Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 69th Edition l JULY 3rd - 22nd 2017 l PRESS PACK

Opera • Concerts • TOURs • Académie du Festival d’Aix MEDITERRANEAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA • ENOA • MEDINEA

Press OFFICE Valérie Weill I [email protected] I +33 6 85 22 74 66 Christine Delterme Guillaume Poupin Rémy Tartanac summary

opera pages 4 - 7 concerts pages 8 - 9 académie du festival d’aix pages 10 - 14 tours pages 15 - 17

3 OPERA

4 PHILIPPE BOESMANS

WORLD PREMIERE Adapted from the play by Joël Pommerat conductor emilio Pomarico director Joël Pommerat set and lighting designer eric Soyer costume designer isabelle Deffin le pantin Chloé Briot* Commissioned by the Festival d’Aix le mauvais élève /la chanteuse Boulianne Co-production: / De Munt, la fée Marie-Eve Munger* Opéra de Dijon le directeur de la troupe Stéphane Degout* un escroc / un meurtrier Yann Beuron GRAND THÉÂTRE DE PROVENCE le père / un meurtrier vincent Le Texier From 3rd to 16th July 2017 orchestra Klangforum *Former artists of the Académie du Festival d’Aix

GEORGES BIZET

New production conductor pablo Heras-Casado director and set design dmitri Tcherniakov lighting designer Gleb Filshtinsky costume designer Elena Zaitseva carmen Stéphanie d’Oustrac* don josé michael Fabiano micaëla elsa Dreisig* escamillo frasquita Gabrielle Philiponet mercédès virginie Verrez le dancaïre Marc Mauillon le remendado Mathias Vidal* zuniga Christian Helmer moralès Guillaume Andrieux* chorus Chœur Aedes Maîtrise des GRAND THÉÂTRE DE PROVENCE Bouches-du-Rhône From 4th to 20th July 2017 orchestra Orchestre de Paris *Former artists of the Académie du Festival d’Aix

5 IGOR STRAVINSKY THE RAKE’S PROGRESS STRAVINSKY CYCLE

NEW PRODUCTION conductor daniel Harding director simon McBurney set designer michael Levine lighting designer Paul Anderson costume designer Christina Cunningham tom rakewell paul Appleby nick shadow Kyle Ketelsen ann trulove Julia Bullock baba the turk Andrew Watts mother goose Hilary Summers trulove NN Co-production: Dutch National Opera sellem Alan Oke THÉÂTRE DE L’ARCHEVÊCHÉ chorus English Voices From 5th to 18th July 2017 orchestra Orchestre de Paris

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

NEW PRODUCTION conductor Jérémie Rhorer director Jean-François Sivadier set designer alexandre de Dardel lighting designer philippe Berthomé costume designer virginie Gervaise don giovanni philippe Sly leporello nahuel di Pierro dona anna eleonora Buratto don ottavio Pavol Breslik Co-production: Opéra national de donna elvira isabel Leonard Lorraine, Les Théâtres de la Ville de zerlina Julie Fuchs* Luxembourg, Teatro Communale di masetto Krzysztof Bączyk* Bologna il commendatore NN THÉÂTRE DE L’ARCHEVÊCHÉ chorus English Voices From 6th to 21th July 2017 orchestra le Cercle de l’Harmonie *Former artists of the Académie du Festival d’Aix

6 FRANCESCO CAVALLI ERISMENA

NEW PRODUCTION OF THE L’ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D’AIX conductor leonardo García Alarcon director & set and lighting designer Jean Bellorini costume designer macha Makeieff erismena Francesca Aspromonte* idraspe Carlo Vistoli* clerio moro tai Honey aldimira susanna Hurrell alcesta stuart Jackson* orimeno NN Co-production: Innsbrucker Festwochen argippo andrea Vincenzo Bonsignore * der Alten Musik, Les Théâtres de la Ville flerida Lea Desandre* de Luxembourg erimante alexander Miminoshvili* diarte Jonathan Abernethy THÉÂTRE DU JEU DE PAUME From 7th to 21st July orchestra Cappella Mediterranea *Former artists of the Académie du Festival d’Aix

PIOTR ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY

CONCERT VERSION conductor tugan Sokhiev

With soloists, chorus and orchestra from the GRAND THÉÂTRE DE PROVENCE State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Mercredi 19 juillet 2017

7 Concerts

8 The detailled programme will be annouced in January 2017

Aix en juin Prélude to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Master classes, concerts and performances of the Académie Concerts of the HSBC Laureates of the Académie Les Voix de Silvacane Festival Choral Académique Parade[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.

9 20th Académie du Festival d’Aix

10 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 PROGRAMME

These 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 2017 Mozart 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 2017 Pinocchio 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 , 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.

11 From 21st June 21 to 21st July 2017 Erismena 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 2017 Opera 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 2017 Chamber 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 2017 Mediterranean 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 2017 intercultural 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.

12 2017 CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES OF THE ACADÉMIE

These events see some of the best young artists from previous Académie events return to the stage.

June 2017 musical 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 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 2017 Creation & 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 2017 Concerts 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 2017 Intercultural 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.

13 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

14 Tours

15 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, 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 tour The 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 sessions The 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 creations Two 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.

16 Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2016) Winterreise (2014) Lille, France – Opéra de Lille (co-production) Berlin, Germany – Berliner Festspiele 12, 14, 17, 19, 21 January 2017 15,16 July 2016 Caen , France – Théâtre de Caen (co-production) SEoul, South Korea – Lotte Concert Hall 3, 5 February 2017 22 November 2016 Daejeon, South Korea – Daejeon Arts Center Così fan Tutte (2016) 24 November 2016 New York, USA – Mostly Mozart Festival (Alice Tully Hall) Ariodante (2014) 15 August 2016 (concert version) Toronto, Canada – Edimbourg, UK – Edinburgh international Festival (co-production) (co-production) 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29 October and 4 Novembre 2016 25, 27, 28 August 2016 Trauernacht (2014) Kalila wa Dimna (2016) Moscow, Russia – Bolshoi Theatre BeIrut, Lebanon – Baalbeck international Festival 25, 26 April 2017 18 November 2016 Lille , France – Opéra de Lille (co-production) Il Turco in Italia(2014) 11, 12, 13, 14 December 2016 Warsaw, Poland – Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera Le Mans , France – Les Quinconces (co-production) 13, 14 January 2017 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 March 2017 Dijon, France – Opéra de Dijon (co-production) 11, 13, 14 May 2017 Elektra (2013) Paris, France – Philharmonie de Paris Helsinki, Finland – Finnish National Opera (co- 19 May 2017 production) 2, 6, 9, 12,15 September 2016 Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2015) Berlin, Germany – Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Unter Bologna, Italy – Teatro Comunale di Bologna den Linden (co-production) (co-production) 20, 22, 24, 26, 29 January 2017 23, 26, 29 October and 1, 4 November 2016 BarcelonA , Spain – Gran Teatre del A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2015) (co-production) 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 December 2016 Beijing, China – Beijing Music Festival 15, 16 October 2016 Written on Skin(2012) Manama, Bahrain – Bahrain National Theater 21, 22 December 2016 London, UK – Covent Garden (co-production) 13, 18, 23, 27, 30 January 2017 Svadba (2015) Moscow, Russia – Bolshoi Theatre 22, 23 April 2017 Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Les Théâtres de la Ville Luxembourg (co-production) 14, 15 February 2017 La Traviata (2011) Vienna, Austria – Wiener Staatsoper (co-production) Le Monstre du labyrinthe (2015) Repertoire production of the Wiener Staatsoper Montpellier, France – Opéra de Montpellier (co-production) 21, 22 April 2017

17 THE FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE AND THE ACADEMIE THANKS THEIR PARTNERS

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