General Information
Klaipeda State Music Theatre is a budget institution which purpose is to organize professional scene art (stage plays, concerts and (or) other art programs) creation and public performance.
Klaipeda State Music Theatre (Klaipeda, Lithuania) is the biggest professional art organization not only in Klaipeda, but in the entire region of West Lithuania. It employs 230 people: soloists, choir singers, ballet dancers, orchestra musicians, administration and the service personnel.
The Theatre’s repertoire (www.klaipedosmuzikinis.lt) comprises operas, operettas, musicals, dance performances, plays for children and concerts; The institution organizes an international artistic and educational projects. Some of the most prominent include: international festival "Muzikinis rugpjūtis pajūryje" (The Musical August on the Seaside), “Jaunųjų talentų festivalis“ (Festival of Young Talents), international project “Jūros mūzos” (Muses of the Sea).
Theatre is a member of European Network for Opera and Dance Education (RESEO). Theatre took part in Europian projects: ”South Baltic academy of independent theatre – a tool of social change”, under the South Baltic Programme 2007-2013, “Multicultural dialog – Multicultural theatres – strengthening social and cultural integration of border areas” under the Lithuania-Poland-Russia Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013, and “International Theatre - joint cultural-workshops in the South Baltic region” under South Baltic Programme 2007-2013.
Budgetary resources of the Theatre available in a year (2014) - 2184975 Eur.
Sources of funding: State budget, income payments, support, lithuanian project funds and European Union funds.
Theatre collaborates with variuos cultural, art and non formal education institutions in Klaipeda and West region of Lithuania.
Partners of the Theatre in EU project's: Aleksander Sewruk’s Theatre in Elbląg (Poland), Dramatic Theatre in Kaliningrad (Russia), The Foundation Fotevikens Maritime Center (Sweden), Baltic artistic agency BART (Poland), Riksteatern Blekinge (Sweden).