Daile Theatre Infrastructure

On September 23, 1988, the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of Andrejs Pumpurs' epic poem "Lāčplēsis" was held at the Daile Theatre. For the first time, a Latvian scientist from Canada - Professor of Psychology at the University of Montreal Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007) was allowed to speak at a public event. It was the first time in the Latvian SSR when, at an event of such stature, in the presence of members of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia, the national prayer "God, bless Latvia!" composed by Baumanis Kārlis was sung with the audience standing (approved as the anthem of the restored Republic of Latvia on February 15, 1990).