{"id":6983,"date":"2025-04-02T19:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/marina-zirdzina-international-vocal-competition-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:16:24","slug":"marina-zirdzina-international-vocal-competition-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/marina-zirdzina-international-vocal-competition-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina Zirdzi\u0146a International Vocal Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6983\" class=\"elementor elementor-6983 elementor-2794\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-414d200 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"414d200\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2584d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2584d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marina Zirdzi\u0146a\n\nInternational<br \/>Vocal Competition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a351c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a351c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27304bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27304bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aadf8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1aadf8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-599778b e-n-tabs-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"599778b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;stretch&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll_mobile&quot;:&quot;enable&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"93943691\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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It will celebrate the brilliant personality of the operetta diva Marina Zirdzi\u0146a, bringing to life her characteristic artistic and professional qualities. The competition will be held for the first time and young vocalists from all over the world are invited to participate. <\/p>\n<p>The competition will be held in two rounds and will be judged by an international jury. In order to participate in the competition, the participant (hereinafter referred to as &#8220;the participant&#8221;) has an extension until 2025.  15th of The application form must be sent by June. The first round will take place online. In the second round, participants will perform with the Operetta Theatre Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gregory Buchalter (USA) at the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music&#8217;s Great Hall.  <\/p>\n<h3>Aim of the competition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>to present the diversity of quality operetta and musical theatre genres and to identify and highlight talented young vocal performing artists in musical theatre disciplines internationally in the Baltics and worldwide;<\/li>\n<li>to identify and highlight talented young vocalists and performing artists in musical theatre disciplines internationally in the Baltics and worldwide;<\/li>\n<li>to promote the professional interest of young performing artists in the operetta genre;<\/li>\n<li>to motivate the development of vocal talent in all professional disciplines of the operetta genre;<\/li>\n<li>to support and promote young performers in the operetta and musical theatre genre;<\/li>\n<li>to enrich and diversify the Latvia the culture landscape with excellence in operetta and musical theatre;<\/li>\n<li>to promote the individual professional development of young performing artists;<\/li>\n<li>to foster Latvia&#8217;s inclusion in the international musical theatre art scene.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Performance genres<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>classical operetta<\/li>\n<li>all musical theatre genres<\/li>\n<li>musical<\/li>\n<li>opera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>In order to participate in the competition, the participant (hereinafter referred to as &#8220;the participant&#8221;) has until 2025. 15th of By 23:59 on 23 June, you must complete and send the application form:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Completed application;<\/li>\n<li>Hyperlink Youtube.com to a video recording of not more than 10 minutes total duration. The video recording may be made with any type of camera (including a camera built into a phone), but must be in one piece, unedited and of professional quality, clear and understandable both visually and audibly. The video title must include the participant&#8217;s name, age (optional), the country represented, the name of the composer, the exact full title of the piece in the original language and the name of the accompanist. The quality of the video is the responsibility of the submitter;   <\/li>\n<li>A photo for publicity (by submitting this photo, the contestant agrees to its publication);<\/li>\n<li>Creative biography (CV) for publicity;<\/li>\n<li>Copy of passport;<\/li>\n<li>Sheet music of the selected program;<\/li>\n<li>Bank payment order for the entry fee. The payment order must contain the following information: Marina Zirdzina International Vocal Competition 2025 entry fee. The payment order must include the following information: the entry fee for the Marina Zirdzina International Vocal Competition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Participation fee<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Per person \u20ac 90.<\/li>\n<li>For a student or disabled person \u20ac60 (attach proof).<\/li>\n<li>Participating in multiple categories is \u20ac110.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Payment details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>OPERETES TE\u0100TRIS, SIA<\/li>\n<li>Reg. no.: 50203005201 <\/li>\n<li>Bank: a\/s Swedbank<\/li>\n<li>BIC\/S.W.I.F.T.: HABALV22<\/li>\n<li>Account no.: LV56HABA0551058320744<\/li>\n<li>Purpose of payment: Participation fee for the Marina Zirdzina International Vocal Competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>The results of Round I will be announced after 25 June 2025 on the competition website  <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Contestants selected for the 2nd Round will be sent information about the 2nd Round, a rehearsal schedule with the orchestra and the sheet music for the final song, which will be sung together at the Finalist\u2019s GALA Concert on August 12.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ROUND II will take place on August 12, 2025 at 12:00 Great Hall J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music, Kr. Barona iela 1, Riga, LV1050 and will be open to public.    <\/strong>The accompaniment will be performed by pianist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awards announcement, AWARDS CEREMONY &amp; FINALIS\u2019S GALA CONCERT accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Operetta Theatre conducted by Gregory Bukhalter (USA), will take place on  August 12, 2025 at 19:00 at the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music, Great Hall<\/strong> and <i>will be open to public.<\/i> \n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\">The special guest of the GALA concert is Inga \u0160\u013cubovska &#8211; Kanc\u0113vi\u010da (soprano), a leading soloist of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet.<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The jury determines the participants and the programme of the concert.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Main guardian: <\/strong>the family of Marina Zirdzi\u0146a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main auspices: <\/strong>Marina Zirdzi\u0146a\u2019s family <br \/><strong>Organizer:<\/strong> Operetta Theatre (Latvia)<br \/><strong>Partners: <\/strong>J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music, Operetta and Musical Theatre Association.<\/p>\n<p>Co-funded by: the European Union, NDP of Latvia and Altum, Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation, VIVAT Future Charity Fondation, Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (BAFF). <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/konkurss-logo-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/konkurss-logo-2.webp 1920w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/konkurss-logo-2-300x33.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/konkurss-logo-2-1024x112.webp 1024w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/konkurss-logo-2-768x84.webp 768w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/konkurss-logo-2-1536x168.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-939436912\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"marina-zirdzina\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-f7f115e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7f115e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6967b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6967b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48bb5a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48bb5a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-11-00-10.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7434\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-11-00-10.webp 249w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-11-00-10-227x300.webp 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Heli Veskus<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92dce3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b92dce3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c5c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0c5c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Marina Zirdzi\u0146a<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd5504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bd5504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe path taken by the Riga Operetta Theatre would not have had the colour and brightness of talent without the personality of Marina Zirdzi\u0146a (27.06.1912 &#8211; 08.11.1990), without her working temperament, without her amazing endurance,\u201d is how the musical theatre critic Vija Briede describes the artist&#8217;s path. <br \/><br \/>Twenty-five years at the Musical Comedy Theatre, a wide variety of roles and a responsible attitude to work&#8230; Marina Zirdzi\u0146a&#8217;s biography is not short of bright and creative pages. By highlighting the peaks of Latvian cultural history &#8211; in the field of operetta, Marina Zirdzi\u0146a is undeniably such a person &#8211; and by promoting the qualitative, modern development of the genre, the competition will honour the brilliant personality of the operetta diva and bring to life the qualities that characterised the great artist.  <\/p><p>\u201cHer characters had musical and acting intelligence, the ability to transform into new roles, expressing a wide range of experiences of the female soul, which was always precisely subject to the laws of the seemingly light genre,\u201d is how Vija Briede describes Marina Zirdzi\u0146a.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd5394b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd5394b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae63ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ae63ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad77f83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad77f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Short biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12fbed8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12fbed8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The outstanding Latvian performing artist Marina Zirdzi\u0146a (born Marianna Rasna\u010da) was born on 27 June 1912 in Riga into a Polish family. Her mother was Tekla (born K\u0146azevi\u010da), her father was Stanis\u0142aw Rasna\u010ds, and she had an older sister Hedwiga. At home, the family speaks Polish, sings a lot, also triple-voice. Marina learned Latvian and Russian easily, which later came in handy when she worked as a soloist in both Latvian and Russian troupes of Musical Comedy Theatre and later Operetta Theatre. Marina has been doing artistic gymnastics since childhood and is a good swimmer and figure skater. As her mother was raising her two daughters alone, Marina started working early &#8211; first in a perfume shop, and later in a knitwear factory <em>Zvaigzne<\/em>.       <\/p><p>1931. In 1931, at the age of 19, Marina wins the title of the most beautiful woman in Riga, winning a competition and receiving a gold watch as a prize. Later, Marina takes part in a beauty contest for Latvian working girls, where she also wins first prize and the title <em>Miss Working Maiden<\/em>. <\/p><p>1936. In 1936 Marina started singing in Theodor Reiter&#8217;s choir, and music became an important part of her life. While singing in this famous and highly professional choir as soloist, Marina Zirdzi\u0146a attended singing lessons with the opera singer Herta Luce, who recognised her pupil as very gifted and introduced her to the basics of vocal technique, teaching her how to manage the vocal material. <\/p><p>Marina has been married for a short time to Arturs Rieksti\u0146\u0161. During the German occupation, Marina becomes involved in the Volkstheater, where she meets the young actor Vsevolods Zirdzi\u0146\u0161 and soon becomes Marina Zirdzi\u0146a. For more than 25 years, she was known by this name not only to Latvian audiences, but also to operetta lovers in many cities of the Soviet Union. In 1943, his son Vitaly is born. He trained as an orthopaedic traumatologist, became a faculty member &#8211; dean, associate professor at the Latvian Institute of Medicine and later at Riga Stradins University.   1943. After the war, the Musical Comedy Theatre was founded in Riga, where both Marina and Vsevolods Zirdzi\u0146\u0161 were hired as soloists. There is work, there is success, but Marina Zirdzi\u0146a always emphasises that it was in the Reiter Choir that she gained the most preparatory stage training. After the passing of Theodors Reiters, Marina Zirdzi\u0146a, now a Meritorious Performing Artist (in the Soviet Union, when the Iron Curtain excluded international career opportunities, this was the highest award given to outstanding artists of the Latvian SSR), admits that performing with the choir he directed was one of the most significant events in her professional development as a singer. At that time, she could be called the prima donna of the Operetta Theatre &#8211; she sang the leading roles in almost all operettas, and she had the poise and aristocracy of a true lady. Rosmarie and Wanda in Friml and Stothart&#8217;s <em>Rosmarie<\/em>, Sylva in <em>K\u00e1lm\u00e1n&#8217;s Queen of the Chardash<\/em>, Rosalinde in <em>Strauss&#8217;s Die Fledermaus<\/em>, Ninon in K\u00e1lm\u00e1n&#8217;s Die Fledermaus, Hannah in Leh\u00e1r&#8217;s <em>The Merry Widow<\/em>, Clivia in Dostal&#8217;s <em>Clivia<\/em>, Miss Higgins in <em>Low&#8217;s My Fair Lady<\/em>, some character roles in operettas by Latvian composers &#8211; Kirst in Arv\u012bds \u017dilinskis&#8217; <em>The Amber Coast Boys<\/em>, Mrs Baumanis in Gun\u0101rs Ordelovskis&#8217; <em>The Swimming Susanna<\/em>. The last role of Marina Zirdzi\u0146a was Dolly in Herman&#8217;s operetta Hallo, Dollij! in 1969. At the beginning of the 1970s, the singer, in perfect form and at the height of her fame, left the stage, but continued to give concerts as she had done throughout her life on the stages of many, many Concert Halls in her homeland.         70. .<\/p><p>Relatives say that Marina was a real family person, a wonderful hostess, an always interesting interlocutor and a dear grandmother to her grandchildren. Joy of life, sense of humour, love for her family, clear understanding of friendship, very conscientious attitude to work, open intolerance of lies and double-dealing, faith in the freedom of Latvia &#8211; this is how Vit\u0101lijs describes his mother. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50091eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50091eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5a17e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb5a17e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-mis-m-19-gadi.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7438\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Marina Zirdzi\u0146a, 1931 <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1276b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1276b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/screenshot-2025-03-19-at-16-02-50.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7442\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the operetta \u201cHawaiian Flower\u201d as Princess Laia<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad1b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fad1b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/screenshot-2025-03-19-at-21-39-18.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7444\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Rosalinde in \u201cThe Bat\u201d was the role of a lifetime for Marina Zirdzi\u0146a<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85f8011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85f8011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/screenshot-2025-03-18-at-11-00-43.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7440\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">How not to be excited about Hanna Glawari? 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data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Deividas Staponkus<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fb07d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"68fb07d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\"><p>Deividas Staponkus graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre where he earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees and successfully completed postgraduate studies in Art. The aspiring performer excelled his vocal skills with Professor Eduardas Kaniava and continued to master chamber singing in the class of Lithuanian soprano Sigut\u0117 Stonyt\u0117.  2003.-2004. In 2003-2004, Deividas Staponkus followed an internship programme at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT) with Professor Virgilijus Noreika, acclaimed Lithuanian tenor.<\/p>\n<p>Deividas Staponkus is a laureate of several international competitions. Since 2004, he has been a guest opera soloist at the LNOBT. Apart from Lithuania, soloist Deividas Staponkus has performed in Armenia, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, the Czech Republic, the USA, Italy, Israel, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Georgia, Finland, Hungary, and Germany.   <\/p>\n<p>The singer has led numerous master classes in vocal performance such as, among others, at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, Germany (2008); Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, Germany (2010); the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music, Latvia (2015); the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Czech Republic (2016); Jan\u00e1\u010dek Academy Performing Arts in Brno, Czech Republic (2016), the Tchaikovsky School of Music and Art in Kaliningrad, Russia (2014, 2018); College of Music in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (2019); and the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2019). Besides, in 2018-2019, baritone Deividas Staponkus led singing master classes at the international summer opera course <em>Oper Oder-Spree<\/em> (Germany); in 2020, he ran master classes in the <em>Qara Qarayev<\/em> Central School of Arts in Baku (Azerbaijan) and the Batumi Art Teaching University (Georgia). Staponkus is Dean of the LMTA Music Faculty and Professor at the Department of Vocal Performance in Vocal Performance and Chamber Singing. Since 2020, Deividas Staponkus has worked as a vocal coach with the soloists of the Klaip\u0117da State Music Theatre.      <\/p>\n<p>Professor Deividas Staponkus is often invited to act as a member of evaluation committees at international singing competitions. He is also a dedicated teacher: his students are among winners of various international events and successfully perform at the LNOBT, Milan La Scala (Italy), Teatro Filarmonico di Verona (Italy), Teatro Pergolesi (Italy), Staatstheater Karlsruhe (Germany), Theater Baden Baden (Germany), Kammeroper M\u00fcnchen (Germany), Theater Koblenz (Germany), Anhaltisches Theater Dessau (Germany), Theater St. Gallen (Switzerland), and Nederlandse Reisopera (Netherlands). \u200b <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-6983\" data-post-id=\"6983\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"7655\" class=\"elementor elementor-7655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08250c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08250c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f5699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-image\" data-id=\"31f5699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/screenshot-2025-04-08-at-11-00-24-r6q349f3xrw9asz1bqc5qv7gy3dxixenjlipw5wbuo.webp\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__img attachment-640x640x1x1 size-640x640x1x1\" alt=\"Heli Veskus\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd85954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd85954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8061205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8061205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Heli Veskus<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fb07d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"68fb07d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\"><p>Heli Veskus studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Sibelius Academy. The Estonian soprano was a 1998 finalist at the Estonian <em>Con Brio<\/em> festival and competition for young musicians, and also a recipient of such prizes as the Harjumaa County Theatre Prize (2003), the annual Estonian Theatre Union Music Award (2004) and the Georg Ots Award (2008), Annual Award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment for the Performing Arts (2008) for high artistic achievements by the soloists and conductor Aile Asszonyi , Heli Veskus, Oliver Kuusik , Liisi Kasen\u00f5mm , Heldur Harry P\u00f5ld, Hanna-Liisa Kappel and Lauri Sirp of Benjamin Britten's opera    <em>The Turn of the Screw.<\/em>She was awarded the Estonian Theatre Music Award (2016) and the SEB Audience Award (2016), Estonian Theatre Union Music Award (2017), as well as a scholarship from the Estonian Richard Wagner Society (2005).<\/p>\n<p>H. Veskus is the principal soloist of the Estonian National Opera. Since 1999. Since her debut with the opera company as Donna Elvira ( <em>Don Juan) in 1999,<\/em> she has sung such roles as Fiordiligi ( <em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>), Agate ( <em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em>), Helmvige ( <em>Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em>), Mikaela ( <em>Carmen),<\/em> Mim\u00ec ( <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>), Tatiana ( <em>Eugene Onegin),<\/em> Amelia ( <em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>), Antonia ( <em>The Tales of Hoffmann<\/em>), Desdemona ( <em>Othello),<\/em> as well as Isolde ( <em>Tristan und Isolde),<\/em> Elisabeth\/Venus ( <em>Tannh\u00e4user<\/em>), Leonora ( <em>Il trovatore<\/em>), Grosa<em>( The Turn of the Screw<\/em>) and the leading roles in Yuri Reiner's operas <em>Il Trovatore,<\/em> <em>Manon Lescaut<\/em> and <em>Tosca. <\/em>With her outstanding and colourful voice, she has launched an international career.  <\/p>\n<p>As a soloist, Veskus was a guest at the opening of the 20th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, where she performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Her concert works include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Messa in C major and <em>Missa Solemnis<\/em>, Mozart's <em>Requiem<\/em>, Max Bruch's <em>Mozus,<\/em> Wagner's <em>Vesendonk Lieder,<\/em> Berg's <em>Sieben Fr\u00fche Lieder<\/em> and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k's <em>Requiem,<\/em> Schubert's Messa in C major and G major, Orff's <em>Carmina burana<\/em> and others, as well as numerous performances abroad, including at the Finnish National Opera, Latvian National Opera, Lithuanian National Opera, Helikon Opera Theatre in Moscow, Opera Cava Festival in Nilsi\u00e4s, Finland, Penderecki Festival in Warsaw, Birgitta Festival and several times at the Saaremaa Opera Days. Veskus is a regular performer at the Dalhalla, Tallinn \/ Reval, Tartu theatres, in concerts in Chicago, Juuru, Lakewood, Ottawa, Suure-Jaani, Tallinn \/ Reval, Tolland, Toronto. Veskus is also passionate about solo programmes.    <br \/>Since 2003 she has also been teaching classical singing at the Georg Ott Tallinn Music School and since 2006 she has been teaching singing at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. She has also appeared in Vanemuine Musical Theatre productions, as a chamber singer (including in Lied concerts with Jaanik Rands-Sirba and Pippa Lassmann). <br \/><br \/>She has also performed roles in operettas: K\u00fcnnecke's operetta <em>Cousin of Dingsda<\/em>, Hanna Glavari in Leh\u00e1r's operetta <em>The Merry Widow<\/em>, Annina Strauss in <em>Night in Venice<\/em> and Franziska Cagliari in the operetta <em>Wiener blood<\/em>.    <\/p>\n<p>She has recorded albums: Barbara von Thyssenhuysen: opera (DVD, 2005), Estonia National Opera - 100 (CD, 2006), Estonia Opera Voices (CD+DVD, 2009).<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-6983\" data-post-id=\"6983\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"7655\" class=\"elementor elementor-7655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08250c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08250c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f5699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-image\" data-id=\"31f5699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img-12-r6q35svl5006bsqhbwb5bz7nztsl52itf80d7hm3nk.webp\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__img attachment-640x640x1x1 size-640x640x1x1\" alt=\"img-12\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd85954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd85954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8061205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8061205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Sonora Vaice<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fb07d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"68fb07d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\"><p>Opera diva, soprano Sonora Vaice is one of Latvia's leading soloists, a laureate of several international vocal competitions. She has been awarded the highest music award in Latvia - the Grand Music Award in the category of <em>Best Soloist<\/em> in the year for three times. She has also been selected as the best soloist of the Latvian National Opera (LNOB) in the evaluation of the LNOB Foundation in 2019. She has received a special award from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia for her roles in C. Gounod in <em>Faust<\/em> and O. Golijov in <em>Ainadamar<\/em>. She has won the <em>Aldaris<\/em> Award as the best vocalist, the <em>Theatre Award 97 as the best singer<\/em>, the <em>Grand Prix<\/em> in various international competitions. As a result of a serious selection process, she won the right to work with grand master <em>Graham Vick<\/em>. The opera diva has received the Order of the Three Stars, which is the highest Latvian state medal awarded for special merits for the Fatherland. Sonora Vaice's duo of multimedia mono operas as director and soloist, Gian Carlo Menotti's The Telephoneand Francis Poulenc's The Human Voice staged at the Latvian Operetta Theatre, has also been awarded the Grand Music Award in the category of Production of the Year 2021. And <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/lv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvijas_valsts_apbalvojumi\" target=\"Latvijas valsts apbalvojumi\" rel=\"noopener\">Latvian Three Star award<\/a>.     <\/p>\n<p>S. Vaice received her first education in conducting at the J\u0101zeps Medi\u0146\u0161 College of Music, then continued her studies at the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Academy of Music, where in 2005 she received a Master's degree in opera singing. She has continued to develop her skills and talent under the guidance of renowned music professors in Latvia and around the world, including K\u0101rlis Zari\u0146\u0161, Ludmilla Braun, Axel Everaert, Helge Dorsch, Marklund-Peterson, Eitan Pressen, Donald Kaasch, Irena Milkeviciute, Massimiliano Bullo and Maris Skuja. Vaice was awarded the Jenny Hall Scholarship, which enabled her to travel to London to further her vocal skills with Iris dell'Aqua, Vera Rosza and Gerald Martin Moore. Later, with a scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she continued her vocal studies at the Baari Conservatory in Italy with the distinguished professor Katia Angeloni.<br \/>Vaice's production of the multimedia mono-opera duo of Giancarlo Menotti's <em>Telephone <\/em>and Frances Poulenc's <em>The Voice of Man<\/em>, as director and soloist at the Operetta Theatre, was also awarded the Great Music Prize in the <em>Production of the Year category .<\/em> In 2024, she created a multimedia chamber version of composer Artur Muscat's full-length opera <em>Valentina<\/em>, where she was both the title role and the director, with great success, surprising music experts. She is currently continuing her studies in theatre directing at the Latvian Academy of Culture.      <br \/>Vaice holds a Master's degree in academic singing (2005) from J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music. She has studied with Prof. K\u0101rlis Zari\u0146\u0161 and Prof. Ludmila Brauna, as well as with Prof. Axel Everaerts, Prof. Helge Dorsh, Marklund-Peterson, Eitan Pressen, Donald Kaasch, Irena Milkeviciute, Massimiliano Bullo and Maris Skuja. In London she studied with Iris dell'Aqua, Vera Rosza and Gerald Martin Moore, winning a Jenny Hall Scholarship. Later, he continued his vocal studies at the Baari Conservatory in Italy with the distinguished professor Cathia Angeloni, winning a scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. <br \/>Her first degree obtained in conducting at the J\u0101zeps Medi\u0146\u0161 College of Music, and she continued her studies at the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Academy of Music, where she obtained a Master's degree in opera singing.      <\/p>\n<p>Sonora's extensive repertoire includes a host of leading roles, such as Violetta (Verdi's <em>La Traviata<\/em>), Gilda (Verdi's <em>Rigoletto<\/em>), Lucia (Donizetti's <em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>) and Adina (G.Donizetti's <em>Love Potion),<\/em> Margarita (Gounod's <em>Faust<\/em>), Mim\u00ec (Giuseppe Puccini's <em>La Boheme<\/em>), Cio-Cio-San (Giuseppe Puccini's <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>), Vitellia (W.A.Mozart's <em>Tita's Lament<\/em>), Donna Anna (W.A.Mozart's <em>Don Giovanni<\/em>) and Fiordiligi (W.A.     <em>Mozart's Thus Do All<\/em>), Aspasia (W.A.Mozart's <em>Mithridates Pontius King<\/em>), Poppea (C.Monteverdi's <em>Coronation of Poppea<\/em>), Ninetta (G.Rossini's <em>La Gazza Ladra<\/em>), Tamara (A.Rubinstein's <em>Demon<\/em>), Adalgisa (V.Bellini's <em>Norma), <\/em>Neda (R.Leoncavallo's <em>Pajaci<\/em>), Eurydice (C.V.Gluck's <em>Orfeo and Eurydice<\/em>), Manon (G. Puccini's <em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>), Alcina, Armida (G. F. Handel's <em>Alcina<\/em>), Lucia (G. C. Menotti's <em>Telephone),<\/em> F. Poulenc's <em>The Human Voice,<\/em> Valentina (A. Muscat's <em>Valentina<\/em>), Rosalind (J. Strauss's <em>Bat<\/em>), Clevie (N. Dostal's <em>Clevie<\/em>), Hanna Glavari (F.      Lehar's <em>The Merry Widow<\/em>), Angela Didier (Lehar's <em>Count Luxembourg<\/em>)<strong>, <\/strong>Serena (Gershwin's <em>Porgy and Bess)<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>S. Vaice's voice can also be heard in performances of vocal symphonic works. Her repertoire includes, for example, J.S. <em>51, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio<\/em>, V.A. Mozart and G. Faur\u00e9 <em>Requiem<\/em>, C. Orff <em>Carmina Burana<\/em>, G. Mahler Symphonies No.2 and No.4, J. Tavener and Latvian composers' vocal symphonic works and premieres of works. <\/p>\n<p>She has collaborated creatively with great masters - conductors Andris Nelsons, Edwin Scholz, Graeme Vick, Philipp Arlo, Jossi Wheeler, Sergio Morabito, Klaus Maria Braundauer, Richard Tonjetti, Dietmar Pflegerl, Andres Mustonen, Thomas Hengelbrok, Will Humburg, Yuri Simonov, Eri Klaas, Andris Pogas, Martins Ozolins, etc.<br \/>She has recorded two solo albums with the Latvian National Opera Orchestra and conductor Normunds Vaice at the Riga Recording Studio: <em>Romantic Duets<\/em> - Sonora Vaice\/soprano\/ &amp; Warren Mock\/tenor\/ and Mozart's <em>Arie da Concerto<\/em> - Sonora Vaice\/soprano.The opera diva has also participated in the recording of many other albums.<br \/>Sonora Vaice played the female lead in the biographical musical film \u201cThree Stars. Zigfydas\u201d, which received a nomination in the \u201cSurprise\u201d category of the 2021 Kilograms of Culture Awards. <br \/>She also acted in Italian director Marco D'Amore's mafia drama L'Immortale, playing Elsa, the wife of a mafia boss.<\/p>\n<p>As a director, Sonora Vaice has directed two operas. For the first, the mono-opera La Voix Humaine.Telephone. She created a multimedia chamber version of Latvian composer Artur Maskat's full-length opera Valentina in 2024, where she was both the title role and the director, with great success, surprising music experts and lovers. She is currently continuing her theatre directing studies at the Latvian Academy of Culture. <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-6983\" data-post-id=\"6983\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"7655\" class=\"elementor elementor-7655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08250c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08250c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f5699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-image\" data-id=\"31f5699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/screenshot-2025-04-08-at-11-48-02-r6q367x06ckrhk4mw2t6fvf1hzqgk86itag4vwzsw0.webp\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__img attachment-640x640x1x1 size-640x640x1x1\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-04-08-at-11-48-02\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd85954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd85954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8061205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8061205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Gregory Buchhalter<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fb07d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"68fb07d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\"><p>Gregory Buchhalter is currently a member of the Varna International Music Academy's <em>Music! <\/em>and <em>The Grand Strand Music Festival<\/em>. He has also been a regular conductor at Florida Grand Opera, where he has conducted Andre Previn's <em>A Streetcar Named Homeland<\/em>, Jake Heggie's <em>Three Decades,<\/em> <em>Tosca and I Pagliacci.<\/em> He is Music Director of <em>Vero Beach Opera<\/em>, where he has conducted <em>L'Elisir d'amore,<\/em> <em>Don Giovanni<\/em> and will conduct <em>La Traviata<\/em> and <em>I Pagliacci next season .<\/em> He recently made a very successful debut with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, conducting Mozart's Requiem. Buchhalter has conducted <em>Rigoletto <\/em>at Orlando Opera, <em>Don Giovanni<\/em> and <em>H\u00e4nsel und Gretel<\/em> at the Vienna Summer Music Festival, <em>Il Barbiere di Siviglia <\/em>at Pacific Northwest Opera, <em>Idomeneo <\/em>at the New England Conservatory and frequently conducts concerts with the South Florida Symphony Orchestra.   He has served as Artistic Director of <em>Opera Fairbanks<\/em> and Las Vegas Opera. At Fairbanks Opera he has conducted <em>Boheme, Carmen, The Love Belt, Don Giovanni, Tosca, Cenerentola, L'Italiana in Algeri, Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute, Pagliacci<\/em> and concertos with Vivica Genaud. As Artistic Director, he has engaged many internationally renowned singers including Paula Plischka, Sondra Radvanovska, Francesco Kasanova and Alessandra Mark. Maestro Buchhalter is also active as a symphony conductor.   <\/p>\n<p>He recently enjoyed great success in Fairbanks conducting Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Bernstein's <em>West Side Story<\/em> Symphonic Dances, and in Belgrade with Sibelius' Violin Concerto. With Varna International, he has just conducted both Mozart and Verdi Requiems in Italy, as well as the world premiere of J.C. Redford's Second Symphony. This summer he will conduct <em>Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, Hansel and Gretel<\/em> and Puccini's <em>Messa di Gloria<\/em> on the 100th anniversary of the composer's death.   <\/p>\n<p>Maestro Buchhalter has conducted Salome at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland with Maria Eving and Helga Derneska, Midsummer Ball at the Wiener Volksoper, Mozart's <em>Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/em> at the Spoleto Festival, Evgeny Onegin at the New World Opera Festival in Moscow, He has conducted <em>Carmen, Suor Angelica\/Gianni Schicchi,<\/em> <em>Cos\u00ec fan Tutte<\/em> <em>, Le Nozze di Figaro, L'enfant et les Sortil\u00e8ges, La Rondine<\/em> at the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Sicily and the premieres of Kurt Weill's <em>Street Scene <\/em>and Bernstein's operetta <em>Candide <\/em>in Bulgaria at the Varna International Festival. With <em>Teatro Lirico d'Europa <\/em>he has conducted <em>The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, La Boheme and Madama Butterfly.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Mr Buchhalter conducted the American premieres of Mercadante's <em>Figaro,<\/em> von Winter's <em>Labyrinth <\/em>and Donizetti's <em>Olivo e Pasquale<\/em> at New York's <em>Amore<\/em> Opera to glowing reviews. He is the first American to conduct at the Kazakh State Opera - a performance at the Kazakh State Opera included a televised Gala Concert for the President of Kazakhstan. Mr. Buchhalter has served as Chorus Master of the Santa Fe Opera, where he received accolades for his choral preparation for <em>Peter Grimes, Turandot<\/em>, and many other operas. He has also served as chorus master of the Bregenz Festival in Austria, the <em>Theater des Westens <\/em>in Berlin and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.   <\/p>\n<p>The Maestro was <em>cover <\/em>conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, where it was he who created the position of <em>Maestro di Banda<\/em>. He has worked extensively with the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and has conducted several Metropolitan Opera productions, including Franco Zeffirelli's <em>Don Giovanni<\/em> and television broadcasts of Gershwin's <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>. He has also prepared a number of world premieres for the Metropolitan Opera: John Corigliano's <em>The Ghosts of Versailles<\/em>, Philip Glass's <em>Journey<\/em> and John Harbison's <em>The Great Gatsby<\/em>. In the latter, Mr Buchhalter played the role of conductor of a jazz band on stage.  <\/p>\n<p>Buchhalter founded his own choir, <em>Choros Aristos<\/em>, and led the choir in a performance of <em>Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle <\/em>at New York's <em>Merkin Hall<\/em>, celebrating the composer's 200th birthday. Mr Buchhalter conducted the <em>Metropolitan Consort<\/em>, a group made up of members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. For many seasons he was guest conductor of the <em>New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble<\/em>, where he conducted, for example, Prokofiev's <em>Alexander Nevsky.<\/em> As a pianist and conductor, Bukalter has also performed in Cairo, Kuwait, Malaysia, Turkey and Hong Kong. As a teacher and lecturer, he has been invited to give masterclasses throughout the United States.    <\/p>\n<p>Gregory Buchhalter visited Latvia for the first time in 2023, when he came at the invitation of the Latvian Operetta Theatre. He conducted the Gala Concert<em> Ad Astra <\/em>in Ogre, which featured opera diva Liene Kin\u010da and the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) Vocal Department and JVLMA Student Symphony Orchestra, as well as masterclasses at the JVLMA. 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class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8864 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8864\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chen-Xu-Chen-Xu.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8765\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chen-Xu-Chen-Xu.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chen-Xu-Chen-Xu-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chen-Xu-Chen-Xu-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8864\">25<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chen Xu<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>China<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>34 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>tenor<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert From Giuditta<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Di rigori armato il seno From Der Rosenkavalier<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8WYN597Jwn0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bca8f8 elementor-align-justify jedv-enabled--yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4bca8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gUtv4CNE7jg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8865 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8865\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6357-Heain-Youn.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8768\" alt=\"Heain Youn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6357-Heain-Youn.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6357-Heain-Youn-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6357-Heain-Youn-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8865\">75<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Heain Youn<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Korea<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>35 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>mezzo-soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Una voce poco fa\u2019 (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) \u2013 G. Rossini<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>I am easily assimilated (Candide) \u2013 L. Bernstein<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AGcWuKE8mm8?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8862 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8862\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Antonia-Modes-Foto-Antonia-M.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8772\" alt=\"Antonia Modes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Antonia-Modes-Foto-Antonia-M.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Antonia-Modes-Foto-Antonia-M-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Antonia-Modes-Foto-Antonia-M-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8862\">781<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Antonia Modes<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Germany<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>26 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>\u201cVilja Lied\u201d from the operetta Die lustige Witwe by Franz Leh\u00e1r<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Steal me, sweet thief from the opera The Old Maid and the Thief by Menotti (10min 00sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WrGQasN9mUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8863 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8863\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8988-2-Edgaras-Davidovicius.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8775\" alt=\"Edgaras Davidovi\u010dius\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8988-2-Edgaras-Davidovicius.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8988-2-Edgaras-Davidovicius-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8988-2-Edgaras-Davidovicius-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8863\">193<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Edgaras Davidovicius<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Lithuania<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>33 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>tenor<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>J. Strauss \u2013 The Gypsy Baron, Entree-Couplet (Als flotter Geist) (in Lithuanian) (2min 52sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>F. Leh\u00e1r \u2013 Das Land des L\u00e4chelns, Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (3min 27sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nZnS41eYOJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bca8f8 elementor-align-justify jedv-enabled--yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4bca8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NsLwNeuiUU4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8861 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8861\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5198-Oleksandra-Diachenko.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8778\" alt=\"Oleksandra Diachenko\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5198-Oleksandra-Diachenko.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5198-Oleksandra-Diachenko-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_5198-Oleksandra-Diachenko-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8861\">11<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oleksandra Diachenko<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Ukraine<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>28 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>mezzo-soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Johann Strauss II \u2013 Ich lade gern mir G\u00e4ste ein (Die Fledermaus) (2min 50sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns \u2013 Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) (4min 00sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2qL9dJiJ8_o?si=6-ZyojYJ0iRfUyBz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bca8f8 elementor-align-justify jedv-enabled--yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4bca8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y7xds8Tg3EY?si=S7jL1sEmx8ZCG4Sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8860 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8860\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0740-Renars-Tomasickis.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8782\" alt=\"Ren\u0101rs Toma\u0161ickis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0740-Renars-Tomasickis.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0740-Renars-Tomasickis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0740-Renars-Tomasickis-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8860\">340<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Renars Tomasickis<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Latvia<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>21 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>baritone<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Ho capito, W. A. Mozart (Don Giovanni) (2min 00sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Pirate King \u2013 Gilbert &amp; Sullivan (Pirates of Penzance) (3min 00sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T7acjjrQF4U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8859 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8859\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/I.-Sikle-Inmars-Sikle.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8786\" alt=\"Inm\u0101rs Sikle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/I.-Sikle-Inmars-Sikle.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/I.-Sikle-Inmars-Sikle-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/I.-Sikle-Inmars-Sikle-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8859\">45<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inmar Sikle<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Latvia<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>28 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>bass<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Ich bin nicht sch\u00f6n from operetta Giuditta \u2013 F. Leh\u00e1r (2min 44sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Il lacerato spirito from Simon Boccanegra \u2013 G. Verdi (3min 48sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWBFn6Jfn1k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8858 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8858\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PromotionPhoto2025-Anastasija-Dolgonenko.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8789\" alt=\"Anastasija Dolgo\u0146enko\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PromotionPhoto2025-Anastasija-Dolgonenko.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PromotionPhoto2025-Anastasija-Dolgonenko-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PromotionPhoto2025-Anastasija-Dolgonenko-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8858\">27<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anastasia Dolgonenko<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Latvia<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>34 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Franz Leh\u00e1r \u2013 Meine Lippen, sie k\u00fcssen so hei\u00df, aria from operetta Giuditta<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>J. Massenet \u2013 Il est doux il est bon (aria from H\u00e9rodiade)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vI0gyzihCoI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bca8f8 elementor-align-justify jedv-enabled--yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4bca8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zP6Sbw5EHMw?si=m4rX2TzAlu5N0-zG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8857 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8857\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2069-Anastasija-Zujeva.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8793\" alt=\"Anastasija Zujeva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2069-Anastasija-Zujeva.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2069-Anastasija-Zujeva-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2069-Anastasija-Zujeva-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8857\">388<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anastasija Zujeva<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Latvia<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>25 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>G. Puccini \u2013 Manon\u2019s Arioso<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>K\u00e1lm\u00e1n \u2013 Heia, heia<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/32JFU2F4iEs?si=QOIv9BbJ-mCZalqG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bca8f8 elementor-align-justify jedv-enabled--yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4bca8f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NIwvdeCJVk4?si=DM1kuO80n-a_2RHa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8856 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8856\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Brembeck_Felicia_Wanninger-Felicia-Brembeck.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8796\" alt=\"Felicia Brembeck\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Brembeck_Felicia_Wanninger-Felicia-Brembeck.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Brembeck_Felicia_Wanninger-Felicia-Brembeck-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Brembeck_Felicia_Wanninger-Felicia-Brembeck-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8856\">1027<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Felicia Brembeck<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Germany<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>31 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Franz Leh\u00e1r \u2013 Alles vorbei \/ Ich m\u00f6cht wieder einmal die Heimat sehn (1min 49sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Otto Nicolai \u2013 Nun eilt herbei from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (6min 19sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/e034bgLWKHU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8855 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8855\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Serena-Hart_foto\u00a9christiankleiner-Serena-Hart.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8799\" alt=\"Serena Hart\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Serena-Hart_foto\u00a9christiankleiner-Serena-Hart.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Serena-Hart_foto\u00a9christiankleiner-Serena-Hart-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Serena-Hart_foto\u00a9christiankleiner-Serena-Hart-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8855\">70<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Serena Hart<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>Germany<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>31 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Durch Z\u00e4rtlichkeit und Schmeicheln \u2013 Mozart (3min 00sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Ich bin die Christel von der Post \u2013 Zeller (3min 40sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FC-g5Auo_Ek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"jet-listing-grid__item jet-listing-dynamic-post-8854 jet-equal-columns\" data-post-id=\"8854\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"jet-listing-items\" data-elementor-id=\"8840\" class=\"elementor elementor-8840 elementor-8804 elementor-8804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"jet-engine\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609b9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3609b9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b8d53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b8d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9510ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9510ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Xinzi-Hou-1-Xinzi.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8802\" alt=\"Xinzi Hou\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Xinzi-Hou-1-Xinzi.webp 640w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Xinzi-Hou-1-Xinzi-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Xinzi-Hou-1-Xinzi-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7fb1 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"jet-engine-data-post-count\" data-store=\"contestant-votes\" data-post=\"8854\">27<\/span> votes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f60d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51f60d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Xinzi Hou<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de6288 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de6288\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facf6a7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"facf6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Country:  <strong>China<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920fa4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"920fa4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Age:  <strong>29 years<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c887e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"c887e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Voice: <strong>soprano<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478fa3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"478fa3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">Category: <strong>Category I: operetta\/opera<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d48ee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"8d48ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">1st aria: <strong>Dvo\u0159\u00e1k \u2013 Lied an den Mond (Rusalka)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d13202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field\" data-id=\"3d13202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-field__content\">2nd aria: <strong>Franz Leh\u00e1r \u2013 Meine Lippen, sie k\u00fcssen so hei\u00df (10min 00sec)<\/strong><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d4170 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8d4170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3fxv2U0or08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-939436915\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"nosacijumi\" data-tab-index=\"5\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 5;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-f51c3c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f51c3c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617020c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"617020c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\">Rules for participation<\/h2>\n<p>APPLICATION DEADLINE extended till June 15, 2025 15th of June  <\/p>\n<p>The competition is open to vocalists, performing artists aged 18 &#8211; 35<\/p>\n<h3>Categories<\/h3>\n<p>Solo<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category I: Operetta \/ Opera<\/li>\n<li>Category II: Broadway \/ Musical Theatre <\/li>\n<li>Category III: Operetta \/ Broadway \/ Musical Theatre \/ Opera <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Duet<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category IV: Operetta <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To qualify for categories I, II and IV, the age of the contestant must be <strong>18 &#8211; 35<\/strong>. <br \/>To qualify for Category III, a contestant must be 18 years of age, i.e. <strong>18<\/strong> by December 31, 2025.   <\/p>\n<p>Each contestant may participate in one or more categories. The performance in each category is considered as a new entrant and is judged separately. A separate entry form must be submitted for each entry and all conditions must be fulfilled.  <\/p>\n<h3>Programme<\/h3>\n<p>Each round of the competition requires two pieces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solo:\n<ul>\n<li>Category I: Operetta \/ Opera\n<ul>\n<li>Round 1, perform one operetta aria and one operetta or opera aria, contrasting. Total timing not exceeding 10 minutes.  <\/li>\n<li>Round 2: one operetta aria and one operetta or opera aria, contrasting; one of the pieces may be from the previous round. Must be sung in the original language.  Total timing up to 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Category II: Broadway \/ Musical Theatre\n<ul>\n<li>Round 1, sing one musical aria and one aria in any musical theatre genre: operetta, musical, contrasting. Total timing not exceeding 10 minutes. <\/li>\n<li>Round 2: one musical aria and one aria in any musical theatre genre: operetta, musical, contrasting; one of the pieces can be from the previous round. Total timing not exceeding 10 minutes.<br \/><br \/> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Category III: Operetta \/ Broadway \/ Musical Theatre \/ Opera\n<ul>\n<li>Round 1, two contrasting arias of any musical theatre genre: operetta, musical, opera. Total timing up to 10 minutes. <\/li>\n<li>Round 2: two contrasting arias of any musical theatre genre: operetta, musical, opera; one of the pieces may be from the previous round. Total timing not exceeding 10 minutes. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Duo:\n<ul>\n<li>IV. category: Operetta\n<ul>\n<li>Round 1, sing two contrasting duets in the operetta genre. Total timing not exceeding 10 minutes. <\/li>\n<li>Round 2: sing two contrasting duets in the operetta genre; one of the pieces can be from the previous round. Total timing not exceeding 10 minutes. \n<ul>\n<li>It is acceptable and recommended to use elements of choreography and acting appropriate to the performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The competition is open to the public. <br \/>The programme of the winners&#8217; concert is determined by the jury.<\/p>\n<h3>Rules<\/h3>\n<p>By submitting an application, the contestant undertakes to take part in all the rounds for which he\/she has qualified, as well as in all the rehearsals and concerts connected with the competition.<\/p>\n<p>When submitting his\/her application for the competition, the contestant grants the organisers the right to use, process, publicise and record the videos submitted for Round 1 of the competition, as well as the right to produce the phonogram and the right to make the video or audio available to the public on the radio, on the internet and archive the phonogram, with public accessibility, without any time limit or limit on the number of times the phonogram may be made available to the public.<\/p>\n<p>By submitting an application for the competition, the entrant grants the organisers the right to make public the information about the entrant provided in the application and its annexes (with the exception of passport details, passport details will not be published), the submitted photos or photos of the performance, as well as to make public the results of the competition. If necessary, the organisers may request additional information about the contestant. <\/p>\n<p>The jury has the right not to award all the prizes or to divide one prize among several participants.<br \/>The jury&#8217;s decision is not subject to appeal.<\/p>\n<h3>Evaluation<\/h3>\n<p>The contestants are judged by a professional and competent international Jury, approved by the Board of the Operetta Theatre. The performance of the contestants is evaluated on a 25-point system. The jury&#8217;s detailed evaluation is not made public. The jury&#8217;s decision is final and not subject to appeal.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Jury shall evaluate the contestant&#8217;s:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vocal technique<\/li>\n<li>personality and expressiveness of performance<\/li>\n<li>artistry<\/li>\n<li>discovery of content<\/li>\n<li>sense of style and taste<\/li>\n<li>the quality of the use of specific means of expression in the field of musical theatre<\/li>\n<li>the appropriateness of the chosen repertoire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Jury of the competition<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Deividas Staponkus (Lithuania)<\/li>\n<li>Heli Veskus (Estonia)<\/li>\n<li>Sonora Vaice (Latvia)<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Bukhalter (USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Audiance vote<\/h4>\n<p>After the results of Round 1 are announced, the public voting will begin to select the winner in the AUDIENCE FAVOURITE category. We will post the videos of the nominees for Round 2 on the website and everyone will have the opportunity to choose and vote for their favourite.  <\/p>\n<h2>Prizes<\/h2>\n<h3>GRAND PRIX<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u20ac 1200 and Winner&#8217;s Diploma<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities of concert engagements<\/li>\n<li>Interviews and publicity, including on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1st PRIZE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u20ac 1000 and Winner&#8217;s Diploma<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities of concert engagements<\/li>\n<li>Interviews and publicity, including on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2nd PRIZE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u20ac 700 and Winner&#8217;s Diploma<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities of concert engagements<\/li>\n<li>Interviews and publicity, including on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3rd PRIZE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u20ac 500 and Winner&#8217;s Diploma<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities of concert engagements<\/li>\n<li>Interviews and publicity, including on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Award for the future<\/h3>\n<p>Two grants will be awarded by the VIVAT Future Charity Foundation to participants in Category III only.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two \u20ac 600 cash prizes and a Winner&#8217;s Diploma,<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities of concert engagements<\/li>\n<li>Interviews and publicity, including on social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In order to receive the grant, the winner must fill in a presentation form indicating his\/her achievements to date, i.e. before the competition, as well as the purpose of the \u20ac 600 grant. The completed presentation must be submitted to the VIVAT Future Charity Foundation by September 30, 2025. Detailed instructions will be provided to the grant winners on August 12.     <\/p>\n<h3>Audience Favourite Award<\/h3>\n<p>The contestant whose video submitted to the Round 1 of the competition receives the most votes will be awarded the Audience Favourite Award. Voting will take place online and in person on August 12 during the Round 2 of the competition. Voting will be possible on the website indicated, which will be published at the same time as the results of the Round 1.      <\/p>\n<h3>Special Prizes<\/h3>\n<p>There will be various special prizes awarded to Finalists.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-939436916\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"noderigi\" data-tab-index=\"6\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 6;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-d330645 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d330645\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb9b6ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb9b6ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After completing and submitting the application form, you will receive an email that your application has been received.<\/p>\n<h3>Important dates<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE extended till June 15, 2025 15th of June  <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1st Round &#8211; the submitted videos are being evaluated<\/li>\n<li>Results of 1st Round after June 25 <\/li>\n<li>2nd Round on August 12 at 12.00, Riga <\/li>\n<li>Announcement of the winners, Finalist\u2019s GALA with orchestra, and Award Ceremony on August 12 at 19:00, Riga<\/li>\n<li>Competition results August 12 at 19:00, Riga<\/li>\n<li>Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilesuparadize.lv\/lv\/custompage\/5265\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/www.bilesuparadize.lv\/lv\/custompage\/526 <\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About the Competition Briefly<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Categories: Operetta\/ Musical Theatre\/ Opera, solo and duets<\/li>\n<li>Prize fund: up to \u20ac 8,000.00, opportunities of concert engagements, interviews and publicity, including social media.<\/li>\n<li>Age: 18\u201335 from all over the world<\/li>\n<li><strong>The entry fee per person is \u20ac 90<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The entry fee for student is \u20ac 60<\/strong> (with proof)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The entry fee per person with a disability is \u20ac 60<\/strong> (with proof of disability)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The entry fee per multiple categories is \u20ac 110.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jury: experts from Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, USA<\/li>\n<li>Conductor: Gregory Buchalter (USA, Metropolitan Opera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>When &amp; Where<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Round on-line<\/li>\n<li>2nd Round in person August 12,2025 at Great Hall J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music, Riga, Latvia <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Transport, air, accommodation and meals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span class=\"size\"><b>Where to stay in Riga: options and approximate prices in August<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<div>Here&#8217;s a list of 10 different places to stay in Riga this August &#8211; from very cheap hostels to mid-range and upscale hotels.<\/div>\n<div>All prices are approximate and are per person per night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Budget hostels (from \u20ac7-\u20ac40 per night)<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Central Hostel<\/i> &#8211; around \u20ac20 per night, free Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li><i>Cinnamon Sally Backpackers Hostel<\/i> &#8211; around \u20ac34, in the centre<\/li>\n<li><i>Mr Hostel<\/i> (Old Town) &#8211; from around \u20ac7 for a dormitory room<\/li>\n<li><i>Liberty Airy<\/i> &#8211; around \u20ac23, combines hostel and budget hotel options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b data-end=\"740\" data-start=\"692\">Mid-range hotels (\u20ac40-\u20ac90 per night)<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Avitar<\/i> &#8211; around \u20ac45, free Wi-Fi and parking<\/li>\n<li><i>Dodo Hotel<\/i> &#8211; around \u20ac60, modern 3-star hotel<\/li>\n<li><i>Rija Domus Hotel &#8211;<\/i> around \u20ac40, cosy atmosphere in Old Town<\/li>\n<li><i>Happy Hotel &#8211;<\/i> approx. \u20ac42-44, convenient location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b data-end=\"1028\" data-start=\"977\">Superior hotels (\u20ac90-\u20ac165 per night)<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Rixwell Elefant Hotel<\/i> &#8211; around \u20ac55, 4-star hotel with spa facilities<\/li>\n<li><i>Hilton Garden Inn Riga Old Town <\/i>&#8211; around \u20ac105, high level of service and good reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><em><span class=\"size\"><b>Transport in Riga &#8211; how to get to the city center &amp; prices<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p data-end=\"1368\" data-start=\"1267\">Riga is quite compact and has several good options to get from the airport or other parts of the city to the center:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b data-end=\"1398\" data-start=\"1370\">Public transport<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Riga has buses, trams and trolleybuses that run frequently.<\/div>\n<div>The most popular option from Riga Airport (RIX) to the city centre is bus No. 22 (or express buses 322 and 341).<\/div>\n<ul data-end=\"1782\" data-start=\"1563\">\n<li data-end=\"1589\" data-start=\"1563\">\n<p data-end=\"1589\" data-start=\"1565\">Travel time: around 25-30 minutes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-end=\"1782\" data-start=\"1590\">\n<p data-end=\"1782\" data-start=\"1592\">Ticket price: ~\u20ac1.50 if you buy in advance (at the Narvesen kiosk or ticket machine at the airport) or around \u20ac2 if you buy from the driver. Tickets are valid for all R\u012bgas Satiksme buses, trams and trolleybuses within 1 hour. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><b data-end=\"1798\" data-start=\"1784\">Taxis<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Taxis are widely available, and the most reliable taxi app is <b>Bolt.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Approximate prices from Riga Airport (RIX) to the city center:<\/div>\n<div class=\"_tableContainer_80l1q_1\">\n<div class=\"_tableWrapper_80l1q_14 group flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\n<table class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\" data-end=\"2080\" data-start=\"1872\">\n<tbody data-end=\"2080\" data-start=\"1976\">\n<tr data-end=\"2027\" data-start=\"1976\">\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"1994\" data-start=\"1976\"><i>Time of day Estimated price<\/i><\/td>\n<td data-end=\"2027\" data-start=\"1994\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Daytime \u20ac12-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-end=\"2080\" data-start=\"2028\">\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2052\" data-start=\"2028\"><i>Nighttime \/ holidays<\/i><\/td>\n<td data-end=\"2080\" data-start=\"2052\" data-col-size=\"sm\">~\u20ac15-22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-end=\"2153\" data-start=\"2082\"><i>Tip: Using an app (like Bolt) is usually cheaper and safer than stopping a taxi on the street.<\/i><\/p>\n<div><b data-end=\"2200\" data-start=\"2155\">Car sharing &#8211; CityBee and Bolt Drive<\/b><\/div>\n<div>CityBee and Bolt Drive lets you easily rent a car using a mobile app &#8211; just unlock, drive, and pay for the time you use. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Perfect for short trips around the city or even day trips outside Riga.<br \/>You only pay for minutes or kilometers driven, plus fuel is usually included.<br \/>Cars are parked all over the city, so you can pick one up and drop it off almost anywhere in Riga.<\/div>\n<div>Approximate cost: Starting from about \u20ac0.10-0.25 per minute or \u20ac20-30 per day, depending on the car model. <\/div>\n<p data-end=\"2470\" data-start=\"2451\"><b data-end=\"2468\" data-start=\"2451\">Other options<\/b><\/p>\n<div>Electric scooters &amp; bikes: Available from Bolt, Tuul, and other providers, great for short distances in the center.<\/div>\n<h3 data-end=\"2595\" data-start=\"2570\"><span class=\"size\"><em><strong>Eating out in Riga<\/strong><\/em><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-end=\"2653\" data-start=\"2596\">Riga has a great mix of caf\u00e9s, restaurants, and street food &#8211; from budget-friendly spots to higher-end dining. Here are some ideas across different price ranges:<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2706\" data-start=\"2655\"><b data-end=\"2704\" data-start=\"2655\">Budget \/ casual (around \u20ac6-12 per meal):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Lido<\/i> &#8211; a popular self-service Latvian cuisine chain.<\/li>\n<li><i>Street Fries Kitchen \/ Big Bad Bagels<\/i> &#8211; for a quick meal, burger or beignet.<\/li>\n<li><i>Hedgehog in the Mist<\/i> &#8211; a popular place for students with snacks and soups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p data-end=\"2953\" data-start=\"2923\"><b data-end=\"2951\" data-start=\"2923\">Mid-range (\u20ac12-25 per meal):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Folk club Ala Pagrabs<\/i> &#8211; Latvian food and beer in Old Riga.<\/li>\n<li><i>Kolon\u0101de<\/i> &#8211; modern Latvian food at the Opera House.<\/li>\n<li><i>Province<\/i> &#8211; a cosy place with traditional cuisine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b data-end=\"3161\" data-start=\"3133\">Higher-end (\u20ac25+ per meal):<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Whitehouse<\/i> &#8211; fine Latvian cuisine.<\/li>\n<li><i>Three Chefs Restaurant<\/i> &#8211; open kitchen, modern cuisine.<\/li>\n<li><i>The farm<\/i> &#8211; modern Latvian seasonal cuisine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"3870\" data-end=\"3889\"><em><span class=\"size\">Grocery stores<\/span><\/em><span class=\"size\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span class=\"size\">Lidl, Maxima<\/span><\/i> &#8211; <span class=\"size\"> the cheapest<\/span>options.<\/li>\n<li><i>Rimi &#8211;<\/i> a bit more expensive, but more choice.<\/li>\n<li><i>Stockmann<\/i> &#8211; a high-end store with imported goods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><em><b><span class=\"size\">Cafes in Riga &#8211; the most popular places<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Caffeine &#8211;<\/i> well-known chain, good coffee and desserts. (~\u20ac2-4 coffee, \u20ac3-5 cakes) <\/li>\n<li><i>MiiT Coffee<\/i> &#8211; hipster atmosphere, vegetarian breakfast dishes and pancakes.<\/li>\n<li><i>Rocket Bean Roastery<\/i> &#8211; a modern roastery, quality coffee and interesting breakfasts.<\/li>\n<li><i>Nero Cafe<\/i> is a popular place with friendly service.<\/li>\n<li><i>Coffee Division<\/i> &#8211; high quality espresso and speciality drinks.<\/li>\n<li><i>Peace Caf\u00e9<\/i> &#8211; a cosy place with light meals and desserts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/marina-zirdzina-international-vocal-competition-2025\/#more-6983\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Marina Zirdzi\u0146a International Vocal Competition\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marina Zirdzi\u0146a InternationalVocal Competition 2025 About Marina Zirdzina Jury Vote Regulations Useful information Publicity Heli Veskus About Marina Zirdzi\u0146a \u201cThe path taken by the Riga Operetta Theatre would not have had the colour and brightness of talent without the personality of Marina Zirdzi\u0146a (27.06.1912 &#8211; 08.11.1990), without her working temperament, without her amazing endurance,\u201d is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8999,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6983","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9091,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6983\/revisions\/9091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}