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20E Académie Du Festival D'aix Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 69e ÉDITION l DU 3 AU 22 JUILLET 2017 l DOSSIER DE PRESSE OpÉra • COnCerts • tOurnÉes • aCadÉmie du Festival d’aix OrChestre des Jeunes de la mÉditerranÉe • enOa • medinea SERVICE DE PRESSE Valérie Weill I [email protected] I +33 6 85 22 74 66 Christine Delterme Guillaume Poupin Rémy Tartanac sOmmaire opéra pages 4 - 7 concerts pages 8 - 9 académie du festival d’aix pages 10 - 15 tournées pages 16 - 17 3 OPÉRA 4 PHILIPPE BOESMANS PINOCCHIO CRÉATION MONDIALE d’après la pièce de Joël pommerat direction musicale Emilio pomarico mise en scène Joël pommerat scénographie et lumière Eric soyer costumes Isabelle Deffin le pantin Chloé Briot* Commande du Festival d’Aix le mauvais élève / la chanteuse Julie Boulianne Coproduction : 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 Du 3 au 16 juillet 2017 *anciens artistes de l’Académie du Festival d’Aix orchestre Klangforum GEORGES BIZET CARMEN NOUVELLE PRODUCTION direction musicale Pablo Heras-Casado mise en scène et scénographie Dmitri Tcherniakov lumière Gleb Filshtinsky costumes 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* chœur Chœur Aedes maîtrise des GRAND THÉÂTRE DE PROVENCe Bouches-du-Rhône Du 4 au 20 juillet 2017 orchestre Orchestre de Paris *anciens artistes de l’Académie du Festival d’Aix 5 IGOR STRAVINSKI THE RAKE’S PROGRESS CYCLE STRAVINSKi NOUVELLE PRODUCTION direction musicale Daniel Harding mise en scène Simon mcBurney scénographie Michael levine lumière Paul Anderson costumes 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 sellem Alan Oke Coproduction : dutch national Opera chœur English voices THÉÂTRE DE l’ARCHEVÊChÉ orchestre Orchestre de Paris Du 5 au 18 juillet 2017 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART DON GIOVANNI NOUVELLE PRODUCTION direction musicale Jérémie rhorer mise en scène Jean-François sivadier scénographie Alexandre de Dardel lumière Philippe Berthomé costumes Virginie Gervaise don giovanni Philippe sly leporello Nahuel di pierro dona anna Eleonora Buratto Coproduction : Opéra national de don ottavio Pavol Breslik lorraine, les théâtres de la ville de donna elvira Isabel leonard luxembourg, teatro Communale di zerlina Julie Fuchs* Bologna masetto Krzysztof Bączyk* il commendatore NN THÉÂTRE DE l’ARCHEVÊChÉ Du 6 au 21 juillet 2017 chœur English voices orchestre Le Cercle de l’harmonie *anciens artistes de l’Académie du Festival d’Aix 6 FRANCESCO CAVALLI ERISMENA NOUVELLE PRODUCTION DE L’ACADÉMIE direction musicale Leonardo García alarcon mise en scène, scénographie et lumière Jean Bellorini costumes Macha makeieff erismena Francesca Aspromonte* idraspe Carlo Vistoli* clerio moro Tai Honey aldimira Susanna hurrell alcesta Stuart Jackson* orimeno NN Coproduction : 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 Du 7 au 21 juillet 2017 orchestre Cappella mediterranea *anciens artistes de l’Académie du Festival d’Aix PIOTR ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKI EUGÈNE ONÉGUINE VERSION DE CONCERT direction musicale Tugan sokhiev solistes, chœurs et orchestre Grand théâtre académique GRAND THÉÂTRE DE PROVENCe d’État de la Russie mercredi 19 juillet 2017 (théâtre du Bolchoï) 7 CONCERTS 8 La programmation détaillée des concerts sera annoncée en janvier 2017 AIX EN JUIN Prélude au festival de juillet master classes, concerts, récitals et spectacles de l’académie Concerts des lauréats HSBC de l’académie les voix de silvacane Festival Choral académique Parade[s] CONCERTS DE L’ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE CONCERTS ET PROJETS ÉDUCATIFS aveC la viOlOnCelliste Sonia Wieder-athertOn musicienne éprise des chemins de traverse, sonia Wieder-atherton nourrit son parcours de soliste internationale d’expériences et d’Odyssées, pour reprendre le titre de son aventure musicale entamée depuis une décennie. son violoncelle y dialogue en improvisations avec les « chœurs imaginaires » provenant de voix captées dans le monde entier, mixées et transcrites sur bande magnétique. en 2017, le Festival d’aix, en partenariat avec le Festival Choral académique de l’académie aix-marseille, en as- sociation avec le Conservatoire darius milhaud d’aix-en-provence, initient un projet revenant aux sources de ce voyage. avec la participation de chorales réparties sur le territoire de la métropole, sonia Wieder-atherton et phi- lippe Franceschi mèneront, tout au long de la saison 2016/17, un travail de préparation et de formation des élèves. une première série de restitutions aura lieu en juin 2017, au Conservatoire darius milhaud dans le cadre d’aix en Juin, puis à manosque, où la violoncelliste improvisera cette fois en direct, au milieu des chœurs présents avec elle sur le plateau, dirigés par philippe Franceschi. en juillet 2017, ce concert sera repris par le Festival d’aix dans sa forme avec bande magnétique, le travail des chœurs faisant l’objet d’une création sonore et d’une spatialisation. 9 20e ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D’AIX 10 l’académie du Festival d’aix est un centre de perfectionnement vocal et instrumental de référence, un atelier de réflexion, d’expérimentation, de création d’opéra et de formes innovantes, et un lieu de développement professionnel pour les jeunes artistes. elle leur offre la possibilité de participer à des résidences, de se produire lors de concerts ou productions d’opéra dans le cadre du Festival d’aix, puis en tournée tout au long de l’année, en France et à l’étranger. a travers quatre axes de formations que sont la voix, la musique de chambre, la création et l’orchestre, l’académie défend des valeurs d’échanges, de développement et d’enrichissement culturel sous la forme d’activités pluridisciplinaires, interculturelles, de création et de médiation sur l’ensemble de ses programmes. enfin, à travers ses réseaux que sont enoa e( uropean network of Opera academies) et medinea (mediterranean incubator of emerging artists), l’académie favorise la mobilité des jeunes artistes au sein de l’espace euro- méditerranéen tout au long de l’année, afin d’encourager les rencontres artistiques et culturelles. PROGRAMME DE FORMATION 2017 Ces ateliers et résidences proposeront des sessions de perfectionnement à de jeunes artistes sélectionnés dans le monde entier. Ils donneront lieu à des restitutions publiques, sous la forme de concerts, master classes et rencontres avec le public. DU 12 AU 24 JUIN 2017 RÉSIDENCE MOZARt – dans le cadre d’enoa depuis son premier lever de rideau, le Festival d’aix ne cesse de donner rendez-vous à mozart. il n’est donc pas surprenant que l’académie soit devenue un lieu de formation et de perfectionnement incontournable pour les pianistes chefs de chant et chanteurs désireux d’approfondir et d’affiner l’interprétation du répertoire mozartien. entièrement consacrée au maître autrichien, cette résidence de chant s’agrémentera d’un travail scénique et d’un travail musical dispensé par de talentueux pianistes chefs de chant. Dix chanteurs et trois pianistes seront invités à vivre une expérience enrichissante aux côtés de Susanna Eken, professeur de chant au Conservatoire royal du danemark. spécialiste de ce répertoire et fidèle à l’académie du Festival d’aix, cette pédagogue hors pair abordera l’œuvre de mozart en adoptant une approche à la fois technique et physiologique de la voix. DU 13 JUIN AU 16 JUILLET 2017 RÉSIDENCE PINOCCHIO soucieuse de défendre la musique d’aujourd’hui et de promouvoir les artistes de demain, l’académie propose depuis plusieurs années une résidence destinée aux chanteurs désireux d’entreprendre un travail de perfectionnement sur le répertoire contemporain. Fort de cette volonté, le Festival d’aix engagera six doublures (deux sopranos, une mezzo-soprano, un ténor, un baryton, un baryton-basse) pour la création de l’opéra Pinocchio, commande faite au compositeur Philippe Boesmans dans le cadre de l’édition 2017. Faisant partie intégrante de cette production et ayant suivi toutes les étapes de son processus créatif, ces chanteurs profiteront de leur présence à aix-en-provence pour élargir leur appréhension du répertoire contemporain et pour contribuer, à travers une résidence leur étant réservée, à l’émergence de nouvelles formes d’écriture. 11 DU 21 JUIN AU 21 JUILLET 2017 RÉSIDENCE ERISMENA Dans le cadre de la recréation de l’opéra Erismena de Francesco Cavalli à l’occasion du Festival d’aix 2017, de jeunes chanteurs seront engagés en qualité de doublures, de la première répétition jusqu’au dernier lever de rideau. préparés à toutes les éventualités, ces derniers seront à même de remplacer un chanteur qui, pour des raisons diverses et variées, ne serait pas en mesure d’assurer les représentations ou les tournées prévues. après avoir pris une part active aux répétitions, il sera proposé à ces doublures de compléter et d’élargir leur connaissance du répertoire baroque dans son ensemble dans le cadre d’une résidence. encadrés par des musiciens de renom, les doublures sont invitées à explorer, à travers le prisme de l’école vénitienne, les tendances dramatiques, expressives et stylistiques d’un répertoire aux multiples visages. DU 19 JUIN AU 1ER JUILLET 2017 ATELIER OPÉRA EN CRÉATION – dans le cadre d’enoa la place accordée à la création contemporaine et les interactions entre ses artistes font du Festival d’aix un véritable catalyseur de créativité et d’innovation. l’atelier Opéra en Création s’inscrit dans cette démarche et propose à de jeunes artistes compositeurs, créateurs et interprètes de se confronter aux questions de la création et de l’interdisciplinarité propres à l’opéra.
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