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Andrejs \u017dagars was born in Latvia. He has been the General Director of the Latvian National Opera since 1996. His debut in directing opera was with Dir fliegende Hollander<\/STRONG> (Wagner) at the Dalhalla Festival in 2002. Later, he directed many operas in Latvia and in Moscow, Bologna, Essen, Wiesbaden, Savonlinna, Zagreb, Tallinn, Erfurt, Klagenfurt and others including The Demon<\/STRONG> (Rubinstein), Pique Dame<\/STRONG> (Tchaikovsky), Nabucco, Un ballo in maschera, Il trovatore<\/STRONG> (Verdi), Carmen<\/STRONG> (Bizet), Werther<\/STRONG> (Massenet), Prince Igor<\/STRONG> (Borodin), Don Giovanni<\/STRONG> (Mozart), Lucia di Lammermoor<\/STRONG> (Donizetti) and many others. <\/P>
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At the Israeli Opera he directed:
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