Tickets can be purchased in the Wagner Hall, Vagnera 4 and in the Dome Cathedral. Vagnera 4, tel. Only one year ago, it was nearly impossible to buy or rent films in Riga in their original language. Desperate expats usually had to cope with a monotonous, cigarette smoke ravaged voice speaking Russian or Latvian over all of the dialogue. The original language is usually slightly audible, but hardly worth the frustration.
Today there is a little more hope.
Ask an employee for help or read the back of the box. If it says ieskanota latviski you don't want it. If everything is written in Cyrillic you don't want it either. If it says ar latviesu subtitriem than buy it before somebody else does. DVD owners can choose from a huge selection of movies for sale and for rent at the shops listed below.