Judith | Operetta

Judith and Octavio meet in an extreme situation, which throughout the story transforms into a “deadly” desert. The war that Octavio is forced to join intensifies the desperate fate of the lovers' passionate night. In this hopeless desire, a sensual, desperate lust and erotic obsession for each other dominates, with overwhelming, terrifying longing for love, as if trapped in a cage.

Judith is considered Lehár's best work, and it was also the composer's favorite, which is why we are staging it for the first time in Latvia to mark the composer's 155th birthday. For the first time in the history of musical theatre - now also in Latvia! 

The Lehár Festival in Bad Ischl (Das Lehár Festival Bad Ischl) is the largest operetta festival in Austria, and its diversity and quality are unique worldwide.

Octavio DAINIS SKUTELIS (tenor)

The production is created with a full troupe, soloists of the Operetta Theatre, choir, dancers, and symphony orchestra. Conductor ATVARS LAKSTĪGALA

Libretto by Paul Knepler and Fritz Löhner-Beda translated by Evita Mamaja.