Birgitta Festival 2021

Performances

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6th and 8th August at 7PM

Opera SUOR ANGELICA by Giacomo Puccini

Stage director Dmitry Bertman
Art director Ene-Liis Semper
Conductor Paul Mägi
The Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra
Sister Angelica Alexia Voulgaridou
The Princess (her aunt) Larissa Kostjuk
Soloists and choir
Tickets: 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 60 EUR

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7th August at 7PM
Ballets by Ivan Vasiliev (REFUND)

„The Beginning“

Music Igor Stravinsky
Choreography, set design Ivan Vasiliev
Costumes Alexandra Leonidova
Lighting designer Sergei Shevchenko
Animation director, animation artist Nikita Dmitrievsky

„Amadeus“

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography, set design Ivan Vasiliev
Costume designer Alexandra Leonidova
Lighting designer Sergei Shevchenko

Soloists
Ivan Vasiliev
Denis Savin
Maria Vinogradova
Tickets: 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 60 EUR

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11th August at 9PM
NoGravity performance LEONARDO

Dance company NoGravity
Author and choreographer Emiliano Pellisari
Tickets: 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 60 EUR

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13th August at 7PM

Opera AIDA by Giuseppe Verdi

Dedicated to stage director Andrejs Žagars (1958–2019)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk State Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Music director Anatoli Chepurnoy
Stage director Andrejs Žagars
Set designer Ivar Noviks
Costume designer Kristīne Pasternaka

Cast:
Aida – Elena Mikhailenko
Amneris – Daria Ryabinko
Radamès – Mikhail Pirogov
Amonasro – Sergey Leferkus
Ramfis – Stanislav Shvets
The King of Egypt – Evgeny Sevastyanov
A Messenger – Davit Yesayan
Voice of the High Priestess – Alena Kiskina

Tickets: 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 60 EUR

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14th August at 7PM

Opera EUGENE ONEGIN by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Dmitri Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk State Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Music director Alexander Kossinsky
Stage director Neeme Kuningas
Set designer Ervin Õunapuu
Costume designer Anna Kontek

Cast:
Larina, lady of the manor – Olga Basova
Tatyana, her daughter – Svetlana Ratslaf-Levtchuk
Olga, Tatyana’s sister – Daria Ryabinko
Filippyevna, a nanny – Larissa Plotnikova
Eugene Onegin – Sevastyan Martynyuk
Lensky – Davit Yesayan
Prince Gremin – Evgeny Sevastyanov
Zaretsky – Dmitry Ryabtsev
Triquet, a Frenchman – Boris Sabirov

Tickets: 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 60 EUR

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Tickets can be purchased from Piletilevi, www.piletilevi.ee.

Treat yourself to a diverse experience at Birgitta Festival 2021. During the intermission of the opera Eugene Onegin on 14 August delicious meals are available at the festival lounge. The special offer includes salad, a slice of cake, a glass of red or white wine and an invigorating cup of coffee or tea.

The special treat is available at the designated lounge without having to stand in line, which is located on the festival grounds in the ruins of Pirita convent. Tickets for the special offer are available from Piletilevi, presentation of which will allow entry to the lounge during the intermission. The price is 20 euros per person.

Tickets for the Birgitta Festival programme and the performances are available at Piletilevi.

* Adding to the comfort of the festival’s concert hall are cushioned seating in amphitheatre style, covered windows and a roof.
* Gates open two hours before the scheduled starting time of a performance. The Summer Terrace and sales points are also open at the same time.

* Gates will be open 2 hours before the performance starts.  The festival venue cafes are open for everyone, no festival ticket needed!

* We recommend that you park in the Regati car park or in the car park of Pirita’s Selver supermarket. Parking is free of charge. The car park in front of the convent is reserved throughout the festival.

* Visitors in wheelchairs are asked to contact the organisers at the gate so that we can escort you to your seat in the most convenient and comfortable way.

* The following is prohibited on festival premises:
- photography, filming and other forms of recording of performances without the consent of the organiser
- food and drink you have brought with you; pets; umbrellas; items which may endanger your own life or health of those of other visitors; narcotic, psychotropic and other intoxicating substances.