From 8 March to 22 March 2025, the Liepāja International Star Festival will shine for the 33rd time, this time to mark Liepāja City 400th anniversary.
The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will offer the audience five concerts and take them on a journey through the generous world of music, stopping over at symphonic classicism and romanticism, jazz, chamber music and opera music.
At the end of the Liepāja 400th Anniversary Star Festival an ambitious opera gala concert is going to take place at the Lielais dzintars Concert Hall, where the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Choir “Latvija”, Liepāja choirs and soloists will meet on one stage.
Sara Cortolezzis is one of the brightest rising stars in Italian opera houses. The dazzling soprano has won numerous prizes in several international competitions, including the 1st prize “Carlo Bergonzi” in 2022 and the special prize “Renata Tebaldi” for the best female voice at the 58th Voci Verdiane International Singing Competition in Busseto.
The closing concert of the festival will also feature the internationally recognized and beloved Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antoņenko, as well as Romanian baritone Bogdan Baciu, whose rich voice and dramatic talent has gained recognition in opera houses all across Europe.
The opera gala concert will feature arias, duets, ensembles and overtures from operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini and Pietro Mascagni, offering the audience both popular and not so often performed compositions.
Ainārs Rubiķis will be the one behind the conductor's desk.
Tickets for the concerts organized by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra are available at “Biļešu Paradīze” ticket offices and online.
The Liepāja City 400th Anniversary International Star Festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation and Liepāja City.