An important part of the project is detailing and interior design. A 1:30 scale model of the building is in the making, which is intended for exhibition on the third (so-called Muse) floor of the theater and which every visitor to the theater will be able to view in order to orientate himself in the complex structure of the house. Architect Zaiga Gaile explains in more detail: “The model will be a real doll’s house, for which we are preparing original materials such as mosaic parquet floors, wooden doors, windows, panels, wallpaper walls, furniture and even chandeliers. We are also working on a model of the ship “Thetis”, which will be hung in the center of the glazed courtyard above the heads of the spectators. It is the character of Wagner’s opera “The Wandering Dutchman”, and we managed to find in the archives the specific ship on which Wagner, his wife Minna and his dog Roberta fled from Latvian creditors. The ship experienced a storm on the way, during which Wagner had a vision of the new opera. The model of the ship on a scale of 1:50 was made by the master Aleksandrs Sharga, the group of scenographers “Gräfienes” turned it into the wreck of a storm-damaged sailboat with torn sails, a la the Wandering Dutchman. The real model will be three and a half meters long, and the audience walking through the enfilade of rooms on the Musee floor will be able to study the ship’s deck rigging.” Work is also underway on the creation of the Vagnera Theater library – it will occupy the central space on the facade of Vagnera Street, and all the walls of the five-meter high hall will be occupied by bookshelves up to the ceiling.
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