NAMAS Nr. 6: A LONG OPERA EVENING
About this event
The radio session "A Long Opera Evening" is a labyrinthine narrative-performance woven from the summaries of several hundred opera librettos, playing with the listener's attention and memory. The performance by composer Arturas Bumšteinas, created for the program of the non-traditional theater festival NAMAS Nr. 6 and specifically for the announcer's booth of the LRT Kaunas studio, will take place on November 14–15, 2026.
The composer borrowed opera libretto summaries narrated by the show's author and host Jūratė Katinaitė from several hundred broadcast recordings and edited them into a constantly changing relay of stories. It is like a quintessence of classical opera, creating a true labyrinth with its stubborn unpredictability, intended for the listener to get lost in or, guided by countless different characters, to experience a verbal trance.
This new work by A. Bumšteinas invites us to look at the radio voice as a soundscape, without being tied to semantic content. This piece is a radio session – a sound sculpture – a performance during which its participants are invited to become part of the work, taking place in the announcer's booth of the LRT Kaunas radio studio.
This year, the non-traditional theater festival NAMAS Nr. 6 will be located from November 13 to 22 in the historic LRT Kaunas studio – a building where the history of Lithuanian radio has been created for nearly a hundred years.
In the interwar period, the Kaunas Radio Station was one of the most important cultural institutions in Lithuania. It hosted a radio theater and a symphony orchestra, broadcast concerts, plays, and literary evenings, and employed the most prominent Lithuanian cultural figures of that time. Today, LRT continues to operate in this building. During the festival, visitors will have a rare opportunity to explore this historic space from the inside: part of the building will become a contemporary theater stage for the first time. The festival features three works that artists created inspired by the building's history, architecture, and atmosphere.
Creators: Arturas Bumšteinas - author of the idea and montage, Jūratė Katinaitė - voice from the LRT archive.
Age: 16+
Duration: 15 min.
Location: S. Daukanto g. 28A, Kaunas (LRT Kaunas studio)
The festival is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Kaunas City Municipality.
More information: www.namaskurti.lt
DATES:
November 14, 2026, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30
November 15, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30
There is no seating plan.
Prices:
Guest ticket – 1 Eur (+ bilietai.lt fee).
Resident ticket – 5 Eur (+ bilietai.lt fee).
All tickets grant the same right to participate in the performance. The chosen ticket price depends solely on your ability and desire to support the festival.