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Government promises to allot additional LVL 650,000 to Latvian National Opera in 2012
Nina Kolyako, BC, Riga, 04.07.2012.
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Yesterday, the government of Latvia supported a request by the Culture Ministry and the Latvian National Opera (LNO) to allocate additional LVL 650,000 to LNO operations in 2012.
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Next year, LNO budget will be increased by extra LVL 1.2 million, Culture Minister Zaneta Jaunzeme-Grende (VL-TB/LNNK) told reporters.
The opera is need of new stage technologies. Its current technologies are outdated. Their costs will be estimated, promised the minister, predicting them at around LVL 1 million, writes LETA.
LNO Managing Director Andrejs Zagars was delighted with the government's support and pointed out that the additional funds will suffice to ensure LNO operations this year.