THANK YOU!

At the Festival — And you Published on 25/07/2023

Dear festivalgoers,

More than 75,000 of you joined us to celebrate the 75th edition of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, which ended on Monday 24 July. True to its history – and now more than ever in its 75th year – the Festival has produced a bold programme this year, renewing its repertoire and approach to established works, supporting contemporary creation, broadening the scope of opera by bringing it into dialogue with other arts and musical practices – with the constant concern that these projects be served by the greatest performers.

This rich edition, which presented nine opera titles – including two world premieres and three operas in concert version – and fifteen concerts met with record attendance, particularly from our young audience. And as ever, large numbers of you attended all the free events at Aix en juin, which included celebrations to mark the 15th anniversary of the Passerelles educational and socio-artistic service, and the 25th anniversary of the Académie du Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, as well as numerous meetings and debates with artists and professionals during ‘Midis’, ‘Tête-à-tête’ and Preludes.

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to all of you, our audiences, patrons and partners, for your commitment to us and for your enthusiasm, without which we would not be able to fully realise the essence of a Festival open to all audiences, and to remind you of the extent to which opera today is at the crossroads of the most vital issues facing the city.

We hope you all have a wonderful summer in the company of our #DIGITALSTAGE, where you can (re)watch the recordings of our productions and (re)listen to the Preludes to the productions and the meetings and debates with the artists.

We look forward to seeing you in the autumn to find out more about the preparations for our 76th Festival, which will take place from 3 to 25 July 2024!

VISIT #THEDIGITALSTAGE!

2023 PICTURES PRESS EXCERPTS

L’opéra de quat'sous Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

L’opéra de quat'sous de Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill et Elisabeth Hauptmann
Direction musicale Maxime Pascal — Mise en scène Thomas Ostermeier
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

L’opéra de quat'sous de Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill et Elisabeth Hauptmann

Picture a day like this, Benjamin © Jean-Louis Fernandez

Picture a day like this de George Benjamin et Martin Crimp
Direction musicale Sir George Benjamin — Mise en scène Daniel Jeanneteau, Marie-Christine Soma
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

Così fan tutte Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Monika Rittershaus

Così fan tutte de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Direction musicale Thomas Hengelbrock — Mise en scène Dmitri Tcherniakov
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Monika Rittershaus

Così fan tutte de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Direction musicale Thomas Hengelbrock — Mise en scène Dmitri Tcherniakov
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Monika Rittershaus

Wozzeck d'Alban Berg
Direction musicale Sir Simon Rattle — Mise en scène Simon McBurney
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Monika Rittershaus

Wozzeck d'Alban Berg
Direction musicale Sir Simon Rattle — Mise en scène Simon McBurney
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Ballets russes - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

Ballets russes — L'Oiseau de feu, Petrouchka et Le Sacre du Printemps d'Igor Stravinski
Direction musicale Klaus Mäkelä — Films Rebecca Zlotowski, Bertrand Mandico et Evangelia Kranioti
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

The Faggots and Their Friends, Venables, Huffman © Tristram Kenton

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions de Philip Venables et Ted Huffman
Direction musicale Yshani Perinpanayagam — Mise en scène Ted Huffman
Manchester International Festival 2023 © Tristram Kenton

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions de Philip Venables et Ted Huffman

Résidence de musique de chambre — Kirill Gerstein
Avec Stefan Dohr, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Johanna Wallroth
5 juillet — Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède — Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Mosaïc
Avec Georgi Dobrev, Noé Clerc, Adèle Viret, Zé Almeida, Hamdi Jammoussi, Diogo Alexandre
6 juillet — Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède — Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Cabaret du pianiste — Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Piano - Kirill Gerstein — Chansonnier - HK Gruber — Mise en scène - Jos Houben, Emily Wilson
Comédiens - Fiamma Bennett, Guy-Loup Boisneau, Emily Wilson
7 juillet — Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède — Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Asmik Grigorian - Lukas Geniušas
9 juillet — Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Lakecia Benjamin, Ivan Taylor, Zaccai Curtis, EJ Strickland
11 juillet — Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Le Prophète de Giacomo Meyerbeer
15 juillet - Grand Théâtre de Provence
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Noé Clerc, Clément Daldosso, Elie Martin-Charrière, Robinson Khoury, Minino Garay
15 juillet — Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Noé Clerc, Clément Daldosso, Elie Martin-Charrière,
Robinson Khoury, Minino Garay
15 juillet — Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin, Ema Nikolovska, Jacquelyn Stucker
19 juillet — Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2023 © Vincent Beaume