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This year 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the Lotte Lenya competition, an international theater singing competition founded by The Kurt Weill Foundation For Music to encourage idiomatic performances of a wide range of musical theater and opera. Thanks to the LLC, prizewinners become part of what is referred to as the « Lenya Family » where the Foundation continues to advocate for them and supports their projects such as Marie Oppert (2017, 2020), named Kurt Weill/Lotte Lenya Artist at the 2023 Festival d’Aix, where she will play the role of Polly in a new production of The Threepenny opera, directed by Thomas Ostermeier and co-produced by La Comédie-Française.

As a new partner of the Festival d’Aix, the ENGIE Foundation will be supporting the emblematic residencies of the Académie for a period of two years. Through these residencies, multiple formats and various content are reinvented each year to meet the challenges in the world of opera today and to foster equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity! This philosophy is at the core of the commitment made by the ENGIE Foundation, which, for over 30 years, has promoted access to culture for all, social inclusion, and support for young talent. The partnership will also help support musical events organised by the Festival throughout the region.

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Thanks to the support of Ammodo, the Cercle Incises, and the Cercle des Mécènes associés, two new works will be making their world premiere at Aix-en-Provence this summer. The first, Picture a day like this, a new opera by George Benjamin, marks the great return of the British composer to Aix, 11 years after the global success of Written on Skin. The second, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, is being led by an innovative, and disruptive, creative duo: stage director Ted Huffman – acclaimed last year for his interpretation of Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea – and composer Philip Venables. These two modern fables, which exemplify the Festival d’Aix’s commitment to promoting innovative opera in line with the times, will premiere in Aix-en-Provence on 5 and 8 July, respectively.

The Cercle Etel Adnan pour la Méditerranée comprises philanthropists who wish to foster intercultural dialogue and promote the distribution of productions related to the history and musical identities of the Mediterranean Basin. The structure offers its members a very targeted way to commit to and support exchanges initiated by the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The Cercle :
— supports productions related to the cultures and history of the Mediterranean,
— supports young artists from the Mediterranean Basin in their career development and professional integration, and
— encourages the creation of new opportunities to meet others and have intercultural exchanges.
For its second year of existence, the Cercle Etel Adnan pour la Méditerranée will extend its support to all projects of the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée (the symphonic session and the Medinea session), as well as to various concerts celebrating the wealth and diversity of music in the Mediterranean region.