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Lithuanian National Opera Presents Concert in Solidarity with Ukraine 

  Broadcast live on Lithuania Independence Restoration Day (March 11, 2022) the concert was held at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT), in Vilnius, and is now available for playback. Under the musical direction of Ričardas Šumila and Margaryta Grynyvetska, the concert featured the LNOBT Orchestra and Choir — alongside artists such as […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania has overturned an Ethics Commission decision which led to the 2017 dismissal of Gintautas Kėvišas as head of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. He had been accused of ‘conflicts of interest’ and he’s now expecting to be reinstated. Watch this space.

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre has shut down for the rest of August after its director called in sick...

War Memorial Opera House Interior Photo by Lisa Hirsch Up next in the SF Opera streaming series; all performances start at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on the date indicated. They remain available to the public until 11:59 p.m. the following day; if you're a subscriber, you can log in to the SFO web site and watch the videos there.No Elektra.....yet....but this is an interesting group. I was shocked at how much I liked Manon. I remember the Salome as sluggishly conducted, but I'll definitely watch. I missed Susannah live, because I'd caught an especially nasty bug that year and was sick for something like six weeks. (My partner inconveniently broke her ankle a couple of weeks into my being sick, sigh. Fun times.) But Patricia Racette and Brandon Jovanovich are a proven pairing at SFO, so you bet I'll watch this.Salome — June 20The 2009 presentation of Richard Strauss’ Salome is a co-production with […]