FOREVER AND A DAY
April 8th – November 13th
FOREVER AND A DAY
dance opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
April 8th – November 13th
MANON
opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
April 16th–25th
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after a novel by Abbé Prévost L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
Music Director and Conductor Cyril Diederich (France)
Conductor Julius Geniušas
Director, Costume Designer Vincent Boussard (France)
Set Designer Vincent Lemaire (Belgium)
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Co-production between the LNOBT, San Francisco Opera and the Israeli Opera
Premiere: 18 September, 2015
Running time: 3.50 hrs.
an opera in 5 acts, sung in French
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after a novel by Abbé Prévost L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
Music Director and Conductor Cyril Diederich (France)
Conductor Julius Geniušas
Director, Costume Designer Vincent Boussard (France)
Set Designer Vincent Lemaire (Belgium)
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Co-production between the LNOBT, San Francisco Opera and the Israeli Opera
Premiere: 18 September, 2015
Running time: 3.50 hrs.
Along with Gounod’s Faust and Bizet’s Carmen, Jules Massenet’s Manon is one of the most famous and beloved French operas. At the LNOBT the premiere of Manon was presented on 18 September, 2015. The production immediately attracted everyone’s attention and was greeted with very positive reviews from both the audience and the critics. The main criterion for choosing creative team for Manon was its relation to the French operatic tradition. Thus, on the stage one can see the authentic chatter from the streets of Paris and the spellbinding charm of La Belle Époque.
THE SWAN LAKE
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
April 17th–24th
Choreographers Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov
New Edition by Konstantin Sergeyev
Consulting Choreographers Liubov Kunakova, Ninella Kurgapkina, Liudmila Kovaliova, Henrieta Melnikova
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Designer Viačeslav Okunev (Russia)
Premiere: 31 December, 2004
Running time: 2.50 hrs.
CIPOLLINO
April 19th – September 20th
CIPOLLINO
ballet for children
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
April 19th – September 20th
Libretto by G. Richlov after Gianni Rodari’s fairy tale
Choreographer Henrik Majorov (Russia)
Conductor Alvydas Šulčys
Designer Valerij Levental (USA)
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Premiere: 7 November, 2010
Running time: 2.10 hrs.
THE SMARTY BUNNY
April 26th – December 27th
THE SMARTY BUNNY
opera for children
LNOBT - Kamerinė salė
April 26th – December 27th
DER PROZESS
April 29th – November 21st
DER PROZESS
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
April 29th – November 21st
Composer Mindaugas Urbaitis
Author of electronic music fragments Marija Paškevičiūtė
Choreographer Martynas Rimeikis
Music Director and Conductor Modestas Barkauskas
Conductor Ričardas Šumila
Set Designer Marijus Jacovskis
Costume Designer Jurgita Jankutė
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Premiere: 1 December, 2017
Running time: 1.40 hrs.
"Der Prozess" is the first full length ballet created by choreographer Martynas Rimeikis. The work features music by Mindaugas Urbaitis, as well as cold and stark concrete sets by Marijus Jacovskis, featuring a monumental guillotine, allowing the audience to experience the tragic confrontation between an individual and official system even stronger. Having turned into a sensation right after its premiere, "Der Prozess" offers a truly unforgettable evening at the theatre.
ANA BOLENA
May 16th – September 30th
ANA BOLENA
OPERA
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
May 16th – September 30th
GISELLE
May 28th – October 3rd
GISELLE
BALLET
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
May 28th – October 3rd
EUGENE ONEGIN
OPERA
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
June 4th & 5th
LA BOHEME
opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
Saturday, 13/06/2020 18:30
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after Henri Murger’s novel Scènes de la vie de bohème
Music Director and Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Conductor Julius Geniušas
Director Cristina Mazzavillani Muti (Italy)
Stage Director Gediminas Šeduikis
Video Designer | David Loom (Italy)
Lighting Designer Vincent Longuemare (Italy)
Costume Designer Alessandro Lai (Italy)
Video Programmer Davide Broccoli (Italy)
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Co-production between the LNOBT and the Ravenna Festival (Italy)
Premiere: 31 December, 2015
Running time: 2.20 hrs.
“I’ve put my entire soul into La bohème. I fell in love with it immensely. There are no words to describe how strongly I’ve fallen in love with the characters that were created”, – wrote Giacomo Puccini in his letter after the premiere in 1896. The audiences couldn’t stay indifferent to this opera as well: after the performances in Italy the theatregoers wouldn’t allow the performers to walk off the stage up until midnight. Over three years La bohème triumphed not only in Europe, but also in Africa, North and South America, Turkey. Today it is one of the most popular and most often produced masterpieces.
ROMEO AND JULIET
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
June 19th & 20th
Choreographer Krzysztof Pastor (Poland)
Music Director and Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Set and Costume Designer Tatyana van Walsum (United Kingdom)
Video and Lighting Designer Wijnand van der Horst (The Netherlands)
Premiere: 10 October, 2016
Running time: 2.10 hrs.
Sergei Prokofiev created ballet Romeo and Juliet in 1935-1936 – at that time he regretted his return from West to Russia and tried to get back, however, the Iron Curtain prevented him from doing so. The new impressive ballet was shunned by Russian theatres and saw daylight only in 1938 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. In Lithuania its premiere was unveiled in 1977. The production created in 1993 by Vladimir Vasiliev turned into a staple of Lithuanian ballet. The new interpretation of the eternal love story was offered by LNOBT's artistic director of ballet Krzysztof Pastor.
TURANDOT
opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
September 4th–12th
CINDERELLA
ballet for children
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
Sunday, 27/09/2020 12:00
a ballet in 3 acts for children
Choreographer Enno Suuvė (Estonia)
Conductor Alvydas Šulčys
Designer Eldar Renter (Estija | Estonia)
Premiere: 8 March, 1984
Running time: 2.15 hrs.
Fairy tale about Cinderella is as old as the world… Indeed, it can even be found in the papyruses of ancient Egypt! The first printed variant of the tale was published in Italy in 1634, later other versions were presented by Charles Perrault, brothers Grimm. Sergei Prokofiev’s music composed for the ballet is considered to be one of his best works, and his Cinderella has been produced many times in various theatres. On our stage the version of this beautiful fairytale is presented by the pupils from the Ballet Department of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts.
BARBORA RADVILAITĖ
Friday, 9/10/2020 18:30
BARBORA RADVILAITĖ
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
Friday, 9/10/2020 18:30
a ballet in 2 acts, set to the music of Stasys Vainiūnas, Arvydas Malcys, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, etc.
Choreographer and Author of Libretto Anželika Cholina
Music Director and Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Set Designer Marijus Jacovskis
Costume and Make-Up Designer Juozas Statkevičius
Lighting Designer Tadas Valeika
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Premiere: 27 May, 2011
Running time: 3 hrs.
Never before have I felt such responsibility and been so uplifted while producing a theatre performance: after all, the love story of Barbora and Žygimantas Augustas is genuine, sorrowful and controversial. No one knows the exact turns within the story and different chronicles contain only bits and pieces, thus I was enjoying a certain freedom of creativity. The whole action is transposed into an abstract scenery, the characters are wearing stylized costumes of the epoch. I am creating live theatrical action through gentle idealization of the love story, slightly personalized interpretation of facts and my own feminine intuition. I’m not really interested in finding a modern form of the production – the main concern is the action itself, where fates of people are closely intertwined. (Choreographer Anželika Cholina)
LA JUIVE
opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
October 15th–17th
CANDIDE
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
October 22nd–24th
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
October 28th–31st
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
October 28th–31st
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after David Belasco‘s play Madame Butterfly, written after John Luter Long‘s short story, based upon Pierre Loti‘s novel Madame Chrysanthème
Music Director David Parry (United Kingdom)
Conductor Martynas Staškus
Director Anthony Minghella (United Kingdom)
Associate Director and Choreographer Carolyn Choa (United Kingdom)
Set Designer Michael Levine (Canada)
Costume Designer Han Feng (China)
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford (United Kingdom)
Puppets created by the Blind Summit Theatre (United Kingdom)
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Co-production between the LNOBT, English National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera
Premiere: 23 March, 2006
Running time: 3.30 hrs.
LA PIAF
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
November 6th & 7th
a ballet in 2 acts, after the music of Édith Piaf, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, etc.
Music performed on tape
Choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti (Italy)
Set and Lighting Designer Carlo Cerri (Italy)
Associate Lighting Designer Massimo Consoli (Italy)
Costume Designers Ugnė Tamuliūnaitė, Mauro Bigonzetti (Italy)
Assistant to the Choreographer Macha Daudel (France)
Premiere: 21 April, 2017
Running time: 2 hrs.
The song "Non, je ne regrette rien" took the world by storm, and "No, I don't regret anything" was the life motto of its performer legendary Édith Piaf. This petite, fragile woman possessed a powerful voice, with which she told stories of love, loss, passion and the Parisian life. The exceptionally emotional singer, the unrivalled legend of the chanson genre, was often called the sparrow of Paris, and to the French she remains as the national pride and treasure of their country.
BRUKNELĖ
opera for children
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
November 8th–22nd
LA TRAVIATA
opera
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
December 4th–31st
THE NUTCRACKER
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
December 8th–13th
Libretto by Marius Petipa after E. T. A. Hoffmann‘s fairytale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Krzysztofo Pastoro redakcija | Krzysztof Pastor‘s edition
Choreographer Krzysztof Pastor
Music Director and Conductor Martynas Staškus
Conductor Modestas Barkauskas
Designer Viačeslav Okunev (Rusija | Russia)
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Premiere: 21 November, 2014
Running time: 2.30 hrs.
“The majestic fir tree in the middle of the room was decorated with golden and silver apples, sugared almonds and colourful candies were blossoming as if they were flowers, and just look at all those other wonderful sweet! And yet, the most beautiful image was created by the hundreds of little candles, beaming through the darkness of the branches…” This is how The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, written by the German romantic writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, begins. It inspired Piotr Tchaikovsky to create an incredibly beautiful music for ballet that manages to charm both children and their parents. Even today, around Christmas time a real The Nutcracker fever is always shaking up theatres all over the world!
DIE FLEDERMAUS
December 15th & 16th
DIE FLEDERMAUS
operetta
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
December 15th & 16th
Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy vaudeville Le réveillon
Libretto translated into Lithuanian by Vlada Mikštaitė and Antanas Gailius
Music Director and Conductor Martynas Staškus
Conductor Julius Geniušas
Director Gediminas Šeduikis
Set and Lighting Designer Andu Dumitrescu (Romania)
Costume Designer Agnė Kuzmickaitė
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Choreographer Edita Stundytė
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Premiere: 31 December, 2012
Running time: 3 hrs.
While Strauss was still alive, Die Fledermaus made its way into the repertoires of 200 different theatres and even today it is the most often produced operetta in the world. What were the reasons behind the popularity of this most Viennese operetta? Mistaken identities, flirtatious moments at the ball, elegant lightness of being and charming confusion, as well as spellbinding melodies – even the most sophisticated appreciators of opera claim that Die Fledermaus is indeed a perfect work of art!
DON QUIXOTE
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
Friday, 18/12/2020 18:30
DON QUIXOTE
Saturday, 19/12/2020 18:30
DON QUIXOTE
ballet
LNOBT - Didžioji salė
Saturday, 19/12/2020 18:30
Choreographer Vasilij Medvedev (Russia)
Music Director and Conductor Martynas Staškus
Conductor Alvydas Šulčys
Set Designer Andrej Voitenko (Russia)
Costume Designer Jelena Zaiceva (Russia)
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Premiere: 29 April, 2016
Running time: 3.20 hrs.