Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Grigorian & Montvidas
Past event
Cancelled
Postponed
22 Jan.'27
- 20:00
Wagner, Čiurlionis, Puccini & Ponchielli
To mark Lithuania’s presidency of the European Council, a Lithuanian star cast is heading for Brussels, with the conductor Giedre Slekyte, tenor Edgaras Montvidas and soprano Asmik Grigorian, voted Female Singer of the Year (International Opera Awards 2025). The programme will be tinted yellow, green and red as well, with music by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuania’s cultural pride. The loveliest arias from operas including Lohengrin (Wagner), Madame Butterfly (Puccini) and I Lituani (Ponchielli) might have been written especially for these soloists. In a nod to Bozar, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra will also perform a home-grown piece: Fantasia op.12 by Joseph Jongen babbles like a brook in the Ardennes, but swells like a Lithuanian lake.
In the Forest
Fantasia in E, op. 12
Opera's arias by Richard Wagner (Lohengrin, Fliegende Holländer), Giacomo Puccini (Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut), Amilcare Ponchielli (I Lituani), Balys Dvarionas (Dalia) & Kazimieras Viktoras Banaitis (Jūratė ir Kastytis)
Practical information
Dates
Location
Henry Le Boeuf Hall
Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS
Co-production
- Lithuanian Culture in Brussels
Co-presentation
In the framework of
- the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2027