PRODUCTIONS 1988–2023

1st SEASON 1987/1988
Audronė Žigaitytė opera Mažvydas (conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius, director Gintas Žilys, set and costume designer Virginija Idzelytė). Premiere: 23 April 1988

2nd SEASON 1988/1989
Gioachino Rossini opera L'italiana in Algeri (conductor Enn Kivilo, director Gintas Žilys, set designer Rimtautas Gibavičius, costume designer Mariana Bruni). Premiere: 23 December 1988
Edward R. Weikman ballet La voix humaine (choreographer Pavel Fokin, costume designers: Olga Ronkaitienė, Dalia Aleksandravičiūtė-Zagnoj). Premiere: ??, 1988
Gaetano Donizetti one-act operas Rita and Il campanello di notte (conductor Enn Kivilo, director Gintas Žilys, set designer Henrikas Ciparis, S. Petkus). Premiere: 24 March 1989
Jonas Navakauskas ballet for children The White Wolf (conductor Enn Kivilo, choreographer Elegijus Bukaitis, set and costume designer Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė). Premiere: 31 March 1989

3rd SEASON 1989/1990
Milan Novák musical Mafioso Opera (conductor Algis Jonas Lukoševičius, director Gintas Žilys, set designer Ramūnas Kraniauskas, costume designer Ramunė Bosienė). Premiere: 23 September 1989
Alvidas Remesa ballet for children A Chief of Redskins (conductor Algis Jonas Lukoševičius, choreographer Pavel Fokin, set designer Sofija Kanaverskytė). Premiere: 4 November 1989
Opera double bill: Gian Carlo Menotti one-act operas The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois / The Medium (conductor Algis Jonas Lukoševičius, director Gintas Žilys, set designer Andrius Žibikas, costume designer Zita Gustienė). Premiere: 9 February 1990
Ballet double bill: Dmitry Shostakovich ballet The Young Lady and the Hooligan (choreographer Elegijus Bukaitis, set designer Rimtautas Gibavičius, costume designer Mariana Bruni) / Manuel de Falla ballet El amor brujo (choreographer Elegijus Bukaitis, set designer Rimtautas Gibavičius, costume designer Aleksandra Jacovskytė). Premiere: 13 April 1990

4th SEASON 1990/1991

Olga Petrova opera for children Winnie-the-Pooh (conductor Vladimiras Konstantinovas, director Gintas Žilys, set designer Augis Kepežinskas). Premiere: 1 December 1990

Divertimento to the music by Ludwig Alois Minkus, Léo Delibes, E. Delvez, Adolphe Adam (choreographer Elegijus Bukaitis, set designer Henrikas Ciparis). Premiere: 6 April 1991
Matvey Vasiliev ballet The Star of Paris (choreographer Valentina Lisovskaya, V. Novozhilova). Premiere: 15 June 1991

5th SEASON 1991/1992
Benjamin Britten opera for children The Little Sweep (conductor Vladimiras Konstantinovas, set designer Jonas Rimantas Vaitkevičius, costume designer Giedrė Riškutė). Premiere: 7 September 1991
Georges Bizet operetta Le docteur Miracle (conductor Algis Jonas Lukoševičius, N. Savinovas, A. Kanunikovas). Premiere: 15 November 1991
Piotr Tchaikovsky opera Eugene Onegin (A. J. Lukoševičius, N. Savinovas, A. Kanunikovas). Premiere: 12 March 1992
Ballet Moments to the music by W. A. Mozart, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Paul Dukas (conductor Algis Jonas Lukoševičius, Dmitrijus Zlotnikas, choreographer Laisvė Dautartaitė, costume designer Giedrė Riškutė-Kariniauskienė). Premiere: 11 June 1992

6th SEASON 1992/1993
Igor Morozov ballet for children Doctor Ouchaches (conductor Stasys Domarkas, Ž. Čmeliauskas, choreographer Laisvė Dautartaitė, A. Janulionienė). Premiere: 27 December 1992
Franz Lehár operetta The Count of Luxembourg (conductor Stasys Domarkas, set designer Ramūnas Kraniauskas, costume designer Gražina K. Rameikaitė, choreographer Laisvė Dautartaitė). Premiere: 30 June 1993

7th SEASON 1993/1994
Emmerich Kálmán operetta Die Bajadere (music director Stasys Domarkas, set and costume designer Viktorija Gatavynaitė, choreographer Laisvė Dautartaitė). Premiere: 19 February 1994
Antonio Spadavecchia musical fairy-tale Cinderella (V. Konstantinovas, R. Sasnauskaitė, R. Kraniauskas, V. Kukienė). Premiere: 28 May 1994
Johann Strauss ballet The Blue Danube (S. Domarkas, J. Smoriginas, A. Janulionienė). Premiere: 18 June 1994

8th SEASON 1994/1995
Banga Balakauskienė musical for children Pif's Adventures (D. Lubytė-Lukoševičienė, A. J. Lukoševičius, S. Kanaverskytė). Premiere: 29 October 1994
Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata (music direcor Dante Anzolini, conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis, choreographer Laisvė Dautartaitė, set designer Liudas Truikys). Premiere: 31 December 1994

9th SEASON 1995/1996

Žoržas Kriušonas Mad Weekend, a musical farce in 2 act after Jean Poiret's play Joyeuses Pâques (1982), libretto by Vladimir Sergeyev (translated into Lithuanian by Rima Sasnauskaitė. Conductor Vladimiras Konstantinovas, arranger Rimantas Giedraitis, director Rima Sasnauskaitė, set designer Ramūnas Kraniauskas, costume designer Violeta Kukienė, choreographer Janis Savickis. Premiere: August 1995
Herb Stothart, Rudolf Friml comedy opera Rose Marie (A. J. Lukoševičius, U. Vilimaa, S. Bocullo, V. Šuklytė). Premiere: 24 December 1995
Sergei Prokofiev musical fairy-tale Peter and the Wolf (S. Domarkas, P. Fokinas, A. Janulionienė). Premiere: 2 January 1996
Vano Gokieli opera for children Little Red Riding Hood (K. Kšanas, R. Sasnauskaitė, A. Janulionienė, V. Šuklytė). Premiere: 28 April 1996
Gioachino Rossini opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (I. Resnis ir S. Domarkas, E. Domarkas, A. Kariniauskas). Premiere: 28 July 1996

10th SEASON 1996/1997
Carl Orff Carmina Burana, cantata (S. Domarkas, J. Smoriginas, A. Janulionienė) / Giacomo Puccini one-act opera Suor Angelica (S. Domarkas, S. Domarkas, E. Malinauskas, V. Šuklytė). Premiere: 30 October 1996
Ballet suite Walpurgis Night from Charles Gounod's opera Faust (A. J. Lukoševičius, J. Smoriginas, A. Janulionienė). Premiere: 31 December 1996
One-act ballet to Maurice Ravel's Bolero (A. J. Lukoševičius, S. Domarkas, J. Smoriginas, A. Janulionienė; ?). Premiere: ?, 1997
Igor Stravinsky opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (S. Domarkas, J. Domarkas ir V. Konstantinovas, E. Domarkas, H. Ciparis). Premiere: 30 May 1997

11th SEASON 1997/1998
Giedrius Kuprevičius opera Prussians (Music Director Stasys Domarkas, director Nerijus Petrokas, set and costumer designer Virginija Idzelytė). Premiere: 1 September 1997
Yuri Ter-Osipov ballet for children Malish i Karlson (A. J. Lukoševičius, I. Ribačiauskaitė, A. Kariniauskas). Premiere: 3 October 1997
Franz Lehár operetta Die lustige Witwe (S. Domarkas, S. Domarkas, A. Jacovskytė ir E. Kvintienė). Premiere: 31 December 1997
Bogdan Pawłowski ballet for children Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (A. J. Lukoševičius, J. Smoriginas, G. Riškutė-Kariniauskienė). Premiere: 1 March 1998
Frederick Loewe musical My Fair Lady (S. Domarkas, R. Sasnauskaitė, R. Kraniauskas, V. Šuklytė). Premiere: 9 May 1998

1st MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Ballet triple bill: The Life on an Artist after Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique / Sirens to the music by Claude Debussy / Bolero to the music by Maurice Ravel (S. Domarkas, J. Smoriginas, V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė, A. Janulionienė). Premiere: 1 August 1998
Georges Bizet opera Carmen (J. Domarkas, E. Domarkas, H. Ciparis). Premiere: 8 August 1998
Arthur Honegger oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (S. Domarkas, V. Konstantinovas, R. Kaubrys, A. Kariniauskas). Premiere: 15 August 1998

12th SEASON 1998/1999
Johann Strauss ballet The Blue Danube (S. Domarkas, J. Smoriginas, A. Janulionienė, V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė). Premiere: 31 December 1998
Emmerich Kálmán operetta Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (D. Zlotnikas, R. Sasnauskaitė, A. Kariniauskas, G. Riškutė-Kariniauskienė). Premiere: 29 May 1999

2nd International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Ballet Romeo and Juliet after the music by Hector Berlioz (S. Domarkas, J. Smoriginas, V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė). Premiere: 1 August 1999
Otto Nicolai opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (S. Domarkas, N. Petrokas, F. Klein (Austrija), G. K. Rameikaitė). Premiere: 7 August 1999
Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate (V. Konstantinovas, J. Smoriginas, I. Noviks (Latvija), G. K. Rameikaitė). Premiere: 15 August 1999

13th SEASON 1999/2000
Algimantas Bražinskas musical Chatterers (S. Domarkas, R. Kaubrys, I. Noviks (Latvija), G. K. Rameikaitė). Premiere: 31 December 1999

3rd International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Jerry Bock musical Fiddler on the Roof (S. Domarkas, J. Szurmiej (Poland), W. Jankowiak (Poland), M. Hubka (Poland). Premiere: 1 August 2000
Concert performance of Sergei Rachmaninov's opera Francesca da Rimini (A. J. Lukoševičius, V. Konstantinovas)
Premiere: 16 August 2000
Concert performance of Stanisław Moniuszko's opera Halka (S. Domarkas, V. Konstantinovas)
Premiere: 19 August 2000

14th SEASON 2000/2001

Ballet for children The Tales of an Old Park to the music by Oskar Nedbal (J. Smoriginas, G. Riškutė-Kariniauskienė)
Premiere: 4 February 2001
Viktoras Kuprevičius musical fairy-tale Puss in Boots (D. Zlotnikas, R. Sasanauskaitė, A. Kariniauskas, G. K. Rameikaitė)
Premiere: 12 May 2001

4th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Isaak Dunayevsky operetta The Free Wind (S. Domarkas, N. Petrokas, I. Noviks (Latvia), V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė)
Premiere: 22 August 2001

15th SEASON 2001/2002
Vladimiras Konstantinovas musical fairy-tale for children The Glass Tale (R. Kaubrys, A. Janulionienė)
Premiere: 24 December 2001
Kurt Weill The Threepenny Opera (J. Aleksa, M. Pitrėnas, J. Vaitkus, L. Stašinskaitė)
Premiere: 31 December 2001
Vladimiras Konstantinovas musical fairy-tale for children A Hundred Kisses from the Princess (R. Kaubrys, A. Janulionienė)
Premiere: 14 April 2002

5th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Audronė Žigaitytė opera Žilvinas and Eglė (S. Domarkas, R. Kaubrys, S. Kanaverskytė)
Premiere: 24 August 2002

16th SEASON 2002/2003
Dance performance A Ballet Card of Chaplin and Dolskis to Walter Mnatsakanov's suite Chapliniana and songs by Danielius Dolskis (A. J. Lukoševičius, L. Beiris (Latvia), I. Noviks (Latvia), V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė)
Premiere: 9 November 2002
Emmerich Kálmán operetta Gräfin Mariza (S. Domarkas, N. Petrokas, F. Klein (Austria), V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė)
Premiere: 31 December 2002

6th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata (I. H. Lapinsch, E. Domarkas, L. Truikys)
Premiere: 9 August 2003
Giuseppe Verdi opera Rigoletto (S. Domarkas, R. Banionis, S. Bocullo)
Premiere: 17 August 2003

17th SEASON 2003/2004

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman musical Mary Poppins (I. H. Lapinsch, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 7 November 2003

Heinrich Strecker Singspiel Ännchen von Tharau (S. Domarkas, M. Kupferblum (Austria), F. Klein (Austria)
Premiere: 31 December 2003
Viktor Lebedev musical O, My Dear Friend (V. Konstantinovas, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 8 May 2004

7th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera Le nozze di Figaro (S. Domarkas, E. Domarkas, S. Kanaverskytė)
Premiere: 7 August 2004

Emmerich Kálmán operetta Die Csárdásfürstin (S. Domarkas, G. Žilys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 21 August 2004

18th SEASON 2004/2005
Benjaminas Gorbulskis opera Mimosa (S. Domarkas, R. Kaubrys, K. Daujotaitė, M. Rubavičiūtė) / Dance performance I'll Pick the Red Rose to the music by Algimantas Raudonikis (S. Domarkas, A. Liškauskas, K. Daujotaitė, M. Rubavičiūtė)
Premiere: 12 February 2005
Igor Morozov ballet for children Doctor Ouchaches (D. Pavilionis, L. Beiris (Latvia), A. Znutina (Latvia)
Premiere: 20 March 2005

8th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Pietro Mascagni opera Cavalleria rusticana (S. Domarkas, E. Domarkas, K. Janulionis, V. Šuklytė)
Premiere: 12 August 2005
Zigmars Liepiņš opera Notre-Dame de Paris (I. H. Lapinsch, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 19 August 2005

19th SEASON 2005/2006

Johann Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus (S. Domarkas, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 25 February 2006

9th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Ballet double bill: Maurice Ravel Bolero / Georges Bizet-Rodion Ščedrin Carmen Suite (J. Smoriginas, R. Bačiš, A. Lorens)
Premiere: 21 July 2006

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi opera La serva padrona (D. Zlotnikas, R. Kaubrys, M. Benetytė, V. Šuklytė)
Premiere: 26 July 2006

20th SEASON 2006/2007

Piotr Tchaikovsky opera Eugene Onegin (I. H. Lapinsch, S. Jačėnas, A. Nekrošius)
Premiere: 19 October 2006
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera Don Giovanni (I. H. Lapinsch, R. Banionis, S. Bocullo)
Premiere: 9 December 2006
Music and dance performance Straussiana to the music by Johann Strauss (I. H. Lapinsch, L. Beiris (Latvia)
Premiere: 15 December 2006
Paul Abraham operetta Ball im Savoy (S. Domarkas, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 21 April 2007

10th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Claudio Monteverdi dramma per musica L'Orfeo (M. Lutz (Germany), J. Vaitkus, G. Makarevičius)
Premiere: 2 August 2007

21st SEASON 2007/2008

Antanas Kučinskas opera for children A Potato Fairy Tale (D. Zlotnikas, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, A. Šimonis ir V. Šuklytė)
Premiere: 24 October 2007

Johann Strauss operetta Wiener Blut (S. Domarkas, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė)
Premiere: 29 April 2008
Vladimiras Konstantinovas opera for children What the Grandpa Does Everything Will Be Alright (V. Konstantinovas, G. Padegimas, B. Ukrinaitė)
Premiere: 31 May 2008

11th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Diptych: Maurice Ravel L'heure espagnole (opera reading) / Manuel de Falla El amor brujo (ballet videoinstallation) (I. H. Lapinsch, R. Kaubrys, D. Augaitis)
Premiere: 9 August 2008
Dance performance Blood Wedding after the play by Frederico García Lorca and to the music by Ástor Piazzolla (J. Smoriginas, I. Ciparytė)
Premiere: 16 August 2008

22nd SEASON 2008/2009
Vidmantas Bartulis opera Aušrinė (V. Konstantinovas, A. Vizgirda, M. Vosyliūtė)
Premiere: 28 November 2008
Musical drama Passion Spree to the music by George Gershwin (V. Lukočius, N. Petrokas, A. Šimonis)
Premiere: 19 December 2008

12th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

„Prarastos sielos“ pagal O. Narbutaitės, A. Martinaičio, G. Puskunigio, L. Lapelytės muziką, šokio miniatiūros (fonograma; R. Alksnytė (Belgija), J.Rimkutė; 08 09)

„Meilė prie jūros“ (08 16), šokio spektaklis: I d. – „Lietuva – mano meilė“ pagal Danieliaus Dolskio dainas (fonograma; Lita Beiris (Latvija), Ivars Noviks (Latvija), V. Leonavičiūtė-Insodienė; 2002-11-09), II d. – „Skinsiu raudoną rožę…“ pagal Algimanto Raudonikio dainas (fonograma; A. Liškauskas, K. Daujotaitė, M. Rubavičiūtė; 2005-02-12)

Virginijus Pupšys „Alsuoti“, trumpos muzikinės istorijos (A. Lebeliūnas, D. Sodeika; 08 13)

23rd SEASON 2009/2010

Claude Debussy „Pelėjas ir Melisanda“, operos skaitymai (I. H. Lapinsch, G. Padegimas, B. Ukrinaitė; 09 01)
Giedrius Kuprevičius „Veronika“, miuziklas (V. Lukočius, J. Vaitkus, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė, A. Šeiko; 09 01)
Jurgis Gaižauskas „Buratinas“, opera vaikams (V. Lukočius, G. Jonušaitė, V. Bardauskaitė; 10 24)
„CzechoBalt“ projektas (autoriai ir atlikėjai: V. Konstantinovas / Genys (Eugenijus Konstantinovas) / CF (Clarinet Factory); 11 18)
Raimonds Pauls „Sesuo Kerė“, miuziklas (fonograma; G. Poļiščuka (Latvija), Aigars Ozolinš (Latvija), Liene Dobraja (Latvija), Alberts Kivlenieks (Latvija); 11 27)
„Spragtukas“, šokio spektaklis pagal Piotro Čaikovskio baleto muziką (fonograma; M. S. Šimulynaitė, S. Biekšaitė; numatyta premjera 2009 12 04 neįvyko, perkelta į 2010 01 16)

2010
Claudio Monteverdi „Popėjos karūnavimas“, muzikinė drama (A. Veismanis (Latvija), J. Vansk (Šveicarija), A. Nekrošius, V. Šuklytė, V. Jašinskienė; 05 08)

13th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
„Nuo flamenko iki džiazo“, šokio spektaklis (fonograma; D. Henry (Didžioji Britanija), B. Molytė-Kulikauskienė, V. Šuklytė; 07 30)

24th SEASON 2010/2011
Audronė Žigaitytė „Frank`Einstainas – XXI amžius“, opera-fantasmagorija (M. Barkauskas, M. S. Šimulynaitė, A. Nekrošius, R. Sakalauskas, G. Zujus; 09 17)

2011
Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick „Smuikininkas ant stogo“, miuziklas (S. Domarkas ir D. Zlotnikas, J. Szurmiej (Lenkija), W. Jankowiak (Lenkija), M. Hubka (Lenkija); 03 19)
Francis Poulenc „Drambliuko Babaro istorija“, muzikinė pasaka (R. Sasnauskaitė, J. Rimkutė; 04 23)
Henry Purcell „Didonė ir Enėjas“, opera (V. Konstantinovas, K. Novikova, L. Liepaitė ir A. Kupšytė; 05 28)

14th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Giacomo Puccini „Sesuo Andželika“, „Džanis Skikis“, vienaveiksmių operų diptikas (D. Pavilionis, Y. Ross (JAV), M. Jacovskis, J. Rimkutė; 08 27)
„Meilės uostas“, vienaveiksmis šokio spektaklis pagal džiazo grupės „The West Coast“ atliekamą muziką (V. Pupšys, J. Milčienė ir A. Liškauskas; 07 31)

25th SEASON 2011/2012

2012
„Sveikas, Čarli!“, vodevilis ir šokio spektaklis ( I dalis – vodevilis, R. Bunikytė; II dalis – šokio spektaklis pagal V. Mnacakanovo (W. Mnatsakanovo) baleto siuitą „Čapliniana“, D. Zlotnikas, L. Beiris (Latvija); 03 03)

15th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Sigitas Geda „Velnio nuotaka“, miuziklas (D. Pavilionis, K. S. Jakštas, K. Daujotaitė; 08 17)

26th SEASON 2012/2013

„Verpalų pasakos“, muzikinė pasaka vaikams (iki 4 metų) pagal klasikines lopšines (R. Bunikytė, R. Valčik; 09 23)
„PILNA‘TIS“, šokio ir muzikos šou (I. Briazkalovaitė ir R. Jankevičius, L. Vanagienė; 09 28)

2013

Zigmars Liepinš „Adata“, muzikinė drama (pagal fonogramą; R. Kaubrys, A. Liškauskas, A. Šimonis, J. Rimkutė; 02 10)

16th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Gaetano Donizetti „Meilės eliksyras“, opera (D. Pavilionis, D. Adamkevičiūtė, M. Vosyliūtė; 08 02)
Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Sigitas Geda „Velnio nuotaka“, miuziklas (D. Pavilionis, K. S. Jakštas, K. Daujotaitė; 08 17)

27th SEASON 2013/2014

Vladimiras Konstantinovas „Neliūdnos varlės neprincas“, muzikinis-teatrinis žaidimas vaikams (A. Dilytė, V. Konstantinovas, Liškauskas, A. Šimonis; 11 10)
„Ekspresas į Naujuosius metus“, teatralizuotas koncertas (D. Pavilionis, R. Kaubrys; 11 30)

2014
„Tinginėlių kaimas“, muzikinė pasaka vaikams pagal Vytauto V. Landsbergio knygą „Tinginių pasakos“ (R. Bunikytė, V. Eidimtaitė; 01 29)
„Altorių šešėly“, šokio spektaklis pagal V. Mykolaičio-Putino romaną „Altorių šešėly“, su fonograma (A. Liškauskas, R. Kaubrys, I. Ciparytė; 03 20)

17th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Emmerich (Imre) Kalman „Misteris X“ (Cirko princesė), operetė (S. Domarkas, R. Bunikytė, M. Jacovskis, A. Jacovskytė; 08 22)

28th SEASON 2014/2015
Antanas Kučinskas „Makaronų opera“, opera vaikams (D. Pavilionis, R. Kaubrys, A. Šimonis, A. Šimonis ir V. Šuklytė; 11 09)

2015
Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows „Kaip prasisukti versle be didelio vargo“, miuziklas (M. Kadin, V. Malinauskas, M. Jacovskis, J. Rimkutė; 04 11)
Dan Goggin „Šounuolynas“, muzikinė komedija (J. Staniunas (JAV), V. Konstantinovas, M. Jacovskis, J. Staniunas (JAV); 06.12)

18th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

„Divizija“, šokio spektaklis pagal A. Daugėlos romaną „Divizija“ (A. Liškauskas, R. Kaubrys, I. Ciparytė; 07 30)

29th SEASON 2015/2016

2016
Frank Wildhorn „Boni ir Klaidas“, miuziklas (R. Bunikytė, V. Konstantinovas, R. Valčik, G. Ivanauskas; 04 15)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi „Livjeta ir Trakolas“, opera (D. Zlotnikas, R. Kaubrys, V. Šuklytė, T. Baužas; 05 19)

19th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival
Giacomo Puccini „Bohema“, opera (T. Ambrozaitis, D. Ibelhauptaitė, J. Statkevičius, D. Bird (Jungtinė Karalystė; 08 05)

30th SEASON 2016/2017

„Pasaka be pavadinimo“, muzikinis spektaklis vaikams (E. Miškinytė, J. Pancerova; 09 25)
Piotr Tchaikovsky „Jolanta“, opera (A. Khaindrava, R. Banionis, D. Petrulytė; 11 24)

2017
Adolphe Adam „Žizel“, šokio spektaklis (T.Ambrozaitis, D.Bakėjus, M.Černeckas, L.Songailaitė, 04 29)
Ritos Mačiliūnaitės „Į švyturį“, opera (L.Vaskova, V.Valys, O.Niktina, 05 12)
Domenico Scarlatti „Dirindina“ opera (su Klaipėdos universiteto studentais, 05 13)
„Kalbantis bokštas“, vertikalaus šokio spektaklis (R.Bunikytė, I.Briazkalovaitė, 06 10)

20th International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Ruggero Leoncavallo „Pajacai“, opera (D.Ibelhauptaitė, T.Ambrozaitis, J.Statkevičius, D.Bird, 08 03)
Radion Ščedrin „Karmen“, šokio spektaklis (M.Pitrėnas, A.Krasauskaitė, S.Šimkūnaitė, 08 11)
„Ispaniškoji sarsuela“, koncertas (Ispaniškos operetės teatralizuotas koncertas, V.Prudnikovas, M.Černeckas, V.Šuklytė, 08 12)

31st SEASON 2017/2018

John Kander „Čikaga“, miuziklas (R.Bunikytė, D.Barnes, R.Valčik, I.Briazkalovaitė, 12 7)

2018

Giedriaus Kuprevičiaus „Prūsai“, opera (G.Šeduikis, T.Ambrozaitis, S.Šimkūnaitė, A.Liškauskas, 02 17)

Tomaso Albinoni „Vespeta ir Pimpinonė“, opera (Klaipėdos universiteto studentais, R.Kaubrys, C.Longo, T.Baužas, V.Šuklytė, 05 27)

21st International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Leonard Bernstein „Kandidas“, operetė (J.Sodytė, M.Staškus, V.Šuklytė, 08 03)

Mikis Theodorakis Zorba the Greek, a dance performance in two acts (choreographer Lorca Massine, music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, set designer Sigita Šimkūnaitė, costume designer Sandra Straukaitė, lighting designer Eugenijus Sabaliauskas). Premiere: 10 August 2018

32nd SEASON 2018/2019

Antanas Kučinskas Star Opera, an opera in 2 acts for children (music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, director Ramūnas Kaubrys, set designer Artūras Šimonis, costume designer Vilija Šuklytė, videographer Donatas Ravaitis, choreographer Aurelijus Liškauskas, choirmaster Vytautas Valys). Premiere: 9 December 2018

Kristijonas Lučinskas The True Story of the Dinosaurs, a dance performance for children (dramaturg Samanta Pinaitytė, choreographer Aušra Krasauskaitė, set and costume designer Liuka Songailaitė, lighting designer Justas Butkus, sound director Jonas Raudonius). Premiere: 2 February 2019

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni, an opera in 2 acts (music director and conductor Joseph Wallnig, director Jonas Vaitkus, set designer Gintaras Makarevičius, costume designer Sandra Straukaitė). Premiere: 17 May 2019

22nd International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Eduardas Balsys Eglė, Queen of the Grass Snakes, a dance performance in 2 acts (choreographer Martynas Rimeikis, music director and conductor Modestas Barkauskas, set designer Marijus Jacovskis, costume designer Elvita Brazdylytė, lighting designer Levas Kleinas). Premiere: 16 August 2019, at the Palanga Concert Hall

33rd SEASON 2019/2020

Eduardas Balsys The Journey to Tilsit, an opera in 2 acts (music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, director Gytis Padegimas, set and costume designer Birutė Ukrinaitė, choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas, choreographer Edita Stundytė). Premiere: 22 November 2019, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

Rasa Zurbaitė-Dikčienė Topsy-turvy, short operas for children (M. Palubinskaitė, V. Valys). Premiere: 11 December 2019

Piotr Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, a dance performance in 2 acts (choreographer Kirill Simonov, music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, set designer Aleksandr Barmenkov, set and costume designer Ekaterina Zlaya, videographer Linartas Urniežis, lighting designer Evgeny Vinogradov). Premiere: 20 December 2019, at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius

23nd International MUSICAL AUGUST AT THE SEASIDE Festival

Richard Wagner Der fliegende Holländer, an opera in 3 acts (performed without breaks) (music director and conductor Modestas Pitrėnas, concept and production director Dalius Abaris, director Gediminas Šeduikis, set designers: Dalius Abaris, Sigita Šimkūnaitė, costume designer Sandra Straukaitė, choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas, choreographer Aurelijus Liškauskas). Premiere: 1 August 2020, at the Klaipėda Shiplift

Long Live Coffee!, a double bill of chamber operas: Johann Sebastian Bach's Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata) and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's La serva padrona (music director Dmitrijus Zlotnikas, director Rūta Bunikytė). Premiere: 5 August 2020, at the Courtyard of the Klaipėda Clock and Watch Museum

34th SEASON 2020/2021

Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld, and operetta in 2 acts (music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, director Rūta Bunikytė, set and costume deigner Renata Valčik, choreographer Inga Briazkalovaitė, lighting designer Eugenijus Sabaliauskas). Premiere: 18 September 2020

Attention! Ballet 2020, a programme of choreographic miniatures (choreographers: Žilvinas Beniuševčius, Oleksandra Borodina, Eiva Dobilaitė, Viktorija Galvanauskienė, Aurelijus Liškauskas, Olga Konošenko, Aušra Krasauskaitė, Roman Semeniuk, Denis Tarasiuk, Daria Verovka; lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis, videographer Linartas Urniežis). Premiere: 22 October 2020

Faust, a dance performance in 2 acts to the music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fryderyk Chopin, and Arvo Pärt
Production team: choreographer Robert Bondara, music director and conductor Modestas Barkauskas, set and costume designer Martyna Kander, lighting designer Karolina Gębska, videographer Jagoda Chalcińska
Televised premiere: 21 November 2021 (premiere at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace postponed to 21 May 2021)

Attention! Ballet 2021, a programme of choreographic miniatures
Production team: choreographers Airisė Gudonytė, Arshak Gyozalyan, Grytė Krstic, Viktorija Galvanauskienė, Daria Verovka, Taurūnas Baužas, Roman Semenenko, Aušra Krasauskaitė; makeup designer and hair stylist Aira Braždienė, videographer Linartas Urniežis, lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis
Premiere: 29 April 2021, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

1st International KLAIPĖDA FESTIVAL

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat Mater / Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, a double bill of dance performances
Production team: choreographer Edward Clug (Slovenia), assistant choreographer Gaj Žmavc (Slovenia), music director for the Stabat Mater Tomas Ambrozaitis, set and costume designer for the Stabat Mater Jordi Roig (Spain), set designer for The Rite of Spring Marko Japelj (Slovenia), costume designer for The Rite of Spring Leo Kulaš (Slovenia), lighting designer Tomaž Premzl (Slovenia).
Premiere: 13 August 2021, at the Klaipėda Shiplift

35th SEASON 2021/2022

Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, a dance performance in 2 acts
Production team: choreographer Kirill Simonov (Russia), music director Robertas Šervenikas, conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, set and costume designer Ekaterina Zlaya (Russia), videographer Linartas Urniežis, lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis
Premiere: 17 September 2021, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

Gaetano Donizetti La fille du régiment, a comic opera in 2 acts, sung in French with spoken dialogues in Lithuanian (translated by Virginijus Pupšys)
Production team: music director and conductor Martynas Staškus, director Jūratė Sodytė, set designer Sigita Šimkūnaitė, costume designer Agnė Kuzmickaitė, lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis, choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas
Premiere: 12 November 2021, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

Antonín Dvořák Rusalka, an opera in 3 acts (2 parts), sung in Lithuanian (libretto translated by Vlada Mikštaitė and Aivaras Mockus)
Production team: music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, director Bernardas Gytis Padegimas, set and costume designer Birutė Ukrinaitė, video designer Linartas Urniežis, lighting designer dailininkas Andrius Stasiulis, choreographer Aušra Krasauskaitė, choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas
Premiere: 25 February 2022, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

Attention! Ballet 2022, a programme of choreographic miniatures
Production team: choreographers: Taurūnas Baužas, Viktorija Galvanauskienė, Airisė Gudonytė, Aušra Krasauskaitė, Yan Malaki, Daria Verovka, Gaj Žmavc; makeup designer and hair stylist Aira Braždienė, lighting designer Andrej Lavrinovič, sound operator Jonas Raudonius
Premiere: 29 April 2022, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

2nd International KLAIPĖDA FESTIVAL

Alvidas Remesa The Legend of Memelburg
An oratorio to mark 770 years since the foundation of Klaipėda
PRODUCTION TEAM: librettist Sigitas Benediktas Jurčys, music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, director Rūta Bunikytė, costume designer Vilija Šuklytė, makeup and hair artist Aira Braždienė, choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas
PREMIERE: 1 August 2022, at the Klaipėda Castle site

36th SEASON 2022/2023

Bronius Kutavičius The Bear
An opera in 2 act, sung in Lithuanian
Libretto by Aušra Marija Sluckaitė-Jurašienė

PRODUCTION TEAM: music director and conductor Martynas Staškus, director Gintaras Varnas, set designer Gintaras Makarevičius, costume designer Dainius Bendikas, lighting designer Vilius Vilutis, choreographer Mantas Stabačinskas, choirmaster Vladimistas Konstantinovas.
PREMIERE: 7 October 2022 10 0, at the Klaipėda Fishermen Palace

Doña Quixote
A triple bill of dance performances to the music by Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Maksym Berezovskyi, Silviija Miliūnaitė and Alessandro Scarlatti

PRODUCTION TEAM: choreographers: Daria Verovka, Yan Malaki, Aušra Krasauskaitė, Gaj Žmavc (Slovenia); set designer Sigita Šimkūnaitė, costume designer Jelena Lebedeva, lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis, music director and conductor Vladimiras Konstantinovas, director Aurelijus Liškauskas.
PREMIERE: 11 November 2022, at the Žvejų Rūmai Klaipėda Cultural Centre

Jurgis Gaižauskas Burattino
educational opera in 2 parts (closing event of the Youth Residency dedicated to the centenary of Jurgis Gaižauskas)

PRODUCTION TEAM: artistic director of the youth residency Tomas Ambrozaitis, music director and conductor Giedrius Vaznys, assistant conductor and choirmaster Vytautas Valys, director Kristupas Biržietis, assistant director Karina Novikova, costume designer Augustė Zukaitė, makeup and hair artist Aira Braždienė, lighting designer Andrej Lavrinovič
PREMIERE: 19 November 2022, at the Culture Factory in Klaipėda

On Dreams and Cacti
Robert Bondara | Alexander Ekman
Dance performances

Hiccup

PRODUCTION TEAM: choreographer, costume and lighting designer Robert Bondara (Poland); assistant choreographer Evgeniia Meissner (Poland); music: Jack Nitzsche, Michał Jacaszek (performed from the recordings)
DANCERS: Yan Malaki, Mykhailo Mordasov

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PRODUCTION TEAM: choreographer, director, costume and lighting designer Robert Bondara (Poland); assistant choreographer Evgeniia Meissner (Poland); music: Amon Tobin (performed from the recording)
DANCERS: soloist Daria Verovka; duet I: Kirstin Ann Zahradnick, Roman Budko; duet II: Oleksandra Borodina, Roman Semenenko

Cacti

PRODUCTION TEAM: choreographer, set and costume designer Alexander Ekman (Sweden); assistant choreographer Ana-Maria Lucaciu (USA / Belgium); music: improvisation for string quartet (performed live); Franz Schubert (performed from the recording); Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven (perormed live); lighting designer Tom Visser (Ireland / The Netherlands); text: Spenser Theberge (USA)
DANCERS: Oleksandra Borodina, Roman Budko, Anna Chekmarova, Seojung Yun, Ksenija Jermakova, Yuliia Kovalenko, Yan Malaki, Mykhailo Mordasov, Tymur Orobchenko, Simon Richard Schuh, Roman Semenenko, Iryna Suslo, Illia Temchenko, Brayan Steven Valencia Sarmiento, Daria Verovka, Kirstin Ann Zahradnick; duet: Anna Chekmarova, Yan Malaki
MUSIC PERFORMERS: Rasa Šimelionytė (1st violin), Alina Karinauskienė (2nd violin), Gintaras Stebuliauskas (viola), Matvej Goldberg (cello)

PREMIERE: 17/03/2023, Žvejų Rūmai Klaipėda Cultural Centre

Klaipėda: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
A programme of choreographic miniatures
To mark the International Dance Day and the 100^th anniversary of the annexation of the Klaipėda Region to Lithuania

PRODUCTION TEAM: choreographers: Kirstin Ann Zahradnick, Viktorija Galvanauskienė, Roman Budko, Daria Verovka, Yuliia Kovalenko, Roman Semenenko, Laura Carolina Figueroa Orduz, Brayan Steven Valencia Sarmiento, Aušra Krasauskaitė; director of theatrical interventions Aurelijus Liškauskas; makeup artist and hairstylist Aira Braždienė; lighting designer Matas Šimonis; production team for dance shorts: art directors – Aurelijus Liškauskas, Jelena Lebedeva; videographer Imantas Boiko; sound track by Kristijonas Lučinskas; assistant choreographers: Oleksandra Borodina, Daria Verovka; costume stylist Ernesta Venckutė; makeup artist and hairstylist Aira Braždienė; coordinator Viktorija Galvanauskienė

PROGRAMME: The song we won’t forget (choreography by Kirstin Ann Zahradnick); Without the right to choose (choreography by Viktorija Gavanauskienė, music by Zack Hemsey); <<459>> (choreography by Roman Budko, music by Dirk Maasen); Born by the sea (choreography by Daria Verovka, music by Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer); So what? (choreography by Yuliia Kovalenko, music by Kevin MacLeod); Mentality (choreography by Daria Verovka, music by Jóhann Jóhannsson); Here’s that rainy day (choreography by Roman Semeneko; music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke); Can’t forget (choreography by Daria Verovka; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto); Por quinta vez (choreography by Laura Carolina Figueroa Orduz and Brayan Steven Valencia Sarmiento; music by Héctor Rivera); Severance (choreography by Roman Semenenko; music by Hildur Guðnadóttir); Intention (choreography by Viktorija Galvanauskienė; music by Zack Hemsey); Next one (choreography by Daria Verovka; music by Max Richter); Pavane (choreography by Aušra Krasauskaitė; music by Giedrius Puskunigis)

PERFORMERS: dancers of the Klaipėda State Music Theatre Ballet Company; Safina Judina (pupil of the “Baleto erdvė” Studio, ballet class of Viktorija Galvanauskienė); Mindaugas Gedvilas (managing director of the “Musangas” Coffee Roasters)

PREMIERE: 29 April 2023 at the Main Auditorium of the Žvejų Rūmai Klaipėda Cultural Centre

3rd KLAIPĖDA FESTIVAL
2023-07-28–08-11

Loreta Narvilaitė, Vladimiras Konstantinovas, Donatas Bielkauskas, Kristijonas Lučinskas
Klaipėda
An opera in 3 acts, sung in Lithuanian (performed without breaks)

LIBRETTO BY Arvydas Juozaitis

PRODUCTION TEAM: music director and conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis, director Gytis Padegimas, set and costume designer Birutė Ukrinaitė, lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis, choreographer Aušra Krasauskaitė, assistant choreographer Darius Berulis, choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas

CAST: Jonas Budrys – Valdas Kazlauskas; Martynas Jankus – Mindaugas Rojus; Ėtmė Simonait – Rita Petrauskaitė; Ėvė Simonait – Ernesta Stankutė; Erdmonas Simonaitis – Šarūnas Šapalas; Ernestas Galvanauskas – Aurimas Raulinavičius; Vilius Gaigalaitis – Šarūnas Juškevičius; Gabrielis Žanas Petisnė – Giedrius Gečys; Petisnė moteris – Beata Ignatavičiūtė; Elzė Jankutė – Rosana Štemanetian; Katrė – Judita Butkytė-Komovienė; Vincas Krėvė – Kęstutis Nevulis; Vydūnas / Military volunteer – Martynas Stankevičius; Mikas Bajoras – Virginijus Pupšys; Steponas Darius – Gytis Šimelionis; Petisné’s adjutant – Valerij Gončarov; Ännchen – Yuliia Kovalenko; Prussian Lithuanian spirit – Vaida Galinskienė

PREMJERA: 4 August 2023 at the Klaipėda Shiplift

Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
A videographic performance

PRODUCTION TEAM: music director and conductor Robertas Šervenikas; director Dalius Abaris; assistant director Rūta Bunikytė; set designer Sigita Šimkūnaitė; costume designer Sandra Straukaitė; video artist Martynas Norvaišas; lighting designer Andrius Stasiulis; choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinovas

CAST: soloists: Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano), Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor), Modestas Sedlevičius (baritone); Kaunas State Choir, Klaipėda State Music Theatre Choir, Orchestra and Ballet Company; orchestras soloists: Anita Barlote (flute), Petras Kuraitis (oboe), Kęstutis Taujanskas (bassoon), Petr Evchenko (piano), Carmelo Giuseppe Longo (piano), Wladimir Sudnowski (timpani)

PREMJERA: 11 August 2023 at the Klaipėda Shiplift

37th SEASON 2023/2024

Gaetano Donizetti
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
A comic opera in 2 acts (chamber version)

LIBRETTO by Felice Romani after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber’s opera Le philtre (1831)
PRODUCTION TEAM: music director and conductor Carmelo Giuseppe Longo; assistant conductor Vytautas Valys; director and set designer Karina Novikova; costume designer Augustė Zukaitė; makeup designer and wig maker Aira Braždienė; choreographer Daria Verovka; lighting designer Andrej Lavrinovič
CAST: Nemorino – Giedrius Gečys, Tadas Jakas; Adina* – Gabrielė Jevsejevaitė (singing part), Daria Verovka (acting part); Belcore – Farshad Abbasabadi, Martynas Stankevičius; Dr. Dulcamara – Evert Sooster, Šarūnas Šapalas, Vilius Trakys; Giannetta – Judita Butkytė, Emilia Janina Kozłowska; A notary (silent role) – Emilis Valys; Girls: Loreta Bizauskė, Lina Čarienė, Lina Lukauskienė, Dina Mataitienė, Ernesta Stankutė, Vitalija Trinkė; Soldiers (silent roles): Roman Budko, Šarūnas Juškevičius, Mantas Meškauskas, Gytis Šimelionis, Jonas Tomkevičius, Germanas Urbonavičius, Brayan Steven Valencia Sarmiento, Vytautas Valys Jr.; chamber group of the Klaipėda State Music Theatre Symphony Orchestra
PREMIERE: 2 December 2023, at the Žvejų Rūmai Klaipėda Cultural Centre, Theatre Auditorium

* Due to indisposition of two scheduled singers for the part of Adina, the role was split between the singer performing behind the stage (house debut by the student of the Master’s degree singing programme at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre) and the actress performing on stage (played by the choreographer).

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