{"id":7139,"date":"2025-04-02T15:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T13:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/festivals\/vii-international-operetta-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:00:31","slug":"vii-starptautiskas-operetes-festivals","status":"publish","type":"festivals","link":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/festivals\/vii-starptautiskas-operetes-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"VII International Operetta Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>7th International Operetta Festival in Ik\u0161\u0137il\u0117<\/strong> offers a magnificent and versatile programme combining the classical operetta tradition with innovative jazz elements. This year, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy three wonderful events &#8211; a musical prelude with young talents, a concert by the internationally acclaimed Peter Sarik Jazz Trio and a magnificent GAL\u0100 Concert with artists from four countries. <\/p>\n\n<p>Special guest of the festival &#8211; Peter Sarik Trio from Hungary &#8211; one of the leading jazz ensembles in Europe, twice winner of the Hungarian Grammy Award. The Trio&#8217;s concerts are characterised by their unique ability to combine classical music with jazz improvisation, creating an exciting musical journey that appeals to both seasoned jazz aficionados and listeners just discovering the genre. <\/p>\n\n<p>The festival will culminate in the spectacular GAL\u0100 Concert at the Ik\u0161\u0137ile Open-Air Stage, featuring soloists from the Budapest, Kaunas, Zurich and Latvian Operetta Theatres, creating an unforgettable international musical celebration. After the concert, a romantic Waltz evening under the stars. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Festival programme:<br\/><br\/>Sunday, 10 AUGUST 16.00   <\/strong>Ik\u0161\u0137ile St.Meinards Ev.lut.church<br\/><strong>FESTIVAL PRELUDE Concert<\/strong> (free admission)<br\/>Young musicians<br\/><br\/><strong>Friday, 15 AUGUST Entrance from 19.00   <\/strong>Ik\u0161\u0137iles Tautas nam\u0101, Centra laukums 2, Ik\u0161\u0137ile<br\/>arrival from 19.00 CAFE MUSICAL | music and tasting<br\/><strong>20.00 JAZZ TRANSFORMATIONS \u01c0 PETER SARIK JAZZ TRIO (Hungary)| concert<\/strong><br\/>Programme Jazz improvisations of Johann Sebastian Bach, B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Peter Sarik, Imre K\u00e1lm\u00e1n and other melodies.<br\/><br\/><strong>Saturday, 16 August   <\/strong>Ik\u0161\u0137ile open-air stage<br\/>entrance from 18.00 CAFE MUSICAL | music by young musicians<br\/><strong>20.00 GAL\u0100 Concert and Waltz Evening<\/strong><br\/>Budapest State Operetta Theatre (Hungary),<br\/>Kaunas State Musical Theatre (Lithuania),<br\/>Zurich Opertheater (Switzerland),<br\/>Operetta Theatre (Latvia) soloists,<br\/>dancers and symphony orchestra<br\/>conductor Atvars Lakst\u012bgala<br\/><strong>23.00 Waltz Night<\/strong> I everyone dances<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5552,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7139","festivals","type-festivals","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivals\/7139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivals"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/festivals"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}