Andrei Zhagars can leave the post of director of the Latvian National Opera

The Minister of Culture of Latvia Janan Yaunzem-Grand believes that the director of the Latvian National Opera Andrei Zhagars cannot stay in this post.

“He is not in Latvia for a long time and cannot lead the opera. He did not appear even for interviews to the Ministry of Culture, as he rested on Santorini, ” the Delfi.LV resource quoted the Minister with reference to the LTV television channel.

Yaunzem-Grande noted that the results of the audit of the Latvian National Opera were classified at the request of the auditor, Ernst & Young . Now the Ministry of Culture turned to the auditors with a request to disclose these audits.

Earlier it was reported that despite the statements of Yaunzem-Grand about the problems in the work of the Latvian National Opera under Andrei Zhagars, the results of the audit of Ernst & Young testify to the opposite.

According to Ernst & Young , the Latvian national opera receives from the state an average of 8% less than the operas of Vienna, Dusseldorf, Vilnius and Tallinn. At the same time, the opera is in the leaders in income from the sale of tickets, so there is no reason to talk about weak marketing and working with the audience. Successfully more than the opera theaters of Barcelona and Paris.