As always, the Riga Opera Festival offers audiences the opportunity to hear both beloved local soloists and visiting international stars, as well as enjoy the most beautiful opera melodies at the Gala Concert! 

At the Riga Opera Festival Gala Concert on June 21, the beautiful melodies of Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti and other composers will be interpreted by guest soloists - the notable Turkish tenor Murat Karahan and the Operalia competition CulturArte Prize winner, tenor Arnold Rutkowski from Poland. They will be joined by the outstanding Latvian bass-baritone Egils Siliņš, soloists of the Latvian National Opera – Inga Šļubovska, Julija Vasiljeva, Raimonds Bramanis and Jānis Apeinis, as well as the Latvian National Opera Orchestra and Chorus under that baton of Mārtiņš Ozoliņš.