2016 Press kit - Festival d`Aix en Provence

PRESS KIT
Festival
d'Aix-en-Provence
th
68
edition
30 June – 20 July 2016
SUMMARY
REALITY
ILLUSIONS
UTOPIAS
OPERA
& MUSICAL THEATRE
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756­1791)
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Opera buffa in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Created on 20 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685­1759)
IL TRIONFO DEL
TEMPO E DEL
DISINGANNO
Oratorio in two parts
Libretto by cardinal Benedetto Pamphili
Created in 1707 in Rome
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)
PELLÉAS
ET MÉLISANDE
Lyric drama in five acts
Libretto by the composer, after Maurice Maeterlinck’s play
Created at the Opéra Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
WORLD PREMIERE
MONEIM ADWAN (1970)
KALÎLA
WA DIMNA
Opera in Arabic and French
Libretto by Fady Jomar and Catherine Verlaguet after The Book
of Kalîla and Dimna attributed to Ibn Al­Muqaffa
Commissionned by the Festival d’Aix­en­Provence
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
STRAVINSKI CYCLE
IGOR STRAVINSKI (1882­1971)
ŒDIPUS REX /
SYMPHONY OF
PSALMS
ŒDIPUS REX
Opera­oratorio after Sophocles
Libretto by Jean Cocteau translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou
and adapted by Peter Sellars
Concert version created on 30 May 1927 at the Théâtre
Sarah­Bernhardt in Paris
SYMPHONY OF PSALMS
Created on 13 December 1930 in Brussels
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
STRAVINSKI CYCLE
PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA
SYMPHONIES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS
AGON
THE RITE OF SPRING
OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
CONCERT VERSION
JEAN­PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683­1764)
ZOROASTRE
Lyrical tragedy in five acts, libretto by Louis de Cahusac
Created on 5 December 1749 at the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris
CONCERTS
& RECITALS
CONCERTS & RECITALS
FREIBURGER BAROCKORCHESTER
THE COMPLETE MOTETS BY BACH
THE MEDITERRANEAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA
CONCERTS & RECITALS
HSBC LAUREATES OF THE ACADÉMIE
« DISSONANCE »
HSBC LAUREATES OF THE ACADÉMIE
THE SINS OF ROSSINI
HSBC LAUREATES OF THE ACADÉMIE
GYPSY MELODIES
CONCERTS & RECITALS
CARTE BLANCHE TO JEAN­GUIHEN QUEYRAS
JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS & ALEXANDER MELNIKOV
CARTE BLANCHE TO JEAN­GUIHEN QUEYRAS
QUATUOR ARCANTO
CARTE BLANCHE TO JEAN­GUIHEN QUEYRAS
QUATUOR ARCANTO
CONCERTS & RECITALS
CARTE BLANCHE TO JEAN­GUIHEN QUEYRAS
JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS WELCOMES
STÉPHANE DEGOUT
NIGHT STORK • EMMANUEL BAILY
CONCERTS & RECITALS
CARTE BLANCHE TO RAPHAËL IMBERT
RAPHAËL IMBERT NEW QUINTET WELCOMES
MARION RAMPAL
A NIGHT OF CREATION
CARTE BLANCHE TO RAPHAËL IMBERT
INTERCULTURAL CREATION BY THE YOUTH
MEDITERRANEAN ORCHESTRA
CONCERTS & RECITALS
CAIRO JAZZ STATION – ZIRYAB AND US
CAIRO JAZZ STATION
ZIRYAB AND US
HSBC LAUREATES OF THE ACADÉMIE
QUATUOR TANA
AIX EN JUIN
A PRELUDE TO THE FESTIVAL D'AIX
Now a much acclaimed stalwart of the summer in Aix, Aix en Juin is the festive
predecessor of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. Since its founding in 2013, this event
has brought together an ever growing and enthusiastic audience as well as a rich
program: recitals, concerts, master classes and opera rehearsals. All of these events
precede the productions in July, offering the opportunity to explore new and varied
musical landscapes, for free, or indeed at a reduced rate.
Aix en Juin also features some exceptional artists; young talents from the Académie
du Festival or major artists performing in the productions of the Festival. Their
presence is complemented by the innovative projects designed for nonprofessionals by the socio-artistic and educational department of the Festival d’Aixen-Provence.
Since meeting and participation is so fundamental to the projects at Aix en Juin, a
festive gathering will be held at the very middle of the city for attendees, where
they will have the pleasure of an exceptional evening of music with the artists of
the Festival.
Last but certainly not least, to celebrate the coming of July and to mark the end of
such a beautiful prelude, what could be more befitting than a PARADE[S]? A
veritable tradition rooted in the identity of Aix en Juin, this grand concert, free to
all, will light up the crowd to the rhythm of a program comprising American gospel,
traditional African songs, and opera arias by the Cape Town opera Chorus.
AIX EN JUIN
PRE­PROGRAMME
OUVERTURE[S]
MUSICAL PRESENTATION
CONCERTS & MASTER CLASSES OF THE ACADEMY
Melody & Creation Residency
Chamber music Residency
RECITALS OF THE HSBC LAUREATES
D’Amour et de Mort
Nordic Melodies
SILVACANE ABBEY VOICE FESTIVAL
Cape Town Opera Chorus
Amore Contraffatto • Ensemble Solistes XXI
AIX EN JUIN
Modern and contemporary melodies
CONCERTS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
ZIED ZOUARI
CARTE BLANCHE TO RAPHAËL IMBERT
SolOmax
Gabriel Dussurget Award
Et tâchons dépuiser la mort dans un baiser
PARADE[S]
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ACADÉMIE
DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
The Académie du Festival d’Aix has become a benchmark of excellence
in education for musicians and singers, as well as a workshop where
young artists can hone their skills, reflect, and experiment in the domain
of opera creation. The Académie offers these young professionals the
opportunity to be hosted in residency programs, to perform in concerts
or operas for the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and to tour in France and
abroad.Through four areas of specialization (singing and voice, chamber
music, opera creation and orchestra) the Académie promotes values
such as cultural dialogue, cultural development in the form of
multidisciplinary and cross-cultural projects, innovation, and cultural
mediation. Through the Académie's networks of enoa (European
Network of Opera Academies) and Medinea (Mediterranean Incubator
of Emerging Artists), the Académie encourages the professional mobility
of young artists within the Euro-Mediterranean region throughout the
year, encouraging the forging of new artistic and cultural connections.
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
In 2016
• 252 singers and 25 pianists
auditioned.
• 20 singers and 7 pianists selected
after auditions in 10 different cities
around the world.
MELODY AND CREATION RESIDENCY
MOZART RESIDENCY
In 2016
• 40 quartets auditioned
• 6 quartets and 2 trios selected
CHAMBER MUSIC RESIDENCY (JUNE)
CHAMBER MUSIC RESIDENCY (JULY)
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
In 2016
• 95 composers and artists were
candidates.
• 10 composers, 7 artists and 3
artistic teams selected.
OPERA CREATION WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP "WOMEN OPERA MAKERS"
WORKSHOPS OF CREATION AND INNOVATION
Invited composers whose works will
be performed in 2016:
Ondřej Adámek (Czech republic)
Moneim Adwan (Palestine)
Gilbert Amy (France)
Philippe Boesmans (Belgium)
Fabrizio Cassol (Belgium)
Benjamin de la Fuente (France)
Raphaël Imbert (France)
François Meïmoun (France)
3 young composers were selected and
invited as part of the Melody and
Creation Residency
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
SYMPHONIC SESSION – DIRECTION MARKO LETONJA
INTERCULTURAL CREATION SESSION – DIRECTION RAPHAËL IMBERT
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
The Académie and HSBC France: a partnership that has been discovering and promoting talent for 10 years.
Concerts
New releases
Grieg, Strauss,Wolf, Grøndhal
Dissonance
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
Former artists of the Académie performing for the Festival d'Aix in 2016
COMPOSERS
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS
STAGE DIRECTORS
LIGHTING DESIGN
VOICE | SOPRANO
PIANISTS
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
CHAMBER MUSIC
VOICE | MEZZO­SOPRANO
VOICE | BARITONE
INSTRUMENTALISTS
VOICE | BARITONE­BASS
VOICE | BASS
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
enoa
European Network of Opera Academies
The network's activities (January­April 2016)
Productions on tours
L’Autre hiver
Partners
Be With Me Now
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
Medinea
MEDiterranean INcubator of Emerging Artists
The network's activities
CAIRO JAZZ STATION: AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN JAZZ AND THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
OF THE ARAB WORLD
ZIRYAB AND US: A NEW VISION OF ARAB-ANDALUSIAN HERITAGE
Medinea Meetings
Medinea partners
PASSRELLES
EDUCATIONAL & SOCIAL-ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
As a major promoter of innovation in the democratization of art and
culture, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence created "Passerelles" to
introduce opera to the very young, and to underprivileged audiences.
Constantly evolving since their creation, "‘Passerelles" are veritable
laboratories, flourishing each year with new initiatives and new dialogues
involving schoolteachers, pedagogical artists, educational partners and
the Festival's teams and audience.These activities are evaluated regularly
to maintain a high standard, ensuring the Festival retains an invaluable
dynamism, actively partaking in the local and regional development of
culture.
PASSERELLES
PASSERELLES :THE EDUCATIONAL
AND SOCIAL-ARTISTIC
DEPARTMENTS
CREATIVE EXPERIMENTS
OPERA DISCOVERY
PASSERELLES
A NEW COLLABORATION BETWEEN
THE FESTIVAL D'AIX-EN-PROVENCE AND AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY
DISCUSSIONS
TALKS & EVENTS
TALKS & EVENTS
A STORM OF COLOURS OVER THE ARCHBISHOP
WITH BRECHT EVENS
Brecht Evens signs visual identity of the 2016 edition of the Festival d'Aix­en­Provence
Exhibition April­May / June­July 2016 | Musée des tapisseries
MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC
THE EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM CULTURE AND EDUCATION
CULTURE NUM
ACCORD MAJEUR NATIONAL FORUM
MEDINEA MEETINGS
TALKS & EVENTS
COSÌ FAN TUTTE VIDEO CONTEST
2016 TOURS
PRODUCTIONS EXTRA MUROS
2016 TOURS
COSÌ FAN TUTTE (2016)
Edinburgh – Edinburgh international Festival 2016 (co­production)
IL TURCO IN ITALIA (2014)
Dijon – Opéra de Dijon (co­production)
New­York – Mostly Mozart Festival
WINTERREISE (2014)
Sydney – Sidney Festival
ŒDIPUS REX /
SYMPHONY OF PSALMS (2016)
London – Philharmonia Orchestra (co­production) – Royal Festival Hall
Lisbon – Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian
San Francisco – San Francisco Opera
KALÎLA WA DIMNA (2016)
Guanajuato (Mexico) – Cervantino International Festival (c­
oproduction)
Beirut – Baalbeck Festival
Jordania Festival
Paris – Philharmonie de Paris
Lille – Opéra de Lille (co­production)
Barcelona – Palau de la Musica
Berlin – Berliner Festspiele
Lille – Opéra de Lille (co­production)
ELEKTRA (2013)
New York – The Metropolitan Opera (co­production)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (2015)
Beijing – Beijing Music Festival
Helsinki – Finnish National Opera (co­production)
Bahrain – Bahrain National Theater
Berlin – Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin (coproduction)
SVADBA (2015)
Barcelone – Gran Teatre del Liceu (co­production)
Angers Nantes Opéra (co­production)
RIGOLETTO (2013)
Bahrain – Cultural Hall
Moscow – Bolshoï Theatre (co­production) – New stage
BE WITH ME NOW (2015)
Paris – Philharmonie
SOIREE SATIE (2012)
Paris – Philharmonie (co­production)
Brussels – La Monnaie
Aldeburgh – Aldeburgh Festival
LA TRAVIATA (2011)
Vienna – Wiener Staatsoper (co­production)
ARIODANTE (2014)
Amsterdam – Dutch National Opera (co­production)
Toronto – Canadian Opera Company (co­production)
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ESTIMATED BUDGET 2016
ARTISTIC COSTS
OPERATING COSTS
STRUCTURAL COSTS
ENOA NETWORK EXPENSES
STRUCTURAL REVENUE
ARTISTIC REVENUE AND TOURS
OPERATING REVENUE
ENOA NETWORK REVENUE
SPONSORS
& PARTNERSHIPS
For many years now, we have been able to rely on the substantial
support of companies and the involvement of their business leaders,
their teams, as well as on the faithful support of numerous donors
and opera lovers, all of whom have proven to be true supporters of
the festival. These friends of the Festival are strongly committed to
sustaining the Festival’s development. On an average global budget of
23.1 million Euros, this financial support represents nearly 20% of
the revenue: 80% coming from national and regional businesses, and
20% from individual supporters.
SPONSORS & PARTNERSHIPS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR
DONORS
OFFICIAL PARTNER
OF THE FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
LOYAL BUSINESSES
SPONSORS & PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNER OF THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMMES OF THE FESTIVAL D'AIX
THE HSBC LAUREATES OF THE ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL
PARTENER OF THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING
SPONSORS & PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNER OF THE ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D'AIX
SPONSORS & PARTNERSHIPS
MEYER FOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL
AND ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
THE FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE AND THE ACADÉMIE THANK THEIR PARTNERS:
THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FESTIVAL:
PROFESSIONNAL PARTNERS
MEDIA PARTNERS
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
AND AWARENESS
ECO-CONCEPTION OF SETS
AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
PERSPECTIVE IN 2016
EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION
RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
VENUES
BOX­OFFICE
From 8 February 2016 to 4 June 2016
6 June - 20 July 2016
At resellers: from 6 February 2016
INFORMATION
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
PRICES
OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE
CONCERTS AND RECITALS
AIX EN JUIN
FESTIVAL D'AIX­EN­PROVENCE: FROM 30 JUNE TO 20 JULY 2016
AIX EN JUIN: FROM 4 JUNE 2016