Aix-en-Provence International Lyric Art Festival
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The Aix-en-Provence Festival is dedicated to lyrical art and opera. From July 4 to 23, 2022, it invites you to “Go through the ordeal and be reborn”: all the programming refers to this idea, particularly around the project Resurrection – inspired by Second Symphony by Mahler – presented at the Stadium of Vitrolles, a place abandoned for 20 years.
The classical music in all its subtleties awaits you in the Bouches-du-Rhône with this festival dedicated to opera in the city of Aix-en-Provence.
The program of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2022
A wide range of eras and styles are at program of this international festival of Aix-en-Provence : Italian Baroque music, contemporary creations, classical or contemporary operas, concerts and recitals… Thus, masterpieces of music are presented to the public of Aix, who are always present.
Operas on the program of the Festival d’Aix 2022
Resurrection
Gustav Mahler
Musical Direction Esa-Pekka Salonen
Directed by Romeo Castellucci
Starring Golda Schultz, Marianne Crebassa
Choir And Orchestra Of Paris
New Production
In Coproduction With Abu Dhabi Festival
Vitrolles Stadium
July 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 2022 at 9 p.m. – €31
Salome
Richard Strauss
Musical Direction Ingo Metzmacher
Directed by Andrea Breth
With Elsa Dreisig, Gabor Bretz, John Daszak, Angela Denoke
Paris Orchestra
New Production
In Coproduction With Novaya Opera – Moscow
Grand Theater of Provence
July 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 2022 at 8 p.m. – €31
Idomene, King of Crete
Wolfgang AmadeusMozart
Musical Direction Raphaël Pichon
Directed by Satoshi Miyagi
With Michael Spyres, Anna Stephany, Sabine Devieilhe, Siobhan Stagg
Pygmalion
New Production
Archdiocese Theater
July 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 22, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. – €31
Moses and Pharaoh
Gioacchino Rossini
Musical Direction Michele Mariotti
Directed by Tobias Kratzer
With Michele Pertusi, Adrian Sâmpetrean, Pene Pati, Jeanine De Bique, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Chorus And Orchestra Of The Opera Of Lyon
New Production
In Coproduction With Opéra National De Lyon, Teatro Real De Madrid
Archdiocese Theater
July 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 20, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. – €31
Il Viaggio, Dante
Pascal Dusapin
World Creation
Musical Direction Kent Nagano
Staging Claus Guth
With Jean-Sébastien Bou, Evan Hughes*, Christel Loetzsch, Jennifer France, Maria Carla Pino Cury, Dominique Visse, Giacomo Prestia
Chorus And Orchestra Of The Opera Of Lyon
New Production
In Coproduction With The National Opera Of Paris
Grand Theater of Provence
July 8, 13, 15, 17, 2022 at 8 p.m. – €31
The Incoronazione Di Poppea
Claudio Monteverdi
Musical Direction Leonardo García Alarcon
Directed by Ted Huffman
Starring Jacquelyn Stucker, Jake Arditti, Fleur Barron, Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian
Cappella Mediterranea
New Production
In Co-production With Opéra De Rennes, Palau De Les Arts Reina Sofía – Valencia
Jeu de Paume Theater
July 9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23, 2022 at 8 p.m. – €31
July 14, 17, 2022 at 5 p.m.
Woman At Point Zero
Bushra El-Turk
World Creation
Musical Direction Kanako Abe
Directed by Laila Soliman
Zar set
New Production
Production Lod Muziektheater In Coproduction With Festival D’aix-En-Provence, Desingel Antwerpen, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Concertgebouw Brugge & Muziektheater, Transparant, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Shubbak Festival London, Britten Pears Arts, Grand Théâtre De Luxembourg
Black Pavilion
July 10, 2022 at 5 p.m., July 11, 2022 at 8 p.m. – €15
With the support of Enoa and the Creative Europe Program of the European Union, Fedora, Afac (The Arab Fund For Arts And Culture)
The Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi
Concert Version
Musical Direction Leonardo García Alarcon
With Valerio Contaldo, Mariana Flores
Cappella Mediterranea
Namur Chamber Choir
Grand Theater of Provence
July 11, 2022 at 8 p.m. – €26
norma
Vincenzo Bellini
Concert Version
Musical Direction Riccardo Minasi
With Karine Deshayes, Michael Spyres, Nina Minasyan
Resonanz Set
Pygmalion Choir
Grand Theater of Provence
July 18, 2022 at 8 p.m.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Christoph Willibald Gluck — Hector Berlioz Version
Concert Version
Musical Direction Raphaël Pichon
With Emily D’angelo, Sabine Devieilhe, Lea Desandre
Pygmalion
Grand Theater of Provence
July 21, 2022 at 8 p.m. – €26
The concerts of the Festival d’Aix 2022
Many concerts and recitals complete the program of the Festival d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence in this year 2022. Among the artists expected, we can mention:
- Julia Bullock, July 5 at 9 p.m. at the Hôtel Mayner in Oppèd and July 16 at 8 p.m. at the Pavillon Noir – €31
- the Diotoma Quartet, July 6 at 9 p.m. at the Hotel Mayner in Oppède – €15
- Les Talens Lyriques, July 7 at 9 p.m. at the Hotel Mayner in Oppède – €31
- Karine Deshayes & Florian Sempey, July 8 at 9 p.m. at the Hotel Mayner in Oppède
- Abeer Nehme, July 9 at 9 p.m. at the Hotel Mayner in Oppède – €15
- Joao Barradas, July 12 at 9 p.m. at the Hotel Mayner in Oppède – €15
- OJM – Fabrizio Cassol on July 13 at 8 p.m. at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory – €15
- the Orchester de Paris, July 14 at the Grand Théâtre de Provence – €26
- Golda Schultz, July 15 at the Hotel Maynier in Oppède – €15
- A. Prohaska – N. Altstaedt – F. Corti, July 19 at 9 p.m. at the Hôtel Maynier in Oppède – €15
- OJM – Duncan Ward, July 20 at 8 p.m. at the Grand Théâtre de Provence – €15
- Benjamin Bernheim, July 22 at 8 p.m. at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory – €31
- Tarek Yamani, July 23 at 9 p.m. at the Hotel Maynier in Oppède – €15
The rest of the program and the detailed schedule is online at festival-aix.com
Festival d’Aix: tickets and online ticket office
Would you like to attend one (or more) performance(s) of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence during its next edition? As soon as the program is announced, do not hesitate to reserve your seats ! Depending on where the concert or opera is taking place, places can sell out very quickly. The Ticketing online allows you to easily reserve your seats as soon as possible.
The ticket office for single tickets will open on Thursday, February 3, 2022, from 10 a.m. You will be able to buy your tickets and reserve your seats for one (or more) concert(s) on display at the Festival d’Aix 2022.
Are you passing through Aix to attend the opera festival? And if you take the opportunity to go to the Zic Zac festival or discover and visit Marseille? You can even attend the Château-Gombert International Folklore Festival (in one of the districts of Marseille).