We are excited to invite you to join AmCham’s Exclusive Opera Night on February 21, 2025, 17:30 at the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, 8th floor, Aspazijas Blvd. 22. The reception will start at 17:30 with the performance at 19:00 at the Latvian National Opera.

This event is an exclusive opportunity for AmCham members and guests to spend an opening night of opera “SALOME" composed by Richard Strauss and directed by Alvis Hermanis.

Please note that seating is limited. Admission: EUR 125 for members, EUR 200 for non-members. 

ABOUT
Princess Salome of Judea is infatuated with Jochanaan, the prophet of new faith. When King Herod invites Salome to perform a dance for him, she demands a ruthless price in return – the princess wants the prophet’s head… The veiled events tell a story of obsessive love, more powerful than rational thought. Although the action is set in ancient Judea, in his latest production, Director Alvis Hermanis transports us to modern Israel – a place where ideologies and religions have tangled in a tight knot, more so than anywhere else in the world.

Oscar Wilde originally wrote his drama, Salome, in French. It was later translated into German and became the libretto for Richard Strauss’s masterpiece, which premiered on December 9, 1905, at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden. The Latvian National Opera stage has seen four striking productions of Salome, where the principal part was interpreted by the outstanding opera singers Milda Brehmane-Štengele, Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere, Solveiga Raja and Ieva Kepe.

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