ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2 "For this 70th edition of the Festival d’Aix which is Bernard Focroulle’s last festival, it is tempting to take stock of his achievements as Director in light of the greatest moments of opera that his mandate allowed the development of, whether it be for example, Written on Skin by George Benjamin or Elektra as seen by Patrice Chéreau. By his manner of bringing together talents and horizons, of bringing professionals and amateurs closer together in the same desire for high standards, of creating a dialogue between western music and oriental music, of reaching audiences without ever pandering to them, of inviting in order to enrich, it is not impossible that the Orfeo & Majnun in the long term will become an even more crucial date."
AVANT-SCÈNE OPÉRA – Chantal Cazaux
3 ORFEO & MAJNUN a European project, 70 an urban procession involving YEARS 1,500 AMATEURS of the Festival a free opera d’Aix-en-Provence along the cours Mirabeau 15,000 SPECTATORS 20 YEARS SEVEN of the Académie STONES du Festival d’Aix FEDORA GENERALI Prize
86,117 100% spectators of the sets 100% eco-designed 2 WORLD PHOTO PREMIERES Seven Stones EXHIBITIONS 70 years of the Festival d'Aix & Orfeo & Majnun and 20 years of the Académie 4 261 ARTISTS from the Académie MEDINEA 40 given the label NATIONALITIES Europe Créative
SPECIAL CULTURE “FAUTEUILS D’ORCHESTRE” TELEVISION PROGRAMME NUM th to celebrate the 70th 5 edition anniversary - live from Aix “The Camp” 454 YOUNG PERSONS > 47,000 TOOK PART IN “OPÉRA ON” FANS ON Facebook on the 5 first nights
OPERA PLAY > 90 a new free PROJECTIONS application in France and abroad
5 Richard Strauss ARIADNE AUF NAXOS “The singing in Aix’s new Ariadne
Conductor MARC ALBRECHT auf Naxos is exquisite. That is also Stage Director KATIE MITCHELL thanks to Marc Albrecht’s presence La Prima Donna / Ariane LISE DAVIDSEN Le Ténor / Bacchus ERIC CUTLER in the pit… a perfectly paced Zerbinetta SABINE DEVIEILHE evening.” Le Compositeur ANGELA BROWER Le Maître de musique JOSEF WAGNER FINANCIAL TIMES – Shirley Apthorp
ORCHESTRE DE PARIS “For this particular Strauss, happiness is both musical and vocal.”
LUXEMBURG WORT - Stéphane Gilbart
6 7 Sergueï Prokofiev THE FIERY ANGEL
Director KAZUSHI ONO ”Masterful and highly inspired conducting Stage Director MARIUSZ TRELIŃSKI from Kazushi Ono who transformed an Renata AUŠRINE STUNDYTĖ Ruprecht SCOTT HENDRICKS Orchestre de Paris which produced an astonishingly beautiful sound.” CHORUS OF THE POLISH NATIONAL OPERA LE MONDE - Marie-Aude Roux ORCHESTRE DE PARIS
“It quite simply takes your breath.”
DIE RHEINPFALZ - Gilmar Gilcher 8 9 - “The beauty, intelligence and
emotion make you want to weep!” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart TÉLÉRAMA - Sophie Bourdais THE MAGIC FLUTE
Conductor RAPHAËL PICHON “An exceptional Flute […] Raphaël Stage Director SIMON MCBURNEY
Pichon and his Ensemble Pygmalion Sarastro DIMITRY IVASHCHENKO are musically in charge much to the Tamino STANISLAS DE BARBEYRAC La Reine de la Nuit KATHRYN LEWEK general delight.” Pamina MARI ERIKSMOEN Papageno THOMAS OLIEMANS LE TEMPS - Sylvie Bonier CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA FROM THE ENSEMBLE PYGMALION
10 11 - ”Overwhelming. An example of successful up-dating” Henry Purcell
LE TEMPS - Sylvie Bonier DIDO AND ÆNEAS
Director VÁCLAV LUKS “The show is spellbinding, intense. “ Stage Director VINCENT HUGUET Une femme de Chypre ROKIA TRAORÉ OPERA-ONLINE.COM - Alain Duault Dido ANAÏK MOREL Æneas TOBIAS LEE GREENHALGH Belinda SOPHIA BURGOS Sorceress / Spirit LUCILE RICHARDOT
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLE PYGMALION
12 13 “A brilliant score and powerfully Ondřej Adámek original on a good number of SEVEN STONES WORLD PREMIERE prototype instruments.”
LIBÉRATION - Guillaume Tion Directors ONDŘEJ ADÁMEK, LÉO WARYNSKI Stage Director and choreography ÉRIC OBERDORFF “A futuristic opera with sheer
Maid / Storyteller I audacity” ANNE-EMMANUELLE DAVY OPERA TODAY - Michael Milensk Land Lady / Storyteller II SHIGEKO HATA Stone Collector NICOLAS SIMEHA Stone Collector’s Wife LANDY ANDRIAMBOAVONJY
CHORUS ACCENTUS / AXE 21
14 15 16 Moneim Adwan, Howard Moody, Dick van der Harst - “Orfeo & Majnun is the ORFEO & MAJNUN outcome of a policy of opening FRENCH PREMIERE up to audiences and to the Director BASSEM AKIKI Stage Directors AIRAN BERG, MARTINA WINKEL Mediterranean which will remain Majnun LOAY SROUJI one of the great achievements Layla NAI TAMISH BARGHOUTI Orfeo YOANN DUBRUQUE of Bernard Focroulle’s mandate.” Eurydice JUDITH FA Narrator TÉLÉRAMA – Sophie Bourdais SACHLI GHOLAMALIZAD
INTERCULTURAL ENSEMBLE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA
With the participation of amateur choirs coming from the audiences of PASSERELLES
Sinfonietta SESSION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN YOUTH ORFCHESTRA
17 AIX EN JUIN 6th EDITION 9 TO 30 JUNE 2018 57 EVENTS 16,670 SPECTATORS
18 Benjamin Dupé “The composer Benjamin Dupé DU CHŒUR À L’OUVRAGE has placed upon this story Opera for children voices Conception, Music and Stage Direction music which is unmeasured and BENJAMIN DUPÉ Original libretto developed for these liberated MARIE DESPLECHIN Instrumental ensemble young singers.” L’INSTANT DONNÉ LA PROVENCE With the singers of MAÎTRISE DES BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE Choir master PASCAL DESNOYER
REMEMBER MOZART “The Académie on all fronts Singing Académie Semi-staging […] The Académie which LEAH HAUSMAN Singers and pianists of the Académie opened up to chamber music Artists from the Mozart's Residency and to staging proposed numerous concerts on the fringe of the opera productions.“
LIBÉRATION
19 12 RESIDENCIES
261 YOUNG ARTISTS > 40 NATIONALITIES
42 EVENTS WITH THE PASS
65 FREE EVENTS
5 COMMISSIONS AND WORLD PREMIERES
2 FRENCH CREATIONS
20 L’Académie, centre for professional development, for experimentation and vocational integration for young artists, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018.
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Académie invited two emblematic personalities from its earliest days: the French baritone, Stéphane Degout who gave his first cycle of masterclasses here and the pianist Alan Planès. This residence called « The Art of the Recital » enabled six piano/voice duos to perfect the conception of their recital programmes of French melody, each of which would be performed for the partners of the enoa European network during the course of the 2018/2019 season. The traditional Mozart and chamber music residencies completed this programme of professional development.
For the second year running, the cycle of workshops on the reflection on creation was opened, this year dealing with the question of the representation of women in opera. The Creative Opera Workshops thus brought together 10 women artists in the middle of their career as part of a workshop on the sharing of professional tools, with the aim of strengthening their position in the sector. In parallel was being held the annual session of the Opera Creation Workshop, a session of exchanges and of reflection on the opera of tomorrow.
As part of the symphonic session, 80 musicians from the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (MYO) took part in three concerts conducted by the conductors Kazushi Ono and Quentin Hindley. Led by the composer Fabrizio Cassol, the MYO’s intercultural session enabled a dozen of these young artists to work on an un precedented collective musical project presented as part of four concerts in Aix and on tour. The sessions for the Sinfonietta from the opera Orfeo & Majnun an urban procession brought together 24 musicians from the MYO conducted by Bassem Akiki.
Mediation and transmission are today at the heart of an artist’s professional development. Outreach skills from the Académie, which are run notably by Mark Withers who is Artistic Director of participative projects with LSO Discovery, has enabled 54 artists, singers and instrumentalists, to learn how to pass on their art and their artistic practices to young and new audiences.
The Académie is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its creation and of perspectives during the course of three major events: a photographic exhibition which goes back over the best moments of the Académie and of the Festival, photographed by Vincent Beaume, musical workshops available for everyone and particularly for the families and a festive Jam Session that gathered many artists from the Festival and the Académie. This anniversary served as a reminder of the progress that was made and to present the challenges of tomorrow, in images thanks to a specific video and in words with the edition of a special publication.
The 2017 HSBC Académie Laureates were revealed7 on the 12 October 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris. They then performed throughout the 2017/2018 season on tour in France and in 13 concerts at the Festival d’Aix.
With the support of
21 The Académie is at the origin of the creation of two international networks.
enoa is a European network of opera academies whose aim is to help vocational integration, vocational mobility, and the creation of new opera projects for young European artists. This summer the Académie received 18 artists recommended by members of the network and 3 of its residencies: Opera Creation Workshops, Women Creators of Opera and The Art of the Recital all benefitted from the support ofenoa . On the occasion of the quarterly meeting of the enoa network, the Festival d’Aix hosted its 12 partners the 2 and 3 July. The endorsement of a new manifesto which would guide the development of the next enoa programme was at the heart of the discussions. This summer meeting also marked the end of Bernard Focroulle’s mandate at the Head of the network, of which the presidency will be taken over by Pierre Audi as early as September 2018.
The Medinea network assembles more than twenty cultural organisations from the Euro-Mediterranean region, supporting the vocational integration of young Mediterranean musicians by developing intercultural projects promoting dialogue, transmission and mobility within the Mediterranean. Thanks to the recent support of creative Europe as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Medinea this year accompanied the Outreach skills workshop of the Académie in Aix and a Session of intercultural creation of the MYO, “outside the walls” in Nuoro, (Italy).
enoa and Medinea receive support from the Programme Creative Europe from the European Union.
Medinea also receives the support of the Erasmus+ Programme from the European Union
22 23 Orfeo & Majnun: a major European artistic and participatory project
In 2018 the Festival d’Aix hosted the French premiere of Orfeo & Majnun, a coproduction with seven European partners in which the participation of amateurs was at the heart of the creative process. It took place in two phases: PARADE[S], a great festive urban procession, followed by a free outdoor opera. In all, this original project brought together over 10,000 people of which more than 1,500 participants were amateurs from the audience of Passerelles.
Orfeo & Majnun is an encounter between the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the Persian legend of Layla and Majnun, two of the greatest love stories from the west and the orient. Throughout the year, numerous introductory and artistic practice workshops were organised by Passerelles for participants of all ages and from all social backgrounds in order to take the project wholly into their possession.
Following these explorations, PARADE[S] intervened in order to unite the propositions of the partners of Passerelles under the artistic coordination of Airan Berg and of Passerelles: about thirty performances, installations and artistic workshops were put into place in order to give rhythm to the afternoons before the final procession on the cours Mirabeau, which was coordinated by Raphaël Imbert, Marion Rampal (Cie Nine Spirit), Alexandra Satger and the artists from the Compagnie Rara Woulib (Choir of Work Songs). This event brought together 2,500 people including 300 amateur musicians and singers.
Elsewhere, animals occupied an important place in this project: their inventor, Roger Titley, trained around twenty students and social mediators to accompany the audience in the creation and the actioning of the creatures in preparation for the urban procession.
Around 200 amateur choristers from the region – including the Ibn Zaydoun Choir made up the multicultural choir for the opera, which was prepared by Philippe Franceschi before being conducted by Bassem Akiki on 8th July.
Orfeo & Majnun is on the programme of Marseille-Provence 2018 – Quel Amour ! (MP2018). To celebrate its launch in February, The Festival d’Aix has deployed a lot of musical surprises as the apparition of the Choir of the Work Songs in Aix on the theme of love. On Sunday 8th April, the Festival d'Aix also teamed up with the Arlesian Parade Drôle de Carnaval - Un Amour de Parade on the theme of Orfeo & Majnun.
Orfeo & Majnun, is also the creation of a participatory digital platform enabling an exploration of the creative process. Around twenty articles, photos and videos go back over the odyssey of this exceptional creation at the Festival d’Aix: orfeoandmajnun.eu.
THE ELOISE SUSANNA GALE FOUNDATION
24 25 26 27 28 Meet the audiences with Passerelles
By developing educational and socio-artistic projects throughout the region, the Passerelles team of the Festival d’Aix, reaches out to meet a large range of audiences – young, families, non-specialised and fragile – enabling them to live and to discover the world of opera.
In 2018, Passerelles celebrated its tenth anniversary! Almost 5,000 participants were associated with the Passerelles’ projects this year, in relation with a hundred educational establishments (schools, universities) as well as social institutions and associations.
Passerelles was deeply involved at the heart of the Orfeo & Majnun project. More than 1,500 amateur participants from the Passerelles’ public were involved in this project of which more than 1,200 people for the urban procession and almost 200 amateur choristers to make up the opera choir. The Ibn Zaydoun Choir, conducted by Moneim Adwan (the composer of the Arabian part of the libretto of Orfeo & Majnun) also joined the choir of the opera. It appeared in other events on the 2018 programme such as La Nuit Antigone, Les Voix de Silvacane and the concert SOS Méditerranée.
Passerelles also pursued its public awareness programme with the aim of introducing opera to the greatest number of people: discovery programmes about the opera, amateur artistic practices, artistic encounters such as the cine-concert at the Cité de la Savine in July together with the MYO and the cinema Alhambra in Marseille. To end these programmes, more than 5,000 people attended a pre-dress rehearsal of one of the 2018 productions!
2018 was also the first edition of the Sets and Costumes Workshop Open Days at Venelles. More than 300 participants - young apprentices, youth and adults in vocational integration – were able to discover a range of professions related to the performing arts.
Finally, around 500 young people who were under thirty years of age attended the first night of a 2018 production in exceptional conditions as part of the Opéra ON Programme.
29 The Festival d’Aix in the world
Whilst being solidly anchored in its own region, the Festival d’Aix‘s influence extends all over the world.
Indeed, the Festival d’Aix has a world-wide reputation and functions on all levels, regional, through the loyal attachment of the local audience and through the close bond developed with the public authorities from year to year; then on a national level and international level through new collaborations with cultural institutions and through the tours and its productions. By attracting an ever more varied and numerous audiences, the free opera projections within the region and abroad also contribute to the Festival’s influence.
PARTNERSHIPS The collaboration with the Bolchoï is to be reinforced with: The first Russian performance of Alcina (2015) by Handel. The co-production of Dido and Aeneas (2018) by Purcell.
COPRODUCTIONS AND TOURS The constantly renewed attraction of the operas produced by the Festival d’Aix on national and international stages has been confirmed with 17 co-producers committed on the 2018 productions.
A circulation of the operas of the Festival in the world through numerous revivals by the co-producers amongst whom are: The Rake’s Progress (2017) by Stravinsky at the Dutch National Opera Pinocchio (2017) by Phillipe Boesmans at the Opéra national de Bordeaux Pelléas et Mélisande (2016) by Debussy at the Polish National Opera - Teatr Wielki
In 2018 about ten productions travelled the globe for around fifty performances. The tours of past productions continue, and amongst them are : Winterreise (2014) by Schubert at the Elbe Philharmonic in Hamburg A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2015) by Britten at the English National Opera and in 2019 at the Philadelphia Opera, The Magic Flute (2009) by Mozart at the New National Theatre in Tokyo Le Monstre du Labyrinthe (2015) by Jonathan Dove at the Philharmonie de Paris
PROJECTIONS The development of free projections on a wide screen with Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss et Dido and Aeneas by Purcell in 24 towns and villages of the PACA region, with the support of the Orange Foundation, the CIC Lyonnaise de Banque and in partnership with Arte. Abroad, 11 countries have organised projections of past productions produced by the Festival d’Aix, which represent around sixty projections in all.
30 Encounters
CULTURE NUM With the theme of the 2018 edition of Culture Num «Finding utopia in the digital », this edition proposed to everybody an anticipatory workshop conceived by The Camp with the purpose of imagining and sharing scenarios of a digital society in which art and the form of opera would exist in support of the human, by reinforcing connections and by creating new forms of solidarity and sharing. With the support of Audiens.
AIX-EN-PROVENCE ECONOMIC FORUM On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, the Festival d’Aix hosted the 18th edition of the Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum organised by the Cercle des économistes. This international event attracted a large public together with 230 contributors from all over the world speaking on the question of the Metamorphosis of the world.
Professional Meetings
NATIONAL ENCOUNTERS ACCORD MAJEUR Because the French model of diversity is not that of communitarianism, the Accord Majeur National Meetings which took place from 10 July in Aix were an opportunity to testify to the commitment of artists and professionals to contribute to a « better life together » and define the boundaries of a renewed audience policy.
ENOA On the occasion of the three-monthly meetings of the enoa network (European network of opera academies), organised by each member of the institution in turn, the Festival d’Aix hosted its 12 partners the 2 and 3 July. The artistic content of the activities of the next two years as well as the orientations which will guide the elaboration of next programme supported by enoa were at the heart of these discussions. This summer meeting also marked the end of Bernard Focroulle’s mandate at the head of the network, of which the presidency was taken over by Pierre Audi in September 2018.
MEDINEA From 18 to 20 July, the Medinea Meetings brought together around twenty Euro-Mediterranean cultural institutions to talk about the founding principles and the forthcoming issues for this network by adopting a common programme. The artistic programme received the support of Europe Creative and Erasmus+.
Opera Play App
Launched in January 2018, Opera Play is an amusing new educational application from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence based on exploring the voice and operatic singing. Conceived and produced by Sonic Solveig with the DRAC Provence- Alpes-Côte d’Azur, it has been downloaded more than 1,000 times on Google Play and 1,150 times on Apple Store.
Broadcasts
All the operas of the 2018 edition were broadcast live on Arte, France Télévisions, Mezzo or on streaming on Arte Concert, CultureBox and Opera Vision. Fauteuils d’orchestre, the television programme presented by Anne Sinclair and broadcast on prime time the 4 July on France 3, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Festival d’Aix and was watched by some 728,000 viewers. More than 20 hours of radio programmes on France Musique were recorded at the Festival d’Aix including 30 live programmes from Aix with Clément Rochefort and Frédéric Lodéon. 31 The teams
Composed of around fifty permanent salaried staff, the Festival’s teams are organised into six principle departments which are divided up between the sites in Aix-en-Provence, in Venelles and in Paris.
The chart below illustrates one of the Festival’s particularities, that is to say the great variability of its manpower, which does not cease to grow from September to July, to reach almost 800 people by July 2018, including both the permanent administrative staff, the staff back-ups on temporary contracts (CDD), the technicians and artists who are engaged individually. To this figure, must be added the artists and ensembles who are invited (choirs and orchestras: about 270 people) and more than 260 young artists at the heart of the Académie and the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra. The import number of technicians and artists recruited throughout the year is also due to the busy activity of the tours and the work carried out in the workshops.
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800
600 Artists 400 Technical Intermittents
200 Temporary contracts
0 Permanent contracts September – January - April - June - December 2017 March 2018 May 2018 August 2018 32 Sustainable development 100% of the sets - 100% eco-designed
In order to reduce the volume of its waste material and by modifying their nature, with the aim of encouraging their reclamation, recycling and re-use, the Festival d’Aix initiated as early as 2014 a transversal and multisectoral reflection in support of responsible practices in the cultural sector. By anticipating the end of a set’s life at the moment of its conception, the Festival d’Aix succeeded in 2018, after three years of tests on four sets (Alcina, The Entfürung Aus dem Serail, Così fan tutte and Carmen) to build 100% of its sets in a 100% eco-designed manner.
In January 2018, The Festival d’Aix organised in Paris at the Ministry of Culture its fourth Labo dedicated to the eco- conception of sets, in the presence of 14 cultural sector actors. This Labo enabled the emergence of projects such as material resource centres, a collaborative platform, a website and the adaptation of a “help tool” to assist decision-making, all of which which will allow the dissemination of practices of the eco-conception for theatre sets. A fifth Labo took place in June of the same year at the workshops of the Festival d’Aix- with local actors in preparation for a territorial network and the publication of a methodological handbook.
The Festival d’Aix is a founding member of the collective COFEES (Collective union of Eco-responsible Festivals in Provence- Alpes-Côte d’Azur ) which is supported by ADME and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
33 THANK YOU TO THE SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS OF THE FESTIVAL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT
60 BUSINESS PARTNERS
150 INDIVIDUAL PATRONS
4,4 M€ RAISED
1ST SOURCE OF INCOME SINCE 2015
34 The supporters of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Many French and international individuals support the development of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, including through the Club des Mécènes and the IFILAF UK and USA International Friends associations. We thank them all for their crucial commitment, and especially our major donors: Fondation Meyer pour le développement culturel et artistique, Karolina Blaberg Stiftung, Chœur à l’Ouvrage Funds, The Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation, And M. Bruno Roger.
MÉCÈNES FONDATEURS M. et Mme François Debiesse M. Philippe Villin M. et Mme Jean-Pierre Megnin M. et Mme Laurence Blackall M. Alain Guy M. Michel Vovelle M. Jean-Claude Meunier M. et Mme Christopher Carter M. et Mme Philippe Jabre M. et Mme Philip Wilkinson M. Bernard Miyet M. Nicolas D. Chauvet Mme Sophie Kessler-Matière M. et Mme Robert Zolade M. et Mme Guillaume de M. et Mme André Hoffmann M. Alessandro Riva et M. Nicolas Montrichard M. et Mme Christian Bonnal MEMBRES ACTIFS Mme Jacqueline Roland- Schlumberger M. et Mme Demesthene Severis Melle Pascale Alfonsi Gosselin M. et Mme Jean-Paul Bailly M. et Mme Jacques-Olivier GRANDS MÉCÈNES MEMBRES DONATEURS M. Constant Barbas Simonneau Baron et Baronne Jean-Pierre M. et Mme Mark Armour Mme Patricia Barbizet M. et Mme Sebastien Veil Berghmans M. et Mme Thierry Aulagnon M. Bernard Barone M. et Mme Jean-Renaud Vidal M. Nabil Chartouni M. et Mme Thierry d’Argent M. et Mme Christian Bauzerand Mme Ariane Dandois M. et Mme Erik Belfrage Mme Marie-Claude Billard IFILAF USA M. et Mme Bechara El Khoury M. et Mme Jacques Bouhet M. et Mme Olivier Binder M. Jean-Claude GruffatPresident M. et Mme Nicholas L.D. Firth M. et Mme François Bournerias Mme Marie-Joëlle Bonnefoy M. Richard J. Miller Treasurer M. et Mme Burkhard Gantenbein M. Eric E. Bowles and Mme Kuri M. et Mme Daniel Caclin M. Jérôme Brunetière Secretary Mlle Nomi Ghez et Dr. Michael Torigoe Mme Christine Cayol- M. Nabil Chartouni S. Siegal M. et Mme Jordi et Patricia Machenaud Mme Edmée de M. Firth M. et Mme Jean-Claude Gruffat Caballé Mme Paz Corona et M. Mme Marie Nugent-Head Marlas M. et Mme Charles Gave Mme Christelle Colin et M. Gen Stéphane Magnan Dr. Michael S. Siegal Dr. John A. Haines et Dr. Anand Oba M. Alan R. Cravitz The Honorable Anne Cox Kumar Tiwari M. et Mme Virgile Delâtre M. Pierre-Louis Dauzier Chambers Honorary member M. et Mme Alain Honnart M. et Mme Charles-Henri Filippi M. Etienne Davignon M. Jacques Bouhet Honorary member Baron et Baronne Daniel Janssen M. Pierre-Yves Gautier Mme Alain Douteaud M. et Mme Simon et Emma M. et Mme Pierre Guenant M. et Mme Olivier Dubois IFILAF UK Keswick Mme Yanne Hermelin M. et Mme Philippe-Henri M. Laurence Blackall President M. Jean-Claude Langain M. William Kadouch-Chassaing Dutheil M. Peter Espenhahn Treasurer M. Michael Lunt M. et Mme Raphaël Kanza M. Peter Espenhahn M. Jérôme Brunetière Secretary M. Jean-Claude Meyer et Mme Susan Kessler Mme Marceline Gans Mme Jane Carter Mme Nathalie Bloch-Lainé M. et Mme Samy Kinge M. Jean-Marie Gurné Mme Béatrice Schlumberger M. et Mme Richard J. Miller M. et Mme Antoine Labbé M. Pascal Houzelot M. David Syed Mme Marie Nugent-Head et M. Jean-Paul Labourdette Mme Gabriele Kippert M. James C. Marlas Mme Danielle Lipman W. M. Didier Kling Many of our supporters wish M. Pascal Tallon Boccara Mme Francesca Kress to remain anonymous. List of M. et Mme Henri-Michel Mme Anne Maus M. Jean-Marc La Piana supporters as of July 31, 2018. Tranchimand M. et Mme Ton Meijer-Bergmans M. Jean-Pol Lallement Mme Sylvie Ouziel M. et Mme Jacques Latil MEMBRES BIENFAITEURS M. Thomas Rottner M. Jacques Le Pape M. et Mme Walter Butler M. Etienne Sallé Mme Janine Levy M. François Casier Mme Catherine Stephanoff M. et Mme Michel Longtchamp M. Jean Cheval et Mme Georgia M. et Mme David Syed M. et Mme Jacques Manardo Makhlouf M. et Mme Anton van Rossum M. Thierry Martinache
35 Le Festival d’Aix-en-Provence thanks for their support:
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ALSO SUPPORTING THE FESTIVAL D'AIX British Council, Butard Enescot, diptyque, Fondation CMA CGM, Fondation Harmonie Solidarités, Fondation MMA, Les Vins de Provence, RDT 13
Club Campra brings together regional companies, businesses people and professional organisations from different sectors of various sizes who wish to support the Festival. Thanks to their civic-mindedness, they contribute to increasing the region’s cultural influence and promoting access to culture for all. Supporting Members Rothschild Martin Maurel, Société Ricard Benefactor Members Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Est, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Digital Virgo, Eiffage Immobilier, Groupe SNEF, NGE Donor Members CEA Cadarache, CETIC, Colas Midi-Méditerranée, Durance Granulats, Original System, Orkis, Prométhée Group, Roland Paix Traiteur, Tenergie Associate Members Affiche +, Agnès Pellegrin, Alpinea Shipping, Bellini Joaillier-Horloger, Boutiques Gago, Calissons du Roy René, CG Immobilier, Château Calissanne, Coquillages du Roy René, Grouge Figuière, Groupe Ortec, IBS of Provence, John Taylor, S.E.M.E.P.A, Société de Courtage des Barreaux
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36 2018 Programme
OPÉRAS AIX EN JUIN ACADÉMIE
ARIANE À NAXOS PANORAMA – OUVERTURE LE QUATUOR FRANÇAIS Richard Strauss D’AIX EN JUIN D’HIER À AUJOURD’HUI Mise en scène KATIE MITCHELL QUATUOR AKILONE / QUATUOR ESMÉ / MASTER CLASSES QUATUOR TCHALIK L'ANGE DE FEU Professeure de chant SUSANNA EKEN Sergueï Prokofiev Pianiste, cheffe de chant CRÉATION INTERCULTURELLE Mise en scène MARIUSZ TRELIŃSKI ROBERTA FERRARI ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES DE LA Chorégraphe et metteuse en scène MÉDITERRANÉE LA FLüTE ENCHANTÉE LEAH HAUSMAN Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dramaturge KLAUS BERTISCH JAM SESSION - 20 ANS DE L’ACADÉMIE Mise en scène SIMON MCBURNEY BERNARD FOCCROULLE VANDERBILT MUSIC ACADÉMIE DIDON ET ÉNÉE LA NUIT D’ANTIGONE Direction musicale THOMAS VERRIER Henry Purcell Mise en scène VINCENT HUGUET LAYLA & EURYDICE CONCERTS - RÉSIDENCE DE MUSIQUE DE LA FAMILLE DU CINQUIÈME CHAMBRE SEVEN STONES Ondřej Adámek CACHER LA PROFONDEUR CONCERTS - RÉSIDENCE L’ART DU CRÉATION MONDIALE Conception et mise en scène RECITAL Mise en scène et chorégraphie ALIÉNOR DAUCHEZ ÉRIC OBERDORFF DU CHŒUR À L’OUVRAGE RENCONTRES ORFEO & MAJNUN Opéra pour voix d’enfants Moneim Adwan, Howard Moody, de BENJAMIN DUPÉ RENCONTRES ÉCONOMIQUES Dick van der Harst MAÎTRISE DES BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE CRÉATION FRANÇAISE Mise en scène AIRAN BERG /MARTINA WINKEL LES VOIX DE SILVACANE CULTURE NUM À THECAMP PAPAE MARCELLI - LES VOIX ANIMÉES CHANTS D’AMOUR - CHŒUR IBN RENCONTRE PROFESSIONNELLE CONCERTS ZAYDOUN ACCORD MAJEUR VIVA AMORE - Artistes de la résidence MARLÈNE ASSAYAG / QUATUOR AROD Mozart RENCONTRES PROFESSIONNELLES ENOA ET MEDINEA STÉPHANE DEGOUT / ALAIN PLANÈS FOUGUE ET TRANSPARENCE TRIO SORA (PAULINE CHENAIS / TÊTE-À-TÊTE QUOTIDIENS JONATHAN ABERNETHY / HELIO VIDA MAGDALENA GEKA / ANGÈLE LEGASA) AVEC LES ARTISTES
TABEA ZIMMERMANN / ANDREA HILL / REMEMBER MOZART EDWIGE HERCHENRODER Mise en espace LEAH HAUSMAN / Artistes de la résidence Mozart ORPHEUS XXI MOSLEM RAHAL / MAYMOUN RAHAL / PARADE[S] URBAINE ORFEO & MAJNUN BASHAR ALDGHLAWI / REBAL ALKHODARI RÉCITAL ANDREEA SOARE / VOIX DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE FLORIAN CAROUBI Soirée au profit de SOS Méditerranée RÉCITAL ALPHONSE CEMIN JORGE PARDO / JUAN JOSE SUAREZ / JOSE MANUEL RUIZ PALOMAR TRIO PATRICK VAILLANT / DANIEL DANIEL SEPEC / TABEA ZIMMERMANN / MALAVERGNE / FRÉDÉRIC CAVALLIN PROFESSIONAL JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS PARTNERS PRIX GABRIEL DUSSURGET COLLECTIF KAHRABA CHŒUR ET ORCHESTRE DU Mise en scène AURÉLIEN ZOUKI CONSERVATOIRE DARIUS MILHAUD / CHŒUR AD FONTES / CHŒUR RÉGIONAL ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES PACA DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE Direction musicale KAZUSHI ONO
37 The Festival audiences
EVENTS
6 33 8 5 57 74 90
OPERAS OPERA CONCERTS PROFESSIONNIAL EVENTS DURING ACADÉMIE EVENTS SCREENINGS IN AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES (EXCLUDING THE MEETINGS AIX EN JUIN FRANCE AND PERFORMANCES ACADÉMIE) (Rencontres éco, ABROAD (12 Accord Majeur, Culture COUNTRIES) Num, enoa and Medinea) ATTENDANCE
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 86,117 SPECTATEURS (Vs AIX EN JUIN FESTIVAL: 16,670 SPECTATORS 84,526 spectators in 2017) ACADÉMIE EVENTS: 10,214 SPECTATEURS OPERA ATTENDANCE: 97,3% FESTIVAL SCREENINGS in France and abroad: GLOBAL ATTENDANCE RATE: 96,1% 7,858 SPECTATORS 39,171 SPECTATORS for the FESTIVAL’S PAID TICKET REVENUE: €3,91 M EXCL. VAT TAX EVENTS 34,478 SPECTATORS for REHEARSALS AND FREE EVENTS
THE AUDIENCE
DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN OF PAID SEATS EXCLUDING INVITATIONS
Undefined origin 7,2% PACA 49,4% 181€ to 270€ ≤ to 30€ 18,5% 24,8% Foreigners 17,1% (including 9,3% europeans) ≤ to 55€ 40%
31€ to 55€ 15,2% Other French regions 26,3% 121€ to 180€ 25,8% 56€ to 120€ 15,7%
PRESS RETRANSMISSIONS
• 167 JOURNALISTS FROM 16 COUNTRIES • 5 OPERAS AND 1 CONCERT RECORDED FOR (TELEVISION, RADIO, WRITTEN PRESS) TV AND/OR THE WEB (Arte, Arteconcert, • 34 NEWS STORIES AND RADIO PROGRAMMES Culturebox, Operavision.eu, YouTube channel of • 27 TV REPORTS AND INTERNET the Festival) • The TV programme FAUTEUILS D’ORCHESTRE by France 3 presented by Anne Sinclair, filmed at Aix on 1 July and broadcast on prime time on 4 July • 5 LIVE BROADCASTS on France Musique • The special live programme about the Académie 38 on 7 July on France Musique The Festival budget
BUDGET €22,435,000 enoa NETWORK REVENUE enoa NETWORK EXPENDITURE 0,9% 0,9% OPERATING REVENUE STRUCTURAL FIXED COSTS 28,3% REVENUE 26,2% 37%
ARTISTIC EXPENSES 46,2% ARTISTIC OPERATING REVENUE EXPENSES AND TOURS 26,7% 33,8%
STRUCTURAL REVENUES (investment and operating subsidies, etc) €8,311,000 Subsidies from the State and public authorities €7,901,000 Reversals on equipment grants, investment financing and provisions €410,000 ARTISTIC AND TOURING REVENUE (co-productions, ticketing, audiovisual, sale of productions, etc.) €7,586,000
Subventions from the European Community as part of the Programme Orfeo and Majnun €400,000 Co-production revenue €780,000 Ticket revenue €3,911,000 Audiovisual revenue €1,160,000 Touring income and associated activities €1,335,000 OPERATING REVENUE (patronage, media partnerships, etc.) €6,338,000
Patronage and sponsorship revenue €4,420,000
Participation of the Casino d’Aix-en-Provence, a historical patron of the Festival €1,650,000 Media partnerships €140,000 Other operating revenue €128,000 enoa NETWORK REVENUE (European Network of Opera Academies) €200,000
≤ to 55€ ARTISTIC EXPENDITURES (operas, concerts, outreach and socio-artistic programmes, audiovisual, tours, etc.) €10,365,000 40% Académie – MYO – enoa €830,000 Concerts €50,000 Lyric productions €6,485,000 Passerelles service €410,000 AIX EN JUIN €570,000 Conferences, symposia, exhibitions €20,000 Audiovisual €1,000,000 Tours €1,000,000
OPERATING EXPENSES (presentations to patrons, site operation, reception of the public, communication, etc.) €5,990,000 Services to businesses €580,000 Technical expenses €3,470,000 Communication, publication, press €665,000 Media partnership expenditure €95,000 Other operating expenditure €1,180,000
FIXED COSTS (total payroll, overheads, investment expenditure, etc.) €5,880,000
Staff structure €3,990,000 Overheads €1,370,000 Endowments and exceptional expenses €520,000
enoa NETWORK EXPENSES (European Network of Opera Academies) €200,000
39 Board of directors
Monsieur Bruno Roger Madame Maryse Joissains-Masini Madame Martine Vassal Honorary President Mayor of Aix-en-Provence, President Chairperson of the Departmental of the Conseil de Territoire du Pays Council of Bouches-du-Rhône, First Monsieur Paul Hermelin d’Aix, Vice-President of Metropole Aix- Vice-President of Metropole Aix- Président* Marseille Provence Marseille Provence Madame Lucie Maurel Aubert represented by Vice-President* Monsieur Gérard Bramoullé Madame Sabine Bernasconi Monsieur Jean-Francois Dubos Deputy Mayor of Aix-en-Provence, Vice-President of the Departmental Secretary général* delegate for the Festival d’Aix-en- Council of Bouches-du-Rhone, Cultural Madame Catherine Démier Provence Delegate Treasurer* Monsieur Jean-Claude Gaudin Monsieur Renaud Muselier Monsieur Pierre Dartout President of Metropole Aix-Marseille- President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte Prefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte Provence, Former minister, Mayor of d’Azur Regional Council, Member of the d’Azur region and Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille, Honorary Vice-President of European Parliament the Senate represented by Madame Régine Hatchondo represented by Monsieur Michel Bissière General Director of Artistic Creation, Monsieur Daniel Gagnon Regional councillor and delegate for Ministry of Culture Vice-President of Metropole Aix- artistic creation Marseille Provence, delegate for Monsieur Marc Ceccaldi Culture and Cultural Facilities, Mayor of Monsieur Jean-Marc Forneri Regional Director of Cultural Affairs, Cornillon-Confoux Qualified person, named by the Pasino Ministry of Culture of Aix-en-Provence
*Membres du Bureau Liste au 1er juin 2018
PHOTOS CREDITS: © Vincent Beaume: p.2-3, p.16-17, p.18-19 (bottom of the page), p.20, p.23, p.25, p.26-27, p.28 © Pascal Victor / Artcompress: cover, p.6-7, p.8-9, p.10-11, p.34 © Clément Vial: p.32-33 © Vincent Pontet: p.12-13, p.14-15 © Jean-Claude Carbonne: p.18-19 (top of the page)
English Translation: Christopher Bayton
Siège social – Palais de l’ancien Archevêché – 13100 Aix-en-Provence N° de Licence entrepreneur du spectacle: 1 – 1085 612 / 2 – 1000 275 / 3 – 1000 276
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