‘TÊTE-À-TÊTE’ WITH THE ARTISTS

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY — KATIE MITCHELL, stage director of Pelléas et Mélisande
THURSDAY 4 JULY — BARRIE KOSKY, stage director of Songs and Fragments
FRIDAY 5 JULY — WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, stage director and concept designer of The Great Yes, The Great No, world premiere
SATURDAY 6 JULY — DANIELE RUSTIONI, conductor and ANDREA BRETH, stage director of Madama Butterfly
MONDAY 8 JUILLET — JAWA MANLA, singer and oud player in concert at the Hôtel Maynier d’Oppède on Saturday 22 June and at the Conservatoire on Friday 12 July with the OJM
TUESDAY 9 JULY — JOHANNES MARTIN KRÄNZLE as Un homme and ANNA PROHASKA as Une femme in Songs and Fragments
WEDNESDAY 10 JULY — JOHN BRANCY as Ulisse and DEEPA JOHNNY as Penelope in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
THURSDAY 11 JULY — LAURENT NAOURI as Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande
FRIDAY 12 JULY — CORINNE WINTERS as Iphigénie in Iphigénie en Aulide — Iphigénie en Tauride
SATURDAY 13 JULY — JARRETT OTT as Samson and JACQUELYN STUCKER as Dalila in Samson, world premiere
MONDAY 15 JULY — KARINE DESHAYES as Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito and FLORIAN SEMPEY as Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride
TUESDAY 16 JULY — ANDRÉA FERRÉOL as La Mère de Samson in Samson, world premiere
WEDNESDAY 17 JULY — URS SCHÖNEBAUM, set and lighting design of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, lighting design and semistaging of Songs and Fragments and lighting design of The Great Yes, The Great No, world premiere
THURSDAY 18 JULY — KINAN AZMEH, composer and clarinettist in concert at the Hôtel Maynier d’Oppède on Friday 19 July
FRIDAY 19 JULY — SOPHIE RAGOT, secretary general of the Festival d’Aix
SATURDAY 20 JULY — ERMONELA JAHO in the title role of Madama Butterfly*
MONDAY 22 JULY — LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN, conductor and PIERRE AUDI, general director of the Festival d’Aix and stage director of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria

THESE ‘TÊTE-À-TÊTE’ INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE DRAMATURGES OF THE FESTIVAL D'AIX:
TIMOTHÉE PICARD, AURORE FLAMION ET CLAIRE FRAYSSE

*Tête-à-tête moved to the Hôtel Maynier d'Oppède, 21 rue Gaston de Saporta