The 2019 edition of the Festival will be the first of Pierre Audi 's term, its new Director. Taking place from 3 to 22 July 2019, the programme which he has entirely put together will be made up of five works, all of which will appear in the programme of the [...]
Patrick Berger / Artcompress
Philippe Boesmans (1936)
Pinocchio
WORLD PREMIERE
Opera on a libretto by Joël Pommerat
inspired by Carlo Collodi
Commissioned by the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
and by the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
Opera on a libretto by Joël Pommerat
inspired by Carlo Collodi
Commissioned by the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
and by the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
New production of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
In coproduction with La Monnaie / De Munt, the Opéra de Dijon, the Opéra national de Bordeaux
Support of the Ministry of Culture and Communication for the composition of an original work
Music score publisher: Éditions Jobert
Prices: €270, €180, €150, €120€, €55€, €30
Youth Prices: €9
Children’s discovery offer for all performances
Performance available with season ticket packages and Premium or Prestige offers
2h25 with an interval
Sung in French with French and English surtitles
Conductor
Emilio Pomarico
Stage Director
Joël Pommerat
Stage and Lighting Designer
Éric Soyer
Costumes, Make-up and Wigs Designer
Isabelle Deffin
Video
Renaud Rubiano
Stage Director Associates
Gilles Rico*, Jane Piot
Music Assistant
Nicolas Chesneau*
Pianists Vocal Coaches
Frédéric Calendreau, Nicolas Royez*
Set Design Assistant
Marie Hervé
Costumes Assistant
Marie Szersnovicz
Light Assistant
Gwendal Malard
Le directeur de troupe / premier escroc / deuxième meurtrier / le directeur de cirque
Stéphane Degout*
Le père / troisième meurtrier / le maître d’école
Vincent Le Texier
Le pantin
Chloé Briot*
Deuxième escroc / le directeur de cabaret / le juge / premier meurtrier / le marchand d'ânes
Yann Beuron
La chanteuse de cabaret / le mauvais élève
Julie Boulianne
La fée
Marie-Eve Munger*
Extras
Jilan Al Hassan, Charlène Girin, Camille Lucas, Garance Rivoal, Claudine Sarzier
Stage musicians
Fabrizio Cassol (saxophone, imrovisation coordination), Philippe Thuriot (accordion), Tcha Limberger (violin)
Orchestra
Klangforum Wien
*Former artists of the Académie
Video streaming
Broadcasted live on Arte Concert on 9 July
Broadcasted live on Arte Concert on 9 July
Radio broadcast
Broadcasted on France Musique on 9 July at 8pm
Broadcasted on France Musique on 9 July at 8pm
- Financial Times
"Long, philosophical and just a little twisted, it is the Twin Peaks of children’s operas. Their parents should love it – though they might have nightmares" - Opera Today
"This 2017 Aix Pinocchio is big, great big and truly magnificent. It is grand opera complete with a ballet." Michael Milenski - El PaÍs
"La respuesta final del público fue abrumadoramente positiva y a la salida había una rara unanimidad en que nadie podría negarle a este Pinocchio el esquivo y, en estos tiempos, resbaladizo calificativo de ópera." Luis Gago - La Marseillaise
"A magical journey, an illustrated book between blackness and fairyland." Patrick De Maria
T'as pas d'argent ? T'es pauvre ?
Oh là, là, là, là, fallait qu'ça tombe encor' sur moi !You've got no money? You're poor?
Well blow me down — I guess it just had to happen to me again!
Since writer Carlo Collodi unleashed him from his imagination and Geppetto fashioned him from a piece of wood, the puppet Pinocchio has been constantly transformed, adapted and revisited. Now playright and director Joël Pommerat has made an opera character of him, in an ideal collaboration with composer Philippe Boesmans, whose richly coloured musical universe, seems tailor-made for the small wooden figure. He presents the character as a rude and insolent person, eschewing all sentimentality to reconnect with the harsh world that Collodi portrays in his book. Reflecting his conception of theatre as a company endeavour, Joël Pommerat entrusts all the roles in this lyrical tale to six singers in disparate costumes – cabaret fairy, circus director, bad guy – all brought to life by a director who also narrates this story that speaks to everyone, both young and old alike.
The orchestra mock up has been created with the participation of the CIRM (Centre National de Création Musicale) Member of the Université Côte d’Azur.
The Festival d’Aix invites you to support the world premiere of Pinocchio and
to benefit of exclusive access to the artistic creation process
The production of Pinocchio is supported by:
Baron and Baronne Philippe Bodson, M. Bernard Boon Falleur and Mme France de Kinder, M. and Mme Charles Adriaenssen, M. François Casier, M. and Mme Didier de Callataÿ, M. Frédéric Habets, Mme Francine Loreau, M. and Mme Leonard Schrank, M. and Mme Benoit Van Langenhove de Bouvekercke, M. and Mme Anton Van Rossum, M. and Mme Karel Vinck , M. Jérôme Wigny
The Festival d’Aix would like to thank the Fondation Camargo for hosting the artists during the creation.
