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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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| Day 2 |
Free day for individual taste of Vilnius – European capital of culture 2009.
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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| Day 3 |
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 179 EUR per person
Important : to ensure you the best seats, we highly recommend bookings at least 1 week ahead.
REPERTOIRE
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March 28, Sunday, 12:00 PM
Bogdan Pawłowski
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
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 Sulcys
Designer Giedre Riskute
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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March 27, Saturday, 6:30 PM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
RIGOLETTO
Opera in 3 acts
(sung in Italian with Lithuanian surtitles)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo, translated into Lithuanian by Jonas Vilimas
Music Director and Conductor Martynas Staskus
Conductor Alvydas Sulcys
Director Gintaras Varnas
Set Designer Jurate Paulekaite
Costume Designer Juozas Statkevicius
Chief Chorus Master Ceslovas Radziunas
Movement Director Elita Bukovska
Premiere: 7 November 2003
One of the most popular Verdi operas, Rigoletto has received more than ten productions in Lithuania. The tragic story of a hunchbacked court buffoon Rigoletto, who, despite humiliation and terrifying curse, makes anguished attempts to rise above his weakness. A heartrending drama of fatherly suffering, unadulterated love and power of devotion.
Performance running time: 3h 10min |
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March 26, Friday, 6:30 PM
RUSSIAN HAMLET
Ballet in 2 acts to the music by
Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler (on tape)
Choreographer and Librettist Boris Eifman (Russia)
Designer Viacheslav Okunev (Russia)
Premiere: 1 October 2003
Boris Eifman’s ballet theatre is already well-known in Lithuania: his previous production of Red Giselle at the LNOBT has stunned and captivated ballet audiences for three successive seasons. Now we are happy to invite you to the second LNOBT’s premiere of this outstanding artist who was recently hailed as ‘the best 20th-century choreographer’ by the American ballet critics.
The locale of this performance is set back to Russia of the late 18th century – to the reign of Catherine II and her son Paul I, a tsar of tragic fate whose reign lasted barely four years and who was frequently dubbed ‘Russian Hamlet’. The relationships between the queen and her son became the point of departure for this magnificent drama that reveals a complex period of Russian history. These personalities of great passions and tragic fates were also highly conducive to expressing some universal ideas, such as the uniqueness of human soul, which developed into an inimitably staggering dance performance.
Approx. running time: 2h |
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March 12, Friday, 6:30 PM
LA SYLPHIDE
a ballet in 2 acts
Choreography Auguste Bournonville (1805–1879)
Production Choreographer Johan Kobborg (Denmark)
Designer Peter Farmer (UK)
Conductor Martynas Staskus
August Bournonville, the man also known as the father of Danish ballet, was born in Copenhagen on 21st August, 1805. This was the same year that Hans Christian Andersen came into this world - he was a close friend to Bournonville. The two friends had a lot in common in their views on life and goals of creativity. Their works - ballets and fairytales, in which both children and adults find wisdom and meaning, in which demonic creatures of romanticism are kept much more silent and succumb to goodness. Their romanticism spoke in the name of purity, truth, folk and interest, fighting everyday routine hidden underneath the veil of the boring aristocratic hypocrisy.
Pointe work was not the most crucial part of ballet to Bournonville. His greatest talent was for making wonderful combinations of dance steps, creating impressive “dance pictures”. Bournonville was greatly influenced by his year in Paris where he took in all essential ideas of the romantic ballet.
The Danish La Sylphide premiered on November 28th, 1836, with main roles performed by Lucille Grahn and Auguste Bournonville. Sometimes innovation stuns at a very right moment; the novelty of La Sylphide was so great, that all witnesses had to justify its right for success.
The Sylph turned into a symbol that caused many different discussions. Some people were charmed by her, others displayed anger, Christian democrats stated open contradictions to the Christian dogmas… The idea of human nature as a dual subject arose together with Christianity; however, it was in the Romantic period that it became crucial. A question was born: do we need to bid farewell to a part of our soul in order to achieve harmony? The duality of existence became the background for La Sylphide. The sadness that circles this ballet is not only a result of Scottish mountains and German forests, helping to create theatrical atmosphere; this sadness is born out of the feeling that our life lost lightness and harmony forever. |
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March 7, Sunday, 6:00 PM
Mikis Theodorakis (*1925)
ZORBA THE GREEK
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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March 6, Saturday, 6:30 PM
Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
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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March 5, Friday, 6:30 PM
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Richard Wagner
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER
an opera in 3 acts
Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
Cast: Johannes von Duisburg (Germany), Egidijus Dauskurdis, Sigutė Stonytė, Vytautas Kurnickas, Audrius Rubežius, Ligita Račkauskaitė
Premiere: 26 March 2004
Performance running time: 3h 10 min
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February 28, Sunday, 6:00 PM
udwig Aloisius Minkus (1826-1917)
DON QUIXOTE
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 Jonas Aleksa
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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