The premiere of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera Mazeppa will take place at the Latvian National Opera on January 28.

Conductor of the new production is Modestas Pitrenas, Stage Director – Ozren Prohic, Set Designers – Branko Lepen and Ozren Prohic, Costume Designer – Petra Dancevic. The cast of Mazeppa includes Edem Umerov, Ivan Ponomarenko, Krišjānis Norvelis, Ramaz Chikviladze, Yulianna Bawarska, Aira Rūrāne, Mikhail  Makarov, Alexey Kosarev and others.

Mazeppa,based on Alexander Pushkin's poem Poltava, is a bloodthirsty tale of crazed love, the ultimate lust for power, political intrigues, dreadful crimes and merciless executions. At the centre of the historical and personal drama are – the Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks Ivan Mazeppa, a very prosperous nobleman Kochubey and his daughter Mariya. In the fight with Mazeppa, Kochubey stands to lose everything: his friends, daughter, riches, honour and life... The laconic production was staged by Ozren Prohic, one of the leading Croatian directors. His previous works include innovative drama and opera directions in European theatres.