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Viesturs Kairiss is a Latvian opera director and producer. He is best known for his work on the Latvian National Opera, where he has been the artistic director since 2003. He has also directed operas in other countries, including Germany, Austria, and the United States. Kairiss was born in Riga, Latvia, on 30 January 1971. He studied at the Latvian Academy of Music, where he graduated in 1995. He then went on to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, where he graduated in 1998. Kairiss has directed numerous operas, including Mozart's The Magic Flute, Verdi's La Traviata, and Puccini's La Bohème. He has also directed several contemporary operas, such as Philip Glass's The Fall of the House of Usher and John Adams's Nixon in China. Kairiss has received numerous awards for his work, including the Latvian National Opera's Golden Mask Award in 2003 and the Latvian National Opera's Grand Prix in 2004. As of 2021, Viesturs Kairiss's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Occupation director,writer,actor
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 30 January, 1971
Birthday 30 January
Birthplace Rīga, Latvian SSR
Nationality Latvia

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His wife is Ieva Jurjāne

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Viesturs Kairiss Net Worth

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2007

He joined Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen project at the Latvian National Opera with Die Walküre in 2007. He set the last three operas from the cycle which received positive reviews in respectable music and opera journals.

1999

He debuted in opera directing with Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Latvian National Opera, receiving the Latvian Great Music Award for the Best Opera Production in 1999. Soon after, he staged Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Latvian National Opera in 2001 which later on was transformed into the short-movie artwork for the 42nd Venice Biennale.

1998

Kairish has directed overall four documentaries and six feature movies. He made his debut in 1998 with the documentary The Train. His first feature-length movie Leaving by the Way won National Film Award for the best feature of 2001. It was included in the official competition program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and received an award for the best debut at the Raindance Film Festival in the United Kingdom. His fourth documentary Pelican in the Desert was on the competition at the Visions du Reel in Nyon, France, as well as received special jury prize at the Let's Cee Film Festival in Austria. Currently, Kairish is working on Latvian-Finnish co-production Chronicles of Melanie, a historical drama, for release by the end of 2015.

1997

After graduating the Latvian Academy of Culture as a theatre and film director in 1997, Kairish was appointed at the New Riga Theatre as a resident stage director. Since then he has set critically acclaimed plays both in Latvia and abroad. Several of his productions toured international festivals and venues, including the Wiener Festwochen (Hotel Europe), the Hebbel am Ufer (The Serpent), the Festival d’Avignon (Hotel Europe), and the Bonner Biennale (The Dark Deer, Hotel Europe).

1971

Viesturs Kairiss was born on January 30, 1971 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR.