeating syrtaki steps on our way home…
Approx. running time: 2h 20min |
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October 12, Wednesday, 6:30 PM, December 15, Thursday, 6:30 PM
A ballet in 2 acts to the music by S. Vainiūnas, A. Malcys, H. M. Górecki and other composers
Choreography and Libretto by Anželika Cholina
Music Director and Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Set Designer Marijus Jacovskis
Costume Designer Juozas Statkevičius
Lighting Designer Tadas Valeika
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Première: 27 May, 2011
Barbora Radvilaitė is one of our most popular historical personalities. Withdrawn to her own intimate world of secret emotions and having no political aspirations, she still managed to create turmoil in the society of her day, leaving a deep trace in history simply by living her quiet life.
The surviving letters of Barbora Radvilaitė reveal that she was probably the only woman in Poland and Lithuania that could lay her thoughts on paper with such intelligence and grace. Barbora was not only exquisitely beautiful and charming, but also an intelligent, well-educated lady of the Renaissance, who could handle every topic during a conversation. She loved to play chess and was interested in hunting. Her letters show us that Barbora had a wide array of interests that overstepped boundaries of what was accepted as usual activities of the noble women of her time.
Barbora Radvilaitė is probably best characterized by the words given in the epitaph - she helped many people and no one can say that one was hurt by this woman.
"Never before have I felt such responsibility and been so uplifted while producing a theatre performance; after all, the love story of Barbora and Žygimantas Augustas that blossomed in Lithuania, is the only story in the whole world telling us about the royal love as it is - genuine, sorrowful and controversial. (...) I am creating live theatrical action through a gentle idealization of the love story, slightly personalized interpretation of facts and two points of view, that of Lithuanian historians and my own feminine vision. When it comes to theatre I’m not really interested in finding a modern form for the production - the main thing is always the action itself, where fates of people are closely intertwined."
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October 13, Thursday, 6:30 PM, December 7, Wednesday, 6:30 PM
an opera in 2 acts
Music Director and Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Director Oskaras Koršunovas
Set and Video Designer Gintaras Makarevičius
Costume Designer Agnė Kuzmickaitė
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Choreographer Edita Stundyte
Born in 1797 in Bergamo, Gaetano Donizetti was an extremely prolific composer - he wrote 611 works, among which are pieces of chamber, sacred and vocal music, also 71 opera - both seria and buffa. His musical style and his operas, always seeking psychologism and drama, had a major impact on the coming future of Italian opera. With his works Donizetti completed the period of classical bravura-like bel canto and opened up ways for Verdi and Wagner’s operas. His life, weaving from ragged childhood to world fame as if legitimated the flight of the soul within the Romantic epoch. It was a creator of highest class, incorporating into his works incredible grace, melodic artifice and spark.
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October 14, Friday, 6:30 PM
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Ballet in 2 acts
Libretto by Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevololozhsky
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Renewed version by Liudmila Kovaliova (Russia)
Conductor Martynas Staškus
Designer Viacheslav Okunev (Russia)
Premiere: 31 December 2006
Piotr Tchaikovsky wrote about this ballet, “The plot is so poetic and cut out for music that my composing was accompanied with tremendous delight and enthusiasm which generally determine the value of any work”. The outcome seems to have exceeded all expectations: The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Marius Petipa and first produced in 1890, was to mark the beginning of a new era in the development of ballet. Grand pageantry, lavish decorations and a superb performance of ballet artists – all these indispensable attributes are duly found in our theatre's production as well.
Approx. running time: 3h 10min
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October 15, Saturday, 6:30 PM, October 16, Sunday, 12:00 PM, December 3, Saturday, 6:30 PM, December 22, Thursday, 6:30 PM
Music Director and Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Director, Choreographer Chen Shi-Zheng (JAV | Kinija)
Set Designer Walt Spangler (JAV)
Costume Designer Elizabeth Caitlin Ward (JAV)
Lighting Designer Scott Zielinski (JAV)
Video Designer Leigh Haas (Vokietija | Didžioji Britanija)
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) is the eighteenth of Verdi’s operas and the first one to draw on the reality of the day. The opera premiered at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on 6th March 1853. After the spectacular success of Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, the reception of this opera came as a shock to the composer – it was an unmitigated fiasco. The failure was blamed on the poor staging and the miscasting of singers. “Is it my fault or that of the singers?” Verdi wrote in a letter. “Only time will tell.” The composer evidently sensed that the reasons for the failure had been more serious. The public must have got indignant at the choice of the protagonist – a downcast woman shown in the milieu, likewise corrupt.
A libretto by Francesco Maria Piave adapted from La Dame aux Camélias inspired Verdi to compose one of his most beautiful operas. Re-staged and performed at another Venetian opera house, San Benedetto, on 6 May 1854, La Traviata was a triumph. Alexandre Dumas couldn’t be more right when he said, “Fifty years later, my La Dame aux Camélias would have sunk into oblivion, but Verdi made it immortal.” |
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October 16, Sunday, 6:00 PM, October 18, Tuesday, 6:30 PM
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Ballet in 3 acts
Libretto by Marius Petipa
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky
Revised version by Vladimir Vassiliev
Production Choreographer Vladimir Vassiliev (Russia)
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Set Designer Viktor Volsky (Russia)
Costume Designer Rafail Volsky (Russia)
Premiere: 29 December 1994
Vladimir Vassiliev: “How many people admired this ballet, enjoyed and laughed at its heroes’ adventures! How many critics were enraged by the alleged profanation of the great Cervantes’ work, and virtually smashed the music into smithereens...“
Be that as it may, Minkus’ Don Quixote is one of the public’s most favourite performances, not only at our theatre, but rather globally. Of course, it would be an idle labour to look for the depths of wisdom or mastery of artistic portrayal inherent in Cervantes’ original novel. However, there is no endeavour to reach such a dramatic scale in the ballet. Richly worked-out brilliant movements, tuneful and dashing music, full of Spanish flavour, arrestingly colourful choreography – all this makes for a splendid entertainment, which is always appealing to the audience, because of its romantic flair, somewhat naive, yet invincible belief in humanity and benevolence.
Performance running time: 2h 30min
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