The Riga Richard Wagner House was built in 1782 as the Riga City Theater. In the period between 1837 and 1839 when Richard Wagner was appointed chief conductor of the theater, it became a center of the cultural life of Riga.
Richard Wagner, the exceptional composer and conductor whose music has filled the world’s biggest concert halls and opera houses, has given us one of the brightest chapters in the history of German, Latvian and world culture. Although he spent only a short time in Riga, we can be proud that it was here that he was most productive and created a vast cultural legacy. Given the enormous personal and creative impact of Richard Wagner, I am happy that Riga Richard Wagner Society continues to work on the restoration of the beautiful Wagner’s House. It is a place of great historical and cultural value. After restoration, it should become an important international culture hub of Northern Europe. It will also become a Latvian cultural landmark and enrich our culture.
– Egils Levits
President of Latvia
Once you’ve been in the building and imagined how it could be enlivened and filled with music, it never lets you go. To bring this vision to life – that’s what I am passionately committed to. A unique building complex with music-historical significance will become a meeting place for young musicians from all over the world – it will be a success story.
– Eva Wagner-Pasquier
Granddaughter of Richard Wagner
On 20 October, President of Latvia Egils Levits took part in the key handover ceremony at the Riga Wagner House. This ceremony marked the official launch of Latvian-German partnership for […]
Dear Sir/Madam, dear friends of Richard Wagner, I would like to present to you today a project of outstanding and worldwide importance. It concerns the Wagner Hall and the German […]
Richard’s Dream An international cultural centre is to be established in the former German Theatre in the Latvian capital Riga. It is hard to believe that music history was once […]
Public support 
restoration of the building 
Cultural events 
The rebirth of the Wagner House will promote a flourishing of cultural life and supply a venue for the development of classical music in Latvia.
