Gallery: Richard Wagner’s 212th Birthday celebration

Here’s how we celebrated Richard Wagner’s 212th birthday! Thank you to everyone who helped create a truly festive atmosphere on Wagner Street.

The concert program featured:

  • R. Wagner – Sailors’ Chorus from the opera The Flying Dutchman

  • R. Wagner – Pilgrims’ Chorus from the opera Tannhäuser

  • C. M. von Weber – Hunters’ Chorus from the opera Der Freischütz

  • R. Wagner – Bridal Chorus from the opera Lohengrin

  • C. Gounod – Soldiers’ Chorus from the opera Faust

  • G. F. Handel – La Rejouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks

  • R. Wagner – Children’s Catechism WWV 106

Performed by the French horns of the Latvian National Opera Orchestra: Guntis Kronītis, Artūrs Krūmiņš, Rolands Sēlis, Daniels Sabanskis, Jānis Kronītis, Kalvis Etkins.

We extend our sincere thanks to our project partners and friends at SCHWENK Latvija for their support both in daily work and during celebrations.

Photo: Jūlija Dibovska

Gallery: Opening of the Exhibition “NO DOUBT ABOUT IT” in Venice

Alongside the official program of the Architecture Biennale, the exhibition “No Doubt About It” is also on display in Venice until November 23, featuring a 1:30 scale model of the Wagner Theatre as one of its central exhibits.

The exhibition was opened on May 8 of this year, with representatives from the Riga Richard Wagner Society and Zaiga Gaile’s office in attendance. The exhibition was also visited by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, Agnese Lāce.

The exhibition’s curator, New York-based architect Vladimir Belogolovsky, explains that the aim of this showcase is to draw attention to six high-quality project concepts and design strategies that have emerged through experimentation with intuitive ideas and, perhaps, initial doubts. Visitors will be introduced to the designs of three theaters, two museums, and one residential complex.

In addition to the Wagner Theatre model developed by Zaiga Gaile’s office, the exhibition features architectural projects from Armenia, China, Georgia, Germany, and Poland. No Doubt About It will be on display throughout the entire duration of the Architecture Biennale, until November 23, and is hosted at the Magazzino Gallery—a contemporary art space located in Palazzo Contarini Polignac, next to the Grand Canal in Venice and just steps away from the Gallerie dell’Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Get directions on Google Maps.

 

Photos by Zoltán Bodó

Read more about the Wagner Theatre model:

Wagner Theatre Riga Heads to Venice Architecture Biennale

Gallery: Richard Wagner’s 211th Birthday Celebration

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made May 22nd at Riharda Vāgnera Street a true celebration! A special BRAVO to pianist Reinis Zariņšfor his stunning performance of Wagner’s “Pilgerchor” from “Tannhäuser“, and „Vorspiel“ and “Isolde’s Liebestod” from „Tristan und Isolde“.
See you next year!
Photos by Krista Saberova & Mārtiņš Ziders
ABOUT US

The “Riga Richard Wagner Society” (hereinafter, “the Society”) was founded at the end of 2014 for the purpose of reconstructing the Riga City Theater building at Riharda Vāgnera iela 4, to renovate the theater hall, adjusting it to the needs of chamber concerts and theater performances, to develop a Richard Wagner Museum in Riga, promote understanding of the works and life of Richard Wagner, and support the scholarship fund established in compliance with the wishes of Richard Wagner himself.

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