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Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė
Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 17 April 1942 in Mažeikiai) is a Lithuanian set designer and painter. Biography In 1965, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. She worked at the Lithuanian Radio and Television Committee in 1965–1968, at the Lithuanian Film Studio in 1968–1986, and the Lithuanian National Radio and Television in 1986–1999. Works Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė created scenic design and costumes for about 40 different plays, including plays staged by the Kaunas Drama Theatre ('' King Matt the First'' by Janusz Korczak in 1969; ''Black Comedy'' by Peter Shaffer in 1971), Kaunas State Musical Theatre (''Three Evenings'' by in 1966; ''Silva'' by Emmerich Kálmán in 1978), Lithuanian Academic Drama Theatre (''Bridge'' by in 1970; ''Louis XIV'' by Jan-Olof Ekholm in 1981; '' The Rats'' by Gerhart Hauptmann in 1988), Lithuanian National TV (''Le Bel indifférent'' by Jean Cocteau in 1976; ''Barbora Radvilaitė'' by Juozas Grušas in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; ; ) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 32,000, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania and eighteenth largest city in the Baltic States. The city is the administrative center of Mažeikiai District Municipality in Telšiai County. It is the largest city that does not have its own county. History Mažeikiai was first mentioned in written sources in 1335. A chronicler of the Livonian Order wrote about a campaign of the Order, during which the land of Duke Mažeika was devastated. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The town started growing rapidly in 1869 when the Libau–Romny Railway connecting Vilnius and Liepāja was constructed. In 1893, the town had 13 shops and 5 alehouses. In 1894 an Eastern Orthodox church was built, and a synagogue had been founded several years earlier. In 1902 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rats (play)
''The Rats'' is a stage drama in five acts by German dramatist Gerhart Hauptmann, which premiered in 1911, one year before the author received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Unlike other Hauptmann plays, such as ''The Weavers'' (1892) and ''The Assumption of Hannele'' (1893), this one does not seem ever to have been performed on Broadway. Characters * Harro Hassenreuter, former theatrical manager * Mrs. Harro Hassenreuter * Walpurga, their daughter * Pastor Spitta * Erich Spitta, postulant for holy orders, his son * Alice Ruetterbusch, actress * Nathanael Jettel, court actor * Kaeferstein, Dr. Kegel, pupils of Hassenreuter * John, foreman mason * Mrs. John, charwoman to Hassenreuter * Bruno Mechelke, her brother * Pauline Pipercarcka, a servant girl * Mrs. Sidonie Knobbe * Selma, her daughter * Quaquaro, house-steward * Mrs. Kielbacke * Policeman Schierke * Two infants Summary Setting: Berlin, late 19th or early 20th century. Mrs Jette John, housekeeper to Harro Hassenreuter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lithuanian Painters
A list of notable Lithuanian artists. __NOTOC__ A * Kazys Abromavičius (b. 1928) * Gediminas Akstinas (b. 1961) * Romualdas Aleliūnas (1960-2016) * Zita Alinskaitė-Mickonienė (b. 1939) * Viktoras Andriušis (1908-1967) * Aleksas Andriuškevičius (b. 1959) * Kęstutis Andziulis (b. 1948) * Valentinas Antanavičius (b. 1936) * Kęstutis Antanėlis (b. 1951) * Robertas Antinis (b. 1946) * Neemija Arbitblatas (1908-1999) * Jonas Arčikauskas (b. 1957) B * Juozas Bagdonas (1911-2005) * Arvydas Bagdžius (1958-2008) * Gintautėlė Laimutė Baginskienė (b. 1940) * Ona Baliukonė (1948-2007) * Marija Bankauskaitė (1933-1992) * Angelina Banytė (b. 1949) * Gediminas Baravykas (1940-1995) * Aidas Bareikis (b. 1967) * Ray Bartkus (b. 1961) * Vitalija Bartkuvienė (1939-1996) * Edmundas Benetis (b. 1953) * Vladimiras Beresniovas (b. 1948) * Ilja Bereznickas (b. 1948) *Vytautas Pranas Bičiūnas (1893-1945) * Eglė Bogdanienė (b. 1962) * Alina Briedelytė-Kavaliauskienė (1942-1992) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Druskininkai
Druskininkai (; also see other names) is a spa city on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai is known for being a spa resort since the 19th century. Name The exact origin of the city name is not certain, but it is derived from the Lithuanian word (which means ''salt''). The name of the city in other languages includes ; ; ; . Geography The city is located at the Ratnyčia River estuary to the Nemunas River and is surrounded by a natural forest reserve. The city is situated in a picturesque landscape with rivers, lakes, hills and forests. History According to some sources the site of present-day Druskininkai was inhabited by local Yotvingian tribes in the early Middle Ages. In the 13th century the area became a part of the expanding Duchy of Lithuania. A small castle was built in the area as a part of the defence system against the Teutonic Order. In 1308 the castle was conquered by the Teutonic Kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kovno Governorate, Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was Polish–Lithuanian War, seized and controlled by Second Polish Republic, Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Revival architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaipėda
Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capital of Klaipėda County, as well as the only major seaport in the country – the Port of Klaipėda, which is also the busiest port in the Baltic States. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free port at the mouth of the river . It was located in Lithuania Minor, and the State of the Teutonic Order and Duchy of Prussia under the suzerainty of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, then the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, within which it was the northernmost big city until it was placed under French occupation in 1919. From 1923, the city was part of Lithuania until its annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939, and after World War II it was part of the Lithuanian Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plungė
Plungė (; Samogitian: ''Plongė''; ) is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants. Plunge is the capital of the Plungė District Municipality which has 33,251 inhabitants (2022). Two parts of the city are separated by the Babrungas River and two bridges are built over it. Plungė is known for Plungė Manor and its park, where the Samogitian Art Museum is located. In the Oginskiai manor park stands the Perkūnas oak natural monument. The Lourdes grotto of Plungė was created in 1905 and attracts visitors. In the center of Plungė stands a monument for the 10th anniversary of regaining the independence of Lithuania and a sculpture of Saint Florian built by the Lithuanian book carrier Kazys Barzdys. The city has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe. History It is thought that the territory in which Plungė is situated was inhabited in 5th–1st centuries BC. After the Treaty of Melno, county seats were established in the forests of Samogitia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population was 607,667, and the Vilnius urban area (which extends beyond the city limits) has an estimated population of 747,864. Vilnius is notable for the architecture of its Vilnius Old Town, Old Town, considered one of Europe's largest and best-preserved old towns. The city was declared a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The architectural style known as Vilnian Baroque is named after the city, which is farthest to the east among Baroque architecture, Baroque cities and the largest such city north of the Alps. The city was noted for its #Demographics, multicultural population during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with contemporary sources comparing it to Babylon. Before World War II and The Holocaust in Lithuania, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dainų Dainelė
Dainų dainelė () is a Lithuanian singing competition for children ages 3 to 19 established in 1974. The competition takes place every two years and is organized by the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art under the direction of the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science (prior to 1998, it was organized by the Ministry of Education and the Lithuanian National Radio and Television). It is a popular and well attended competition. By 2014, it was estimated that more than 200,000 children competed at Dainų dainelė. History The first competition was held in spring 1974. The idea of the competition was raised by Aldona Šimaitytė, an employee of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television, in 1972. The competition's name comes from a Lithuanian folk song that was popularized by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. The goal of the event was to provide more varied children's programing and to encourage and promote children's musical education. In 1974, the final concert wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Bride (1974 Film)
''Devil's Bride'' (, ) is the first Soviet musical film created in 1974 and based on the novel by Kazys Boruta '' Baltaragis's Mill'').This musical is a joint creation by the director , composer Vyacheslav Ganelin and the scriptwriter, Lithuanian poet Sigitas Geda."Velnio nuotaka" Lithuanian film archive Due to its popularity it is sometimes called a Lithuanian ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' rock opera. Synopsis The plot of the musical was simplified compared to the original and less tragic.С. В. Фишер«МЕЛЬНИЦА БАЛТАРАГИСА»: ПОВЕСТЬ — МЮЗИКЛ — ФИЛЬМ — БАЛЕТ Вестник Академии Русского балета им. А. Я. Вагановой. No 2 (43) 2016 A devil Pinčiukas (Gediminas Girvainis), evicted from the heaven, lands on the Earth near the mill of Baltaragis (Vasilijus Simčičius). Pinčiukas and Baltaragis conclude a pact: the devil will help the miller in his work and will get him a spectacular wife, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juozas Grušas
Juozas Grušas (November 16, 1901, Žadžiūnai-Kalniškiai, Kovno Governorate – May 21, 1986, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright. Biography Grušas' first inspirational teacher was the Lithuanian poet Jovaras, who taught him writing and spurred his interest in literature. In 1920 he enrolled at the Šiauliai Gymnasium, graduating in 1924. From 1924 to 1931 he was a student at the University of Lithuania (1930 renamed to ''Vytautas Magnus University''), in the Theology-philosophy faculty. In 1928 he was elected as chairman of the student organization Šatrija. After graduating in 1930, he began teaching the Lithuanian language. In 1931, together with Balys Sruoga, he co-founded the Lithuanian writers association; from 1937 to 1938 he was chairman of this organization. Grušas served as editor-in-chief of the Christian weekly newspaper ''Mūsų laikraštis'' (''Our Newspaper'') from 1928 to 1938. In 1935 he published a satirical novel, ''Karjerist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
