Ekskursiju kuģītis "Hercogs Jēkabs"
Viens no populārākajiem pilsētas tūrisma un atpūtas objektiem ir Ventspils brīvostas ekskursiju kuģītis "Hercogs Jēkabs". No maija līdz oktobrim tas 5–7 reizes dienā atiet no piestātnes Tirgus un Ostas ielu krustojumā. 45 minūšu vai 1 h 05 minūšu brauciena laikā Jums ir iespēja aplūkot Ventas upes grīvu, vecpilsētu un Ventspils brīvostas industriālo teritoriju un jūras vārtus. Uz kuģīša ir 150 vietu.
Kuģīša kursēšanas grafiks augustā
Darba dienās: 10.00, 12.00*, 14.00, 16.00*, 18.00, 19.00
Sestdienās, svētdienās un svētku dienās: 10.00, 11.30*, 13.00, 14.30, 16.00*, 17.30, 19.00
Sesto Quatrini is Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Musical Director of the lyric company and orchestra Les Voix Concertantes de Paris, and Bare Opera’s Principal Conductor.
In the season 2015–2016 he has been cover conductor in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux at the NYC Metropolitan Opera House, where he worked with a worldclass cast (Roberto Alagna, Elīna Garanča, Kristīne Opolais, Matthew Polenzani, Sondra Radvanovsky). His Italian opera debut at the Festival della Valle d’Itria, Martina Franca with Verdi’s Un Giorno di Regno was a stunning success.
In the summer 2015 and 2016 Sesto Quatrini has been assistant and cover conductor for Maestro Luisi at the Festival della Valle d’Itria. Furthermore Sesto Quatrini conducted a new production of Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio with Bare Opera in NYC, four concerts in the Baltic Tour of Kristīne Opolais and a gala concert at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
Recently he conducted Kristīne Opolais in an Italian opera Gala with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra at the Baltic Music Season, the production of I Capuleti e I Montecchi by Bellini, which marked his debut at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet. Furthermore he performed Campogrande’s music at the MAXXI Rome (Museum of 21st century’s Modern Art of Rome); made his debut with great audience acclaim at the Teatro Regio of Torino conducting music by Gershwin and Bernstein; and conducted Donizetti’s Elisir d’amore in Paris.
Among his future engagements: Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet, Figaro&Figaro (new production about a particular dramaturgy of Le Nozze di Figaro and Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia) with Bare Opera in NYC; the debuts at the Arena di Verona with Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore. Sesto Quatrini will conduct several symphonic productions as well, among others: the debuts with the Orchestra Sinfonica Toscanini, the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Saint-Etienne, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sesto will return to the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese and others.