In 2013, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence celebrates its 65th anniversary, with no less than five operas. It opens tonight with the premiere of Verdi’s Rigoletto under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda, staged by Robert Carsen. The program also includes:
– Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: musical direction by Marc Minkowski, stage direction by Dmitri Tcherniakov
– Elektra by Richard Strauss: musical direction by Esa-Pekka Salonen, stage direction by Patrice Chéreau
– Elena by Francesco Cavalli: musical direction by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, stage direction by Jean-Yves Ruf
– La Casa Tomada by Vasco Mendonça (world premiere), text by Sam Holcroft, musical direction by Etienne Siebens
Numerous concerts are guven at different venues in Aix:
The House Taken Over from 6 to 17 July at the Grand Saint-Jean
Quatuor Béla on 8 July at the Site Mémorial du Camp des Milles
Don Giovanni from 8 to 23 July at the Théâtre de l’Archeveché
Coro Gulbenkian on 9 July at the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur
Elena from 9 to 21 July at the Théâtre du Jeu de Paume
Rigoletto from 9 to 26 July at the Théâtre de l’Archeveché
Quatuor Jérusalem on 10 and 12 July at the Théâtre du Jeu de Paume
Orchestre de Paris on 12 and 18 July at the Grand Théâtre de Provence
Elektra from 13 to 22 July at the Grand Théâtre de Provence
Jasser Hay Youssef – Sira on 15 July at the Grand Saint-Jean
Jean-Marc Aymes – Maria Cristina Kiehr on 16 and 24 July at the Eglise Saint-Jean de Malte
London Symphony Orchestra on 17 July at the Grand Théâtre de Provence
Elena on 25 and 27 July at the Théâtre du Jeu de Paume
Roméo et Juliette on 26 and 27 July at the Grand Théâtre de Provence.
