2025 TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH THE ARTISTS
EVERY EVENING AT 6PM, IN THE OPEN AIR, YOU WILL MEET THE ARTISTS OF THE FESTIVAL D'AIX-EN-PROVENCE.
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FRIDAY 4 JULY — TRIBUTE TO PIERRE AUDI, with long-time collaborators – KLAUS BERTISCH, dramaturge for Pierre Audi’s productions and for the Dutch National Opera (DNO) (1990–2018), MATTHEW RICHARDSON, lighting designer and technical director (1979–1989) of the Almeida Theatre founded by Pierre Audi, and TIMOTHÉE PICARD, dramaturge and artistic advisor at the Festival d’Aix since 2020
SATURDAY 5 JULY — PETER SELLARS, stage director of The Nine Jewelled Deer, world premiere
MONDAY 7 JULY — ELEANOR BURKE, staging assistant, and MADISON NONOA, Zerlina in Don Giovanni
TUESDAY 8 JULY — ELSA DREISIG, title role in Louise
WEDNESDAY 9 JULY — IAN RUCKER, Billy Budd, JOSHUA BLOOM, John Claggart, CHRISTOPHER SOKOLOWSKI, Edward Fairfax Vere, soloists, and FINNEGAN DOWNIE DEAR, conductor in The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor, world premiere
THURSDAY 10 JULY — SOPHIE KOCH, La Mère, and NICOLAS COURJAL, Le Père in Louise
FRIDAY 11 JULY — TED HUFFMAN, stage director of The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor, world premiere
SATURDAY 12 JULY — Quintet from the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée with FABRIZIO CASSOL, composer and mentor of the collective composition session, and young composer-musicians performing in concert on Monday 21 July at the Grand Théâtre de Provence
MONDAY 14 JULY — AMINA EDRIS, soloist in concert with the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée on Monday 21 July at the Grand Théâtre de Provence and PENE PATI, Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de perles
TUESDAY 15 JULY — Artists from The Nine Jewelled Deer, world premiere
WEDNESDAY 16 JULY — ROMAIN DUMAS, conductor assistant for Louise and Les Pêcheurs de perles, ANTOINE DUTAILLIS, pianist vocal coach for the 2025 Voice Residency of the Académie and assistant conductor of the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, and DAVID ZOBEL, vocal coach for Don Giovanni and Les Pêcheurs de perles
THURSDAY 17 JULY — ANDRÈ SCHUEN, title role in Don Giovanni
FRIDAY 18 JULY — ANGÈLE MIGNOT, head of costumes, wigs, and makeup at the Festival
SATURDAY 19 JULY — PAUL-ANTOINE BÉNOS-DJIAN, Endimione, GIUSEPPINA BRIDELLI, Diana, and ZACHARY WILDER, Linfea in La Calisto
TÊTE-À-TÊTE INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE DRAMATURGES OF THE FESTIVAL D'AIX: TIMOTHÉE PICARD, ANNE LE BERRE AND FRANÇOIS DELÉCLUSE.

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Laurie Wagner
Performances
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