Andrejs Žagars | |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1958 |
Birth Place: | Chernogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Latvia |
Awards: | Order of the Three Stars (2002) |
Occupation: | Actor, opera director, entrepreneur and politician |
Yearsactive: | 1978-2019 |
Andrejs Žagars (16 October 1958 – 26 February 2019) was a Latvian actor, opera director, entrepreneur and politician.[1] He was head of the Latvian National Opera from 1996 to 2013.[2] His brother Juris Žagars also is an actor and since 2019 director of Riga Daile Theater.