Opera-triptych "Neringa"
"The Sea"
"Dunes"
"Pine"
The opera-triptych "Neringa" is one of the most prominent highlights in the formation of the Lithuanian Capital of Culture 2021 "Neringa - Island of Culture" project. The historical opera about the land of the Curonian Spit leaves a strong mark on Lithuanian culture.
The following legend is told: "In time immemorial, when there was no Curonian Spit, and only a chain of islands jutted out in its place, a girl was born on one of them, and her parents named her Neringa. The yellow-haired beauty grew into a giantess. She helped people in every way - she saved fishermen who were carried far from the shore by the sea, drove fish into nets. Once, the god of the sea Bangputys was so furious that the sea did not calm down for a whole year. Then the people asked Neringa to protect them from the raging waves. Neringa began to scoop sand into her apron and pour it between the islands. You can still see where the dam fell - there are higher dunes. Thus she poured a huge embankment that separated the calm inlet from the sea. In it, fishermen could catch fish without fear of being carried far out to sea."
