The centenary celebration of the Liepāja Opera will be concluded by a concert performance of Hector Berlioz’s dramatic legend La damnation de Faust. The choice of this work is symbolic: in September 1922, the Liepāja Opera was first opened with a performance of the opera Faust by Charles Gounod, and, a hundred years later, we will celebrate with the same characters of Goethe, in Berlioz’s vision.

Former artistic leader of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, laureate of the Grand Music Award and Commander of the Order of the Three Stars, Imants Resnis has been selected as conductor. The performance will take place at Concert Hall Great Amber, which was created upon Imants Resnis’ relentless appeal, and this will be the first time when Maestro Resnis will step on the stage of the concert hall, opened in 2015, to conduct.