The soloist of the Latvian National Opera (LNO) Jūlija Vasiljeva and the pianist Māris Skuja invite you to the program “Garūta. Rachmaninov” on December 5 at 3 pm in the Beletage Hall of the Latvian National Opera.
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According to Irbe Treile, a representative of the LNO, “Lelfi Garūta’s solo songs and Sergey Rachmaninov’s romances will be performed in the concert program” Delfi “informs.
“Lūcija Garūta will be commemorated next year on the 100th anniversary, and in honor of this event, together with Māris Skujs, we are working on the recording of her solo song album. The first part of the concert will feature Lūcija Garūta’s solo songs – “Māris Skuja has studied polyphony with Lūcija Garūta, they have been in a cordial relationship. Part of the composer’s creative heritage has been preserved in handwriting, and we have included these songs in both the concert and the album. Lūcija Garūta has studied in France, and her compositions can be felt “This program is a challenge for both the singer and the pianist. In order to diversify the program and give it a romantic accent, we included Sergei Rachmaninoff ‘s romances in the second part of the concert,” says Julia Vasilyev.
Jūlija Vasiljeva has been a soloist at the Latvian National Opera since 2013, she sings in leading soprano parties, including Violeta Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Traviata, Norina Gaetano’s Donicetti in Don Pasquale, Margaret Charles Guno in Faust, and Chlorindo Jacquino Rosini. “Lelde Imanta Kalniņa” I play, I dance “and others.
Since 1991, Maris Skuja has been the concertmaster of the second largest Austrian opera house – the Graz Opera, from 2001 to 2017 – the main concertmaster, but since 2002 – also the director of the opera studio. He has been a rehearsal at the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen, the Cologne Opera House, the Trondheim and Giessen Theater, and the Estonian National Opera. Since 1997, he has regularly worked as a pianist and assistant conductor in the production of the Bregenz Opera Festival. Māris Skuja graduated from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in the composition class of Ādolfs Skulte and Arvīds Žilinska in the piano class. For 16 years he was the chief concertmaster and assistant to conductor Rihards Glasups at the Latvian National Opera (then the LSSR State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater).
Thanks to more than 45 years of activity in opera houses, Māra Skuja’s active repertoire includes more than 100 operas, a large number of oratorios, cantatas and operettas. His extensive knowledge of opera drama and the specifics of vocal art has been appreciated by singers both in Latvia and abroad. Currently, Māris Skuja is also promoting the vocal growth of many soloists of the Latvian National Opera. In addition to his duties in theaters, he has started active pianist-concertmaster concert activities immediately after graduation, and has now performed thousands of concerts, television shows and competitions. Active cooperation has been established with bass baritone Egils Siliņš; 90 concerts have been held together, as well as three CDs have been recorded.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the LNOB and “Biļešu paradīze” box offices.
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