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Interview — published in a special anniversary issue of the Avant-Scène Opéra to mark the 75th edition of the Festival d’Aix — in which Pierre Audi looked back on his artistic and professional journey and shared his vision for the Festival.

Set installation for Don Giovanni on the stage of the Grand Théâtre de Provence 2025 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence © Vincent Beaume

5 June 2025. The beginning of June marks the annual reopening of the Théâtre de l’Archevêché and the uncovering of its tiered seating to welcome festivalgoers in less than a month. This year, La Calisto, an opera by Francesco Cavalli, opens the season and inaugurates this stage. After a week of musical rehearsals in Paris and ten days of staging rehearsals in Venelles — home to the Festival’s set-construction and costume-design workshops — the artists and creative teams are now taking possession of the venue. 6:30 PM – The early evening light bathes the stage of this courtyard theatre in splendour. As the continuo musicians of the Ensemble Correspondances — who will soon be joined by the rest of the orchestra — take their places in the pit, a joyful buzz fills the air. With the first notes of the harpsichord, harp, lute and positive organ, the central platform of the set slowly rotates: the wood-panelled semi-rotunda of an eighteenth-century sitting room gives way to a smaller drawing room made up of armchairs and a sofa. A chandelier descends from the ceiling into what is now a hollowed-out space; a door at the rear of the set opens to admit a flurry of footmen — still in trainers — and singers wearing morning coats over their shorts. [...]

Rehearsals for Louise by Charpentier, a new production of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, to be discovered from 5 to 13 July 2025 at the Théâtre de l'Archevêché 2025 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence © Jean-Louis Fernandez

Rehearsals for Don Giovanni by Mozart, a new production of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, to be discovered from 4 to 18 July 2025 at the Grand Théâtre de Provence 2025 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence © Jean-Louis Fernandez

Rehearsals for La Calisto by Cavalli, a new production of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, to be discovered from 7 to 21 July 2025, at the Théâtre de l'Archevêché 2025 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence © Jean-Louis Fernandez

In May, the people in vocational integration supported by Passerelles, the Festival's cultural action service, took part in an ‘Opera in Practice’ day, bringing together 4 workshops: singing, theatre, movement and phil'opéra, inspired by the Festival 2025 opera productions. The final meetings will take place in June, when participants will meet the stage management teams during rehearsals. They will then be able to attend the pre-generals in July, which are the last performances before the premieres. Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2025 © Vincent Beaume

L’éloge gives the floor to soprano Lauranne Oliva and bass Alex Rosen in an exclusive conversation about La Calisto, a new production of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, presented from 7 to 21 July 2025, at the Théâtre de l’Archevêché.

The Collectif 17h25 is made up of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Paris Opera, the Opéra de Lyon and the Théâtre de La Monnaie. It leads research and development work devoted to ecological transition in the design of sets and structures for cultural organisations.

This summer, for the very first time, the music of Francesco Cavalli will resound in the courtyard of the Théâtre de l’Archevêché during eight performances. Here are five good reasons to book a ticket for this July.

We are very touched as we announce that the 2025 Birgit Nilsson Prize has been awarded to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, making it the first cultural institution ever to receive this distinction.

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