May event guide for Vilnius
By Indre on Thursday, May 1 2008, 00:15 - Bright tomorrow's irony - Permalink
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May welcomes us with long holidays, which are devoted to Workers' day. Of course, we can' forget Mother's Day, then - Europe's day. On these days tickets to opera or ballet, concert or theater can create festive mood - it's a great opportunity before the cultural season is over.
And just don't forget Street music Day on 3rd!
OPERA
Opera and Ballet Theater, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius
02 18.30 Orfeo ed Euridice Christoph Willibald Gluck
Opera in Italian, conductor Martynas Staškus
15 – 120 LT
07 18.30 Salome Richard Strauss
Opera in German, conductor Jacek Kaspszyk (Poland)
11 – 90 LT
10 18.30 Un Ballo in Mascera, Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in Italian, conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
15 – 120 Lt
14 18.30 Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in Italian, conductor Martynas Staškus
11 – 90 Lt
DANCE
Opera and Ballet Theater, Vienuolio str. 1, Vilnius
03 18.30 Romeo and Juliet Sergei Prokofjev
Ballet, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 120 LT
08 18.30 Giselle, Adolph Adam, Piotr Tchaikovsky, G.Bizet, A. Šnitkė
Ballet, conductor Robertas Šervenikas
10 – 120 Lt
09 18.30 La Bayadere, Ludwig Aloisius Minkus
Ballet, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 120 Lt
13 18.30 Ana Karenina, Rodion Ščedrin
Ballet, conductor Valerij Ovsianikov (Russia)
10 – 120 Lt
15 18.30 L'oiseau de feu/ Diaghilev. Fantasies, I. Stravinskij/ O. Respighi, G. Rossini
One-act ballets, conductor Martynas Staškus
10 – 170 Lt
CONCERT
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, Aušros vartų str. 5, Vilnius
03 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, State choir of Kaunas and soloists Inesa Linaburgytė (soprano) ir Laima Jonutytė (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra concert, conductor Justus Frantz (Germany)
30 - 150 Lt
08 19.00 Klaipėda chamber orchestra and soloist Liora Grodnikaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra concert, conductor Daniel Gazon (Belgium)
20 - 40 Lt
10 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloist Antal Szalai (violin, Hungary)
Orchestra concert, conductor Juozas Domarkas
30 - 100 Lt
14 19.00 Attis Quartet (Austria) and soloist Daumantas Kirilauskas (grand))
Chamber music concert
30 - 100 Lt
17 19.00 Lithuanian chamber orchestra and soloist Susanna Yoko Henkel (violin, Germany)
Orcestra concert, conductor Rolf Beck (Germany)
20 - 70 Lt
21 19.00 soloist Frederic Belli (Germany) and trombones from Lithuania.
Holiday of trombones, soloist Jonas Bylund (Sweden)
20 Lt
Vilnius Congress Palace, Vilnius str. 6/14,
02 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and soloists Dmitrij Karpov (tenor, Russia) and Sandra Janušaitė (soprano)
Symphonic concert “Uncoverable musical distances of Russia", conductor Andrej Anichanov (Russia)
20 – 70 Lt
23/24 19.00 Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and quartet “Terem” (Russia)
Symphonic concert “Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd”, conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
20 – 100 Lt
PLAYS
National Youth Theater, Arklių str. 5, Vilnius
09 18.00 Noises off Michael Frayn
Comedy, director Paolo Emilio Landi
30 – 50 Lt
28/29 18.00 Strip Man Show P.E.Landi
Comedy, director Paolo Emilio Landi
30 – 50 Lt
The State Small Theater of Vilnius, Gedimino av. 4, Vilnius
13 18.30 The Tempest William Shakespeare
Director Etienne Glaser (Sweden)
20 – 65 Lt
CONFERENCES
International conferences of Vilnius University
Faculty of Philosophy, Universiteto str. 5, Vilnius
09-10 Interdisciplinary studies of criminology: experience and perspectives
Faculty of Physics, Saulėtekio al. 9, III palace, Vilnius
19-23 9-as CIS-Baltic-JAPAN ferroelectric symposium RCBJSF-9
Faculty of Medicine, M.K.Čiurlionio str. 21, Vilnius
Symposium "Novelty in medicaments allergies"
23 Practicing new methods in neuroradiology
Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vokiečių str. 10, Vilnius
16 Ukraine: Between East and West
EXHIBITIONS
Contemporary Art Center Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius
Till 11 Now Art Now Future
The 2nd International Biennial of Graphic Art
3 – 6 Lt
Till 11 Gerhard Richter
Survey
3 – 6 Lt
Center for exhibitions Litexpo, Laisvės str. 5, Vilnius
05 20 – 23 Balttechnika 2008
16th international exhibition about technical and technologies, environmental protection, energy and electro technical, electronic, industrial appliances, engineer cooperation.
4 – 10 Lt
LMA Museum of Applicable art, Arsenalo str. 3A, Vilnius
05 Unknown art from North Korea
Most outstanding pieces of contemporary artists from Kaesang collection
3 – 6 Lt
CINEMA
Skalvija, A.Goštauto 2/15, Vilnius
01 – 02 19.00, 21.00 Polish cinema week
“Remember December", “Witchcraft", etc. In Polish
8 – 12 Lt
05 – 08 19.00 Italian cinema week
"After Midnight", Three days of anarchy, etc. In Italian.
8 –12 Lt
12 19.00 Helmet and butterfly
Biographical drama in French, France
8 – 12 Lt
PARTIES
Gravity, J. Jasinskio g. 16, Vilnius
02 22.00 Deep Frequency: Robert Babicz/ Rob Acid (Germany)
20 Lt
16 22.00 Ewan Pearson (UK)
30 Lt
WOO, Vilniaus str. 22, Vilnius
03 15.00 Think Different. Jeff Mental (UK)
10 – 20 Lt
05 24 22.00 Mondayjazz Live! Dimlite (Swiss)
20 – 30 Lt
Aistė Jurčytė
Comments
For those, who want to enjoy a nice weather (let's hope so), to run their venture and scoop in good emotions a good event is http://www.neriesregata.lt
At the first time dozens of teams from Lithuanian universities will compete in the Neris river in Vilnius on the 17th of May.