Aix-en-Provence – Seen and Heard International

Rameau’s lost Samson is evidently a labour not only of love but also of conviction for all

03/08/202417/07/2024 by Mark Berry

France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [5] – Rameau, Samson: Soloists, Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence, 12.7.2024. (MB)

*Samson* at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Monika Rittershaus

Despite reservations, memory of Gluck at Aix will doubtless endure

03/08/202414/07/2024 by Mark Berry

France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [4] – Gluck, Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Le Choeur d’Astrée (chorus director: Richard Wilberforce), Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 11.7.2024 (MB)

*Iphigenie en Tauride* at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Monika Rittershaus

‘Songs and Fragments’ at Aix is gripping, concentrated theatre

13/07/2024 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [3] – ‘Songs and Fragments’: Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King; Kurtág, Kafka-Fragmente: Soloists, Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Bleuse (conductor). Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence, 10.7.2024. (MB)

*Eight Songs for a Mad King* at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Monika Rittershaus

Having caught up with Katie Mitchell’s Aix production, Pelléas will never quite be the same again

03/08/202412/07/2024 by Mark Berry

France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [2] – Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Benedict Kearns) and Orchestra of the Lyon Opera / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 9.7.2024. (MB)

*Pelléas et Mélisande* at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 © Jean-Louis Fernandez

This Aix-en-Provence production quietly, powerfully rethought and reimagined Madama Butterfly

03/08/202410/07/2024 by Mark Berry

France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [1] – Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Lyon Opera Chorus (chorus master: Benedict Kearns), Lyon Opera Orchestra / Daniele Rustoni (conductor). Théâtre de l’Archeveché, Aix-en-Provence, 8.7.2024. (MB)

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024: *Madama Butterfly* © Ruth Walz

Génération @ Aix brought exceptional young talent together with Renaud Capuçon

20/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

France Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival [2]: Génération @ Aix – Carte Blanche à Renaud Capuçon: Members of Génération @ Aix, Renaud Capuçon (violin / director). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 16.4.2023. (CC)

*Carte Blanche à Renaud Capuçon* © Caroline Doutre

The pure joy of musicmaking: soloists of Berlin’s Karajan-Akademie in Aix-en-Provence

18/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

France Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival [1] – Revel, Beethoven: Soloists from the Karajan-Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic. Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence, France, 15.4.2023. (CC)

Soloists from the Karajan-Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic © Caroline Doutre

A Matthäus-Passion of overwhelming impact from Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques at Aix

16/04/202314/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bach, Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Ian Bostridge (Evangelist), Benjamin Appl (Jesus), Anna El-Hashem (soprano, Uxor Pilati), Mari Askvik (alto), James Way (tenor), Thilo Dahlmann (baritone, Judas, Petrus, Pilatus), Wei-Lian Huang, Aurélie Moreels (Ancilla I & II), Samuel Namotte, Vlad Vrosman (Pontifex I & II), Namur Chamber Choir, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 7.4.2023. (CC)

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