Klaipėdos muzikinis teatras

Klaipėda State Music Theatre (KSMT) is the largest professional performing arts institution not only in Klaipėda but also in the western region of Lithuania. It was established in 1987, in place of the reorganized Klaipėda People’s Opera Theatre, with an aim to present musical theatre performances at the highest professional standard. Over more than three decades of its activity the theatre has produced well over a hundred stage works in various genres, including operas, music dramas, operettas, musicals, ballets, contemporary dance performances, and musical performances for kids. Besides serving as a testing ground for the fresh talent, the KSMT often recruits acclaimed theatre artists and international production teams. The theatre now has a personnel of over 200, including opera soloists, a mixed choir, a ballet company, a symphony orchestra, administration, front of house staff, and production services. In 2024, Goda Giedraitytė was appointed General Manager of the Klaipėda State Musical Theatre. Tomas Ambrozaitis currently serves as Chief Conductor of the KSMT Symphony Orchestra, Aurelijus Liškauskas as Chief Choreographer of the KSMT Ballet Company, and Slovene choreographer Gaj Žmavc as Artistic Director of the KSMT Ballet Company (since September 2023).