On Saturday, April 26, the Great Clean-up Day or ‘Talka’ will take place across Latvia, so expect to see lots of people out and about with gloves, trash bags and all other manner of cleaning-up paraphernalia. If you’d like to lend a hand you can do so my checking your local clean up events at www.talkas.lv.
Page Break poetry
The Page Break poetry festival is already under way in Rīga, but reaches its climax this weekend with several readings, workshops and performances by a range of local and international poets. For the full programme and more information, visit the festival website: www.pagebreak.lv
Mozart at the Met
On the evening of Saturday, April 26, Latvian Radio 3 will be broadcasting Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, USA as part of its ‘Saturday night at the opera’ slot. Among the cast are Michael Samuel (Figaro, bass-baritone), Olga Kulczynska (Suzanna, soprano), Joshua Hopkins (Count Almaviva, baritone), Federica Lombardi (Countess Rosina, soprano), Sunlee Pierce (Cherubino, mezzo-soprano), and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Joanna Malwitz, Listen along from 20:00 Rīga time here.
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