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The plot of the rock opera Turaida Rose is based on a beautiful legend from the 17th century.

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This story was born in the land where the Livs lived

In picturesque places filled with poetry, music and elves

In the Middle Ages, when honor and dignity meant a lot

And legends were born for many centuries...

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In the spring of 1601, Swedish troops captured Turaida Castle. After the battle, among the dead, the local scribe, Greif, found a little girl who had survived. He pledged to raise the orphan and named her Maya.

Years passed, Maya became such a beautiful and sweet girl that the people nicknamed her Turaida Rose. Her fiancé, the gardener Victor Heil, lived in Sigulda Castle. In the evenings, they secretly met in Gutman's Cave. But the Polish deserter of "blue blood" Adam Jakubowsky, one of the legionnaires of Turaida Castle, was inflamed with passion for Maya. He, allegedly on behalf of Victor, wrote a letter to Maya, inviting her to come to Gutman's Cave an hour before the planned meeting with Victor.

Arriving at the meeting place, Maya realized that she had been deceived. As Jakubowsky attempted to ravish her, she chose death in the name of love. She had with her a magic red scarf given to her by Victor. Maya told Jakubowsky that the scarf could shield against the blows of a sword and ordered him to test the scarf's magical power. Jakubowsky raised the sword, and after the blow, mortally wounded Maya as she fell to the ground. Realizing what he had done and fearing retaliation, Jakubowsky plunged the dagger into his heart. Coming to the cave to meet Maya, Victor saw her dying. She asked him not to seek blame, but to take her to the Stone of Eternal Love to convey her feelings for Victor to the stone forever, exclaiming that "Love is stronger than death!" Maya's body dissolved into the Stone, turning into a red rose, and her soul ascended into the sky as a white dove. The inconsolable Victor settled in a nearby small cave, where he grew old. People passing by in the evenings see his silhouette bent over the Stone, and loving couples find a large red Rose on the stone every Friday.



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