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 PINOCCHIO 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 Julie Boulianne Co-production: la monnaie / 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 CARMEN 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 Teddy tahu rhodes 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 DON GIOVANNI 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 EUGENE ONEGIN 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 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. 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.