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[ 75 YEARS IN PICTURES ] A FESTIVAL OF PAINTER-DECORATORS
‘The true reason behind the significance and success of Aix was the fusion of opera and painting.’ — Gabriel Dussurget, First General Director of the...
COSÌ - COSÌ FAN TUTTE, FESTIVAL D’AIX 1948-2023: 75 YEARS OF COSÌ FAN TUTTE AT THE FESTIVAL D’AIX
For the 75th anniversary of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Musée des Tapisseries (“Museum of Tapestries”), in collaboration with the Festival d...
[ 75 YEARS IN PICTURES ] IN SEARCH OF NEW TALENT
Over the course of its many editions, the Festival d’Aix has invited the greatest voices of each era onto its stages… and launched the careers of...
THE BALLETS RUSSES AND THE FESTIVAL D’AIX: A LONG HISTORY OF MODERN STAGECRAFT
The spirit of the Ballets Russes — the epitome of interdisciplinarity and modernism — served as a guide for Gabriel Dussurget, the first director of...
THE TURANGALÎLA-SYMPHONIE AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSICAL CREATION AT THE FESTIVAL D’AIX
The Festival d’Aix is renowned for its operatic productions, and especially for the many operas that have premiered there. But since its foundation...
MONTEVERDI AT THE FESTIVAL
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) will be in the spotlight in 2022, with two of his most famous operas: L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (1642), the culmination...
THE MANY FACES OF ROSSINI AT AIX
Rossini’s Moses and Pharaoh (1827) is being performed for the first time this summer at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. This rare work, and grand...
MOZART’S IDOMENEO: A [RE-]PREMIERE
This year, the Festival is offering a new production of Mozart’s Idomeneo, Re di Creta (1781). It is being staged by Satoshi Miyagi — an...