Festival d’Aix-en-Provence69th Edition l JULY 3rd - 22nd 2017 l PrESS PACK

O p e r a • CO n C e rts • tO U rs • a C a d é m i e d U F e st i va l d’a i x

m e d i t e r r a n e a n YO U t H O r C H e st r a • e n O a • m e d i n e a

PrESS oFFiCEvalérie Weill i valerie.weill@festival-aix.com i +33 6 85 22 74 66Christine deltermeGuillaume poupinrémy tartanac

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opera pages 4 - 7

concerts pages 8 - 9

académie du festival d’aix pages 10 - 14

tours pages 15 - 17

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PHiLiPPE BoESMAnS

PinoCCHioWorLd PrEMiErE adapted from the play by Joël pommerat

conductor emilio pomaricodirector Joël pommeratset and lighting designer eric soyercostume designer isabelle deffin

le pantin Chloé Briot*le mauvais élève /la chanteuse Julie Bouliannela fée marie-eve munger*le directeur de la troupe stéphane degout*un escroc / un meurtrier Yann Beuron le père / un meurtrier vincent le texier

orchestra Klangforum

GEorGES BiZEt

CArMEnnEW ProdUCtion

conductor pablo Heras-Casadodirector and set design dmitri tcherniakov lighting designer Gleb Filshtinskycostume designer Elena Zaitseva

carmen stéphanie d’Oustrac*don josé michael Fabianomicaëla elsa dreisig*escamillo teddy tahu rhodesfrasquita Gabrielle philiponetmercédès virginie verrezle dancaïre marc mauillonle remendado mathias vidal*zuniga Christian Helmermoralès Guillaume andrieux*

chorus Chœur aedes maîtrise des Bouches-du-rhône

orchestra Orchestre de paris

Commissioned by the Festival d’aixCo-production: la monnaie / de munt, Opéra de dijon

Grand tHéÂtre de prOvenCeFrom 3rd to 16th July 2017 *Former artists of the académie du Festival d’aix

Grand tHéÂtre de prOvenCeFrom 4th to 20th July 2017 *Former artists of the académie du Festival d’aix

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iGor StrAVinSKY

tHE rAKE’S ProGrESS stravinsKY CYCle

nEW ProdUCtion

conductor daniel Hardingdirector simon mcBurney set designer michael levinelighting designer Paul Andersoncostume designer Christina Cunningham

tom rakewell paul applebynick shadow Kyle Ketelsenann trulove Julia Bullockbaba the turk andrew Wattsmother goose Hilary summerstrulove nnsellem alan Oke

chorus english voicesorchestra Orchestre de paris

WoLFGAnG AMAdEUS MoZArt

don GioVAnninEW ProdUCtion

conductor Jérémie rhorerdirector Jean-François sivadier set designer alexandre de dardellighting designer philippe Berthomécostume designer virginie Gervaise

don giovanni philippe sly leporello nahuel di pierrodona anna eleonora Burattodon ottavio pavol Breslikdonna elvira isabel leonardzerlina Julie Fuchs*masetto Krzysztof Bączyk*il commendatore nn

chorus english voicesorchestra le Cercle de l’Harmonie

Co-production: dutch national Opera

tHéÂtre de l’arCHevÊCHé From 5th to 18th July 2017

Co-production: Opéra national de lorraine, les théâtres de la ville de luxembourg, teatro Communale di Bologna

tHéÂtre de l’arCHevÊCHéFrom 6th to 21th July 2017 *Former artists of the académie du Festival d’aix

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FrAnCESCo CAVALLi

EriSMEnAnEW ProdUCtion oF tHE L’ACAdÉMiE dU FEStiVAL d’AiX

conductor leonardo García alarcondirector & set and lighting designer Jean Bellorini costume designer macha makeieff

erismena Francesca aspromonte* idraspe Carlo vistoli*clerio moro tai Honeyaldimira susanna Hurrellalcesta stuart Jackson*orimeno nnargippo andrea vincenzo Bonsignore * flerida lea desandre*erimante alexander miminoshvili*diarte Jonathan abernethy

orchestra Cappella mediterranea

Piotr iLitCH tCHAiKoVSKY

EUGEnE onEGinConCErt VErSion

conductor tugan sokhiev

With soloists, chorus and orchestra from the state academic Bolshoi theatre of russia

Co-production: innsbrucker Festwochen der alten musik, les théâtres de la ville de luxembourg

tHéÂtre dU JeU de paUmeFrom 7th to 21st July *Former artists of the académie du Festival d’aix

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Grand tHéÂtre de prOvenCemercredi 19 juillet 2017

ConCErtS

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The detailled programme will be annouced in January 2017

AiX En JUinPrélude to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

master classes, concerts and performances of the académieConcerts of the HsBC laureates of the académieles voix de silvacaneFestival Choral académiqueParade[s]

ConCErtS oF tHE MEditErrAnEAn YoUtH orCHEStrA

ConCErtS And oUtrEACH ProJECtS WitH tHe Cellist sOnia Wieder-atHertOn

as a musician who loves venturing off the beaten track, sonia Wieder-atherton has filled her journey as an international soloist with experiences and Odyssées [Odysseys] to use the title of her decade-long musical adventure. Her cello improvises dialogues with “imaginary choruses” using vocals from around the world that are mixed and transcribed on magnetic tape.

in partnership with the Festival Choral académique de l’académie aix-marseille and in association with the Conservatoire darius milhaud d’aix-en-provence, the Festival d’aix is launching a project going back to where the journey began for 2017. sonia Wieder-atherton and philippe Franceschi will prepare and train students throughout the 2016/17 season with the involvement of choirs from in and around the city. the first series of performances will be held in June 2017 at the Conservatoire darius milhaud as part of aix en Juin followed by a series in manosque where the cellist will improvise live with the choruses joining her on stage directed by philippe Franceschi. in July 2017, the idea of this concert will be covered by the Festival d’aix with magnetic tape as the chorus’ work will be subject to an audio and spatialisation creation.

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20th ACAdÉMiE dU FEStiVAL d’AiX

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the académie du Festival d’aix is a centre of excellence for vocal and instrumental training, a platform for reflecting, experimenting and creating opera and innovative forms, and a place that caters for the professional development of young artists. it offers them the opportunity to take part in residencies and perform in concerts and opera productions at the Festival d’aix as well as on tours across France and abroad throughout the year.

through its four main training areas, which are voice, chamber music, creation and orchestra, the académie upholds the values of exchange, development and cultural enrichment in the form of multidisciplinary and intercultural activities, creation and outreach for all of its programmes.

last but not least, through its networks, enoa (european network of Opera academies) and médinea (mediterranean incubator of emerging artists), the académie promotes mobility for young artists within the euro-mediterranean area all year round, in order to encourage artistic and cultural meetings.

2017 trAininG ProGrAMMEthese workshops and residences provide practice sessions for selected young artists around the world followed by public performances in the form of concerts, masterclasses and encounters with the public.

FroM 12tH to 24tH JUnE 2017MoZArt rESidEnCY – as part of the enoa

ever since the curtain was first raised on the Festival d’aix, it has always featured mozart. it’s no surprise then that the académie has become a key training and professional development venue for vocal coach pianists and singers wanting to develop and refine their interpretation of the mozartian repertoire.

this singers’ residency will be dedicated to the austrian master and features stage and musical work directed by talented vocal coach pianists and a choreographer. ten singers and three pianists will have the opportunity to benefit from a rewarding experience with Susanna Eken, vocal professor at the royal danish academy of music. as a specialist in the mozart repertoire and a familiar face at the Festival d’aix, this peerless tutor will engage with mozart’s work by adopting a combined technical and physiological approach to the voice.

FroM 13tH JUnE to 16tH JULY 2017PinoCCHio rESidEnCY

the académie is greatly concerned about supporting modern music and promoting future artists. For several years now, it has offered a residency for singers seeking to develop their skills in a contemporary repertoire. spurred on by this desire, and at the request of composer, Philippe Boesmans, the 2017 Festival d’aix is recruiting six understudies (two sopranos, one mezzo-sopranos, one tenor, one baritone, one bass-baritone) to stage the Pinocchio opera. the singers will play a key part in this production, follow all the steps in its creative process and make the most of their time in aix-en-provence to broaden their understanding of the contemporary repertoire and contribute to new forms of writing through this residency reserved just for them.

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FroM 21St JUnE 21 to 21St JULY 2017EriSMEnA rESidEnCY

to stage the Erismena opera by Francesco Cavalli for the 2017 Festival d’aix, young understudy singers will be recruited from the very first rehearsal to the last performance. these singers will be prepared for all eventualities, even replacing a singer who, for various reasons, could not perform or take part in the tours as planned. after being actively involved in rehearsals, the understudies will take part in a residency to supplement and broaden their knowledge of the baroque repertoire in its entirety. the understudy singers will be supervised by renowned musicians and have the chance to explore drama as well as expressive and stylistic trends of a multi-faceted repertoire through the prism of the venetian school.

FroM 26tH JUnE to 5tH JULY 2017oPErA CrEAtion WorKSHoP – as part of the enoa

the Opera Creation Workshop is open each year to young creators from all disciplines and is a place for reflection and discussion on artistic opera-related issues. this workshop seeks to define current values of opera and the tasks it will assume in the future. the British stage director, Katie Mitchell, and composer, Philippe Boesmans, will open the debate on current opera creation together with its multi-disciplinary guise and enlighten it with their own experiences.

FroM 3rd to 15tH JULY 2017CHAMBEr MUSiC rESidEnCY

violinists, András Keller (member of the Keller Quartet) and david Alberman (member of the london symphony Orchestra) are combining their talents as artists and tutors for the benefit of young ensembles (string quartets and piano trios) wanting to refine their approach to all repertoires, from classic to contemporary music. this residency will be the ideal opportunity to open up to contemporary creation and get to grips with new languages by working alongside current composers.

Mediterranean Youth orchestra

FroM 7tH to 28tH JULY 2017MEditErrAnEAn YoUtH orCHEStrA SYMPHoniC SESSion

the symphonic session by the mediterranean Youth Orchestra is a pivotal experience in the training and burgeoning career of young mediterranean artists who get the chance to practise under the guidance of renowned conductors and alongside experienced musicians from world-famous orchestras.

Young musicians from twenty mediterranean countries will have the opportunity to perform the repertoire for a large-scale orchestra and experience their first concert and tour together.

FroM 10tH to 21St JULY 2017intErCULtUrAL CrEAtion SESSion

twelve mediterranean musicians will join saxophonist and jazzman Fabrizio Cassol for a unique composition experience. this is the opportunity to unearth and put the spotlight on young, bold, talented and passionate improvisers from the worlds of jazz and traditional mediterranean music. an original encounter with different musical styles orchestrated with generosity and a sense of togetherness.

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2017 ConCErtS And PErForMAnCES oF tHE ACAdÉMiEthese events see some of the best young artists from previous Académie events return to the stage.

JUnE 2017MUSiCAL PErForMAnCE

la Fondation la poste has an original and eclectic sponsorship programme for written expression. since 2004, la Fondation la poste has sponsored the académie du Festival d’aix. it focuses on encouraging the creation of shows based on musicians’ texts and letters.

it has seen letters by erik satie, Benjamin Britten, pauline viardot, reynaldo Hahn and Claude debussy in the hands of young directors such as Bellorini, Olivier Balazuc, Côme de Bellescize, vincent Huguet, marc lainé and more.

in 2017, the director Matthieu Cruciani will explore letters by stravinsky in a musical performance for a piano, two singers and an actor as part of aix en Juin.

FroM 12tH to 15tH JUnE JULY 2017CrEAtion & innoVAtion WorKSHoP

the académie is a professional development venue for young artists and offers various training programmes to help them launch their careers in the best possible conditions. By making the new generation of creators aware of audience development, the académie seeks to foster contemporary debate on creation and its economic realities, while inciting the renewal of artistic and musical practices through an interdisciplinary, intercultural and innovative approach.

this training programme will provide an advantageous setting for study, experimentation and creation during the festival period. it gives young creators and performers the opportunity to develop their innovative artistic and musical projects (musical theatre, recitals, dance, performance, educational and participatory projects, etc.) and benefit from professional tools and expertise through tailored artistic and technical guidance. selected projects will participate in training sessions, followed by a public performance to be arranged in aix-en-provence.

JUnE-JULY 2017ConCErtS BY HSBC LAUrEAtES oF tHE ACAdÉMiE dU FEStiVAL d’AiX

Committed to sponsoring young talents, HsBC France has been joining with the académie du Festival d’aix since 2006. the artistic direction of the Festival selects each year a new set of singers, pianists vocal coaches and chamber music ensembles. the HsBC France group supports these young artists, the HsBC laureates, chosen among the académie’s most promising talents and give them the chance to perform in recitals and concerts both in France and abroad.

the Festival d’aix is proud of the HsBC laureates award and these laureate artists take pride of place in the festival schedule every summer. exceptional recitals will be staged in June and July 2017 by HsBC laureates from different years who are now experienced artists and performing in the Festival’s operas among others.

JULY 2017intErCULtUrAL CrEAtionS – MEdinEA SESSionS

these musical projects resulting from the mediterranean Youth Orchestra’s intercultural creation session bring together young artists in the medinea network. as part of the network, the académie helps the groups to create intercultural music projects and build their career.

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2016/2017 HSBC LAUrEAtES oF tHE ACAdÉMiE toUr

SEPtEMBEr 17tH 2016 – FEStiVAL CLASSiqUE AU VErt (vincennes) van Kuijk Quartet (2014 laureate)programme: mozart quartets

oCtoBEr 13tH 2016 – Art’SCènES (nantes)Chloé Briot, soprano (2015 laureate), michalis Boliakis, piano (2011 laureate)programme: "Gypsy melodies" (Brahms, debussy, de Falla, rachmaninov, ravel etc.)

noVEMBEr 9tH 2016 – oPÉrA dE LiLLE (lille)Quartet Berlin-tokyo (2015 laureate)programme: Haydn, Beethoven

noVEMBEr 16tH 2016 – PHiLHArMoniE dE PAriS (paris)rupert Charlesworth, tenor (2011 laureate), edwige Herchenroder, piano (2013 laureate)programme: “nocturnes” (schubert, Brahms, Britten, duparc, Finzi etc.)

APriL 6tH 2017 – oPÉrA dE LiLLE (lille)andri Björn róbertsson, bass-baritone (2014 laureate), edwige Herchenroder, piano (2013 laureate)programme: “love and death” (schubert, loewe, schumann, liszt, Wolf, Brahms etc.)

APriL 26tH 2017 – qUEEn ELiSABEtH MUSiC CHAPEL (Waterloo) van Kuijk Quartet (2014 laureate)programme: mozart quartets

´ WeBsite OF tHe aCadémie: http://academie.festival-aix.com/en

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tHE FEStiVAL d’AiX in CHinA, rUSSiA And AroUnd tHE MEditErrAnEAn

2017 sees the Festival d’aix’s international growth rise to the next level with the launch of several partnerships formed in recent years.

BEiJinG MUSiC FEStiVAL PArtnErSHiP LAUnCH

the performance of robert Carsen’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in Beijing in October 15th and 16th 2016 marks the beginning of the 5-year partnership starting this year between the Festival d’aix-en-provence and Beijing music Festival. the collaboration will continue in years to come with the performance of Written on Skin, Pelléas et Méli-sande in China and the commissioning of two new operas.

A CLoSEr Bond WitH tHE BoLSHoi tHEAtrE

the Bolshoi has been one of the Festival d’aix’s partners for years. it has co-produced Don Giovanni, Rigoletto and Alcina (repertoire productions). next season, it will exceptionally present two shows by Katie mitchell created for the Festival d’aix: Written on Skin (2012) and Trauernacht (2014). this rendezvous in moscow will be renewed every two years, with other productions from the Festival d’aix. the Festival d’aix will also welcome in July 2017 the solists, chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoï for a concert version of Eugene Onegin (see page 7).

tHE MEditErrAnEAn: intErCULtUrAL ProJECtS, toUrS And trAininG

the Festival d’aix-en-provence has had an open policy for artists and music from the mediterranean region since 2008. this part of the world deals with tension of all kinds and needs to build a fertile intercultural dialogue to overcome language, social and political barriers now more than ever. in 2017, the Festival d’aix plans to continue to contribute to the cultural dialogue between europe and the mediterranean with a series of activities and artistic projects:

Kalîla wa Dimna oPErA toUrthe production of Kalîla wa Dimna was created in July 2016 and will go on an international tour visiting in particular the lebanon during the 2016/2017 season.

MEditErrAnEAn YoUtH orCHEStrA ConCErtS And trAininG SESSionSthe mediterranean Youth Orchestra will host almost a hundred young instrument players from the provence-alpes-Côte d’azur and mediterranean regions in July 2017 for training sessions and a series of concerts.

MEdinEA ProJECtS – intErCULtUrAL And intErdiSCiPLinArY CrEAtionStwo artistic projects supported by the medinea network in 2016 will continue the international tour they began in 2016: Cairo Jazz Station (Festival internazionale nuoro Jazz, italy – august 25th 2016) and Ziryâb et nous (Festival des andalousies atlantiques, morocco – October 2016). new projects will also be explored as part of the artistic residences organised by network members.

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il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2016)

LiLLE, France – Opéra de lille (co-production) 12, 14, 17, 19, 21 January 2017CAEn , France – théâtre de Caen (co-production)3, 5 February 2017

Così fan Tutte (2016)

nEW YorK, Usa – mostly mozart Festival (alice tully Hall) 15 august 2016 (concert version)

EdiMBoUrG, UK – edinburgh international Festival (co-production)25, 27, 28 august 2016

Kalila wa Dimna (2016)

BEirUt, lebanon – Baalbeck international Festival18 november 2016

LiLLE , France – Opéra de lille (co-production) 11, 12, 13, 14 december 2016

LE MAnS , France – les Quinconces 13, 14 January 2017

diJon, France – Opéra de dijon (co-production)11, 13, 14 may 2017

PAriS, France – philharmonie de paris 19 may 2017

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2015)

BoLoGnA, italy – teatro Comunale di Bologna (co-production) 20, 22, 24, 26, 29 January 2017

a midsummer night’s Dream (2015)

BEiJinG, China – Beijing music Festival 15, 16 October 2016

MAnAMA, Bahrain – Bahrain national theater 21, 22 december 2016

Svadba (2015)

LUXEMBoUrG, luxembourg – les théâtres de la ville luxembourg (co-production) 14, 15 February 2017

le monstre du labyrinthe (2015)

MontPELLiEr, France – Opéra de montpellier (co-production) 21, 22 april 2017

winterreise (2014)

BErLin, Germany – Berliner Festspiele15,16 July 2016

SEoUL, south Korea – lotte Concert Hall 22 november 2016

dAEJEon, south Korea – daejeon arts Center24 november 2016

ariodante (2014)

toronto, Canada – Canadian Opera Company (co-production) 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29 October and 4 novembre 2016

Trauernacht (2014)

MoSCoW, russia – Bolshoi theatre25, 26 april 2017

il Turco in italia(2014)

WArSAW, poland – teatr Wielki - polish national Opera (co-production) 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 march 2017

Elektra (2013)

HELSinKi, Finland – Finnish national Opera (co-production) 2, 6, 9, 12,15 september 2016

BErLin, Germany – deutsche staatsoper Berlin, Unter den linden (co-production) 23, 26, 29 October and 1, 4 november 2016

BArCELonA , spain – Gran teatre del liceu (co-production) 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 december 2016

written on Skin(2012)

London, UK – Covent Garden (co-production)13, 18, 23, 27, 30 January 2017

MoSCoW, russia – Bolshoi theatre22, 23 april 2017

la Traviata (2011)

ViEnnA, austria – Wiener staatsoper (co-production)repertoire production of the Wiener staatsoper

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