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ANNUALREPORT
2018
"For this 70th edition of the Festival d’Aix which is Bernard Focroulle’s last festival, it is tempting to take stock of his achievements as Director in light of the greatest moments of opera that his mandate allowed the development of, whether
it be for example, Written on Skin by George Benjamin or Elektra as seen by Patrice Chéreau.
By his manner of bringing together talents and horizons, of bringing professionals and
amateurs closer together in the same desire for high standards, of creating a dialogue between
western music and oriental music, of reaching audiences without ever pandering to them, of inviting in order to enrich, it is not impossible that the Orfeo & Majnun in the long term will
become an even more crucial date."
AVANT-SCÈNE OPÉRA – Chantal Cazaux
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70 YEARS
of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
ORFEO & MAJNUNa European project,
an urban procession involving
1,500 AMATEURS a free opera
along the cours Mirabeau
15,000 SPECTATORS
261 ARTISTS
from the Académie
40 NATIONALITIES
MEDINEA given the label
Europe Créative
20 YEARS
of the Académie du Festival d’Aix
86,117 spectators
2 WORLD
PREMIERES Seven Stones
& Orfeo & Majnun
SEVENSTONES
FEDORA GENERALI Prize
100% of the sets
100%eco-designed
PHOTO EXHIBITIONS
70 years of the Festival d'Aix
and 20 years of the Académie
SPECIAL “FAUTEUILS D’ORCHESTRE” TELEVISION PROGRAMME
to celebrate the 70th anniversary - live from Aix
454YOUNG PERSONS
TOOK PART IN “OPÉRA ON”on the 5 first nights
> 90 PROJECTIONS
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CULTURE NUM
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Richard Strauss
ARIADNE AUF NAXOSConductor MARC ALBRECHT
Stage Director KATIE MITCHELL
La Prima Donna / Ariane LISE DAVIDSEN
Le Ténor / Bacchus ERIC CUTLER
Zerbinetta SABINE DEVIEILHE
Le Compositeur ANGELA BROWER
Le Maître de musique JOSEF WAGNER
ORCHESTRE DE PARIS
“The singing in Aix’s new Ariadne auf Naxos is exquisite. That is also thanks to Marc Albrecht’s presence in the pit… a perfectly paced evening.” FINANCIAL TIMES – Shirley Apthorp
“For this particular Strauss, happiness is both musical and vocal.” LUXEMBURG WORT - Stéphane Gilbart
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Sergueï Prokofiev
THE FIERY ANGELDirector KAZUSHI ONO
Stage Director MARIUSZ TRELIŃSKI
Renata AUŠRINE STUNDYTĖ
Ruprecht SCOTT HENDRICKS
CHORUS OF THE POLISH NATIONAL OPERA
ORCHESTRE DE PARIS
”Masterful and highly inspired conducting from Kazushi Ono who transformed an Orchestre de Paris which produced an astonishingly beautiful sound.”LE MONDE - Marie-Aude Roux
“It quite simply takes your breath.”DIE RHEINPFALZ - Gilmar Gilcher
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTEConductor RAPHAËL PICHON
Stage Director SIMON MCBURNEY
Sarastro DIMITRY IVASHCHENKO
Tamino STANISLAS DE BARBEYRAC
La Reine de la Nuit KATHRYN LEWEK
Pamina MARI ERIKSMOEN
Papageno THOMAS OLIEMANS
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
FROM THE ENSEMBLE PYGMALION
- “The beauty, intelligence and emotion make you want to weep!”
TÉLÉRAMA - Sophie Bourdais
“An exceptional Flute […] Raphaël Pichon and his Ensemble Pygmalion are musically in charge much to the
general delight.”LE TEMPS - Sylvie Bonier
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Henry Purcell
DIDO AND ÆNEASDirector VÁCLAV LUKS
Stage Director VINCENT HUGUET
Une femme de Chypre ROKIA TRAORÉ
Dido ANAÏK MOREL
Æneas TOBIAS LEE GREENHALGH
Belinda SOPHIA BURGOS
Sorceress / Spirit LUCILE RICHARDOT
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
ENSEMBLE PYGMALION
- ”Overwhelming. An example of successful up-dating”
LE TEMPS - Sylvie Bonier
“The show is spellbinding, intense. “OPERA-ONLINE.COM - Alain Duault
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Ondřej Adámek
SEVEN STONESWORLD PREMIERE
Directors
ONDŘEJ ADÁMEK, LÉO WARYNSKI
Stage Director and choreography
ÉRIC OBERDORFF
Maid / Storyteller I
ANNE-EMMANUELLE DAVY
Land Lady / Storyteller II SHIGEKO HATA
Stone Collector NICOLAS SIMEHA
Stone Collector’s Wife
LANDY ANDRIAMBOAVONJY
CHORUS ACCENTUS / AXE 21
“A brilliant score and powerfully original on a good number of prototype instruments.” LIBÉRATION - Guillaume Tion
“A futuristic opera with sheer audacity”OPERA TODAY - Michael Milensk
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Moneim Adwan, Howard Moody,
Dick van der Harst
ORFEO & MAJNUNFRENCH PREMIERE
Director BASSEM AKIKI
Stage Directors AIRAN BERG, MARTINA WINKEL
Majnun LOAY SROUJI
Layla NAI TAMISH BARGHOUTI
Orfeo YOANN DUBRUQUE
Eurydice JUDITH FA
Narrator SACHLI GHOLAMALIZAD
INTERCULTURAL ENSEMBLE
OF THE MEDITERRANEAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA
With the participation of amateur choirs
coming from the audiences of PASSERELLES
Sinfonietta SESSION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
YOUTH ORFCHESTRA
- “Orfeo & Majnun is the outcome of a policy of opening
up to audiences and to the Mediterranean which will remain
one of the great achievements of Bernard Focroulle’s mandate.”
TÉLÉRAMA – Sophie Bourdais
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REMEMBER MOZART Singing Académie
Semi-staging
LEAH HAUSMAN
Singers and pianists of the Académie
Artists from the Mozart's Residency
“The composer Benjamin Dupé has placed upon this story music which is unmeasured and developed for these liberated young singers.”LA PROVENCE
AIX EN JUIN 6th EDITION 9 TO 30 JUNE 201857 EVENTS16,670 SPECTATORS “The Académie on all fronts
[…] The Académie which opened up to chamber music and to staging proposed numerous concerts on the fringe of the opera productions.“ LIBÉRATION
Benjamin Dupé
DU CHŒUR À L’OUVRAGE
Opera for children voices
Conception, Music and Stage Direction
BENJAMIN DUPÉ
Original libretto
MARIE DESPLECHIN
Instrumental ensemble
L’INSTANT DONNÉ
With the singers of
MAÎTRISE DES BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE
Choir master
PASCAL DESNOYER
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L’Académie, centre for professional development, for experimentation and vocational integration for young artists, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018.
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Académie invited two emblematic personalities from its earliest days: the
French baritone, Stéphane Degout who gave his first cycle of masterclasses here and the pianist Alan Planès.
This residence called « The Art of the Recital » enabled six piano/voice duos to perfect the conception of their
recital programmes of French melody, each of which would be performed for the partners of the enoa European
network during the course of the 2018/2019 season. The traditional Mozart and chamber music residencies
completed this programme of professional development.
For the second year running, the cycle of workshops on the reflection on creation was opened, this year dealing
with the question of the representation of women in opera. The Creative Opera Workshops thus brought
together 10 women artists in the middle of their career as part of a workshop on the sharing of professional
tools, with the aim of strengthening their position in the sector. In parallel was being held the annual session of
the Opera Creation Workshop, a session of exchanges and of reflection on the opera of tomorrow.
As part of the symphonic session, 80 musicians from the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (MYO) took part in
three concerts conducted by the conductors Kazushi Ono and Quentin Hindley. Led by the composer Fabrizio
Cassol, the MYO’s intercultural session enabled a dozen of these young artists to work on an un precedented
collective musical project presented as part of four concerts in Aix and on tour. The sessions for the Sinfonietta
from the opera Orfeo & Majnun an urban procession brought together 24 musicians from the MYO conducted
by Bassem Akiki.
Mediation and transmission are today at the heart of an artist’s professional development. Outreach skills from
the Académie, which are run notably by Mark Withers who is Artistic Director of participative projects with LSO
Discovery, has enabled 54 artists, singers and instrumentalists, to learn how to pass on their art and their artistic
practices to young and new audiences.
The Académie is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its creation and of perspectives during the course of three
major events: a photographic exhibition which goes back over the best moments of the Académie and of
the Festival, photographed by Vincent Beaume, musical workshops available for everyone and particularly for
the families and a festive Jam Session that gathered many artists from the Festival and the Académie. This
anniversary served as a reminder of the progress that was made and to present the challenges of tomorrow, in
images thanks to a specific video and in words with the edition of a special publication.
The 2017 HSBC Académie Laureates were revealed on the 12 October 2017 at the Philharmonie de Paris. They
then performed throughout the 2017/2018 season on tour in France and in 13 concerts at the Festival d’Aix.
With the support of
12 RESIDENCIES
261 YOUNG ARTISTS> 40 NATIONALITIES
42 EVENTS WITH THE PASS
65 FREE EVENTS
5 COMMISSIONS AND WORLD PREMIERES
2 FRENCH CREATIONS
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The Académie is at the origin of the creation of two international networks.
enoa is a European network of opera academies whose aim is to help vocational integration, vocational mobility,
and the creation of new opera projects for young European artists. This summer the Académie received 18
artists recommended by members of the network and 3 of its residencies: Opera Creation Workshops, Women
Creators of Opera and The Art of the Recital all benefitted from the support of enoa. On the occasion of
the quarterly meeting of the enoa network, the Festival d’Aix hosted its 12 partners the 2 and 3 July. The
endorsement of a new manifesto which would guide the development of the next enoa programme was at the
heart of the discussions. This summer meeting also marked the end of Bernard Focroulle’s mandate at the Head
of the network, of which the presidency will be taken over by Pierre Audi as early as September 2018.
The Medinea network assembles more than twenty cultural organisations from the Euro-Mediterranean region,
supporting the vocational integration of young Mediterranean musicians by developing intercultural projects
promoting dialogue, transmission and mobility within the Mediterranean. Thanks to the recent support of
creative Europe as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Medinea this year accompanied the
Outreach skills workshop of the Académie in Aix and a Session of intercultural creation of the MYO, “outside
the walls” in Nuoro, (Italy).
enoa and Medinea receive support from the Programme Creative Europe
from the European Union.
Medinea also receives the support of the Erasmus+ Programme from the European Union
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Orfeo & Majnun: a major European artistic and participatory project
In 2018 the Festival d’Aix hosted the French premiere of Orfeo & Majnun, a
coproduction with seven European partners in which the participation of amateurs
was at the heart of the creative process. It took place in two phases: PARADE[S], a
great festive urban procession, followed by a free outdoor opera. In all, this original
project brought together over 10,000 people of which more than 1,500 participants
were amateurs from the audience of Passerelles.
Orfeo & Majnun is an encounter between the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the Persian legend of
Layla and Majnun, two of the greatest love stories from the west and the orient. Throughout the year, numerous
introductory and artistic practice workshops were organised by Passerelles for participants of all ages and from
all social backgrounds in order to take the project wholly into their possession.
Following these explorations, PARADE[S] intervened in order to unite the propositions of the partners of
Passerelles under the artistic coordination of Airan Berg and of Passerelles: about thirty performances,
installations and artistic workshops were put into place in order to give rhythm to the afternoons before the
final procession on the cours Mirabeau, which was coordinated by Raphaël Imbert, Marion Rampal (Cie Nine
Spirit), Alexandra Satger and the artists from the Compagnie Rara Woulib (Choir of Work Songs). This event
brought together 2,500 people including 300 amateur musicians and singers.
Elsewhere, animals occupied an important place in this project: their inventor, Roger Titley, trained around
twenty students and social mediators to accompany the audience in the creation and the actioning of the
creatures in preparation for the urban procession.
Around 200 amateur choristers from the region – including the Ibn Zaydoun Choir made up the multicultural
choir for the opera, which was prepared by Philippe Franceschi before being conducted by Bassem Akiki on
8th July.
Orfeo & Majnun is on the programme of Marseille-Provence 2018 – Quel Amour ! (MP2018). To celebrate its
launch in February, The Festival d’Aix has deployed a lot of musical surprises as the apparition of the Choir of
the Work Songs in Aix on the theme of love. On Sunday 8th April, the Festival d'Aix also teamed up with the
Arlesian Parade Drôle de Carnaval - Un Amour de Parade on the theme of Orfeo & Majnun.
Orfeo & Majnun, is also the creation of a participatory digital platform enabling an exploration of the creative
process. Around twenty articles, photos and videos go back over the odyssey of this exceptional creation at
the Festival d’Aix: orfeoandmajnun.eu.
THE ELOISE SUSANNA GALE FOUNDATION
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Meet the audiences with Passerelles
By developing educational and socio-artistic projects throughout the region, the
Passerelles team of the Festival d’Aix, reaches out to meet a large range of audiences
– young, families, non-specialised and fragile – enabling them to live and to discover
the world of opera.
In 2018, Passerelles celebrated its tenth anniversary! Almost 5,000 participants were associated with the
Passerelles’ projects this year, in relation with a hundred educational establishments (schools, universities) as
well as social institutions and associations.
Passerelles was deeply involved at the heart of the Orfeo & Majnun project. More than 1,500 amateur
participants from the Passerelles’ public were involved in this project of which more than 1,200 people for
the urban procession and almost 200 amateur choristers to make up the opera choir. The Ibn Zaydoun Choir,
conducted by Moneim Adwan (the composer of the Arabian part of the libretto of Orfeo & Majnun) also joined
the choir of the opera. It appeared in other events on the 2018 programme such as La Nuit Antigone, Les Voix
de Silvacane and the concert SOS Méditerranée.
Passerelles also pursued its public awareness programme with the aim of introducing opera to the greatest
number of people: discovery programmes about the opera, amateur artistic practices, artistic encounters
such as the cine-concert at the Cité de la Savine in July together with the MYO and the cinema Alhambra in
Marseille. To end these programmes, more than 5,000 people attended a pre-dress rehearsal of one of the
2018 productions!
2018 was also the first edition of the Sets and Costumes Workshop Open Days at Venelles. More than 300
participants - young apprentices, youth and adults in vocational integration – were able to discover a range of
professions related to the performing arts.
Finally, around 500 young people who were under thirty years of age attended the first night of a 2018
production in exceptional conditions as part of the Opéra ON Programme.
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The Festival d’Aix in the world
Whilst being solidly anchored in its own region, the Festival d’Aix‘s influence extends all over
the world.
Indeed, the Festival d’Aix has a world-wide reputation and functions on all levels, regional,
through the loyal attachment of the local audience and through the close bond developed
with the public authorities from year to year; then on a national level and international level
through new collaborations with cultural institutions and through the tours and its productions.
By attracting an ever more varied and numerous audiences, the free opera projections within
the region and abroad also contribute to the Festival’s influence.
PARTNERSHIPS
The signing of an historic triennial partnership with the Adelaide Festival in Australia includes opera co-productions with
the Festival d’Aix as early as 2019.
The collaboration with the Bolchoï is to be reinforced with:
The first Russian performance of Alcina (2015) by Handel.
The co-production of Dido and Aeneas (2018) by Purcell.
COPRODUCTIONS AND TOURS
The constantly renewed attraction of the operas produced by the Festival d’Aix on national and international stages has
been confirmed with 17 co-producers committed on the 2018 productions.
A circulation of the operas of the Festival in the world through numerous revivals by the co-producers amongst whom are:
The Rake’s Progress (2017) by Stravinsky at the Dutch National Opera
Pinocchio (2017) by Phillipe Boesmans at the Opéra national de Bordeaux
Pelléas et Mélisande (2016) by Debussy at the Polish National Opera - Teatr Wielki
In 2018 about ten productions travelled the globe for around fifty performances. The tours of past productions continue,
and amongst them are :
Winterreise (2014) by Schubert at the Elbe Philharmonic in Hamburg
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2015) by Britten at the English National Opera and in 2019 at the Philadelphia Opera, The
Magic Flute (2009) by Mozart at the New National Theatre in Tokyo
Le Monstre du Labyrinthe (2015) by Jonathan Dove at the Philharmonie de Paris
PROJECTIONS
The development of free projections on a wide screen with Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss et Dido and Aeneas by Purcell in
24 towns and villages of the PACA region, with the support of the Orange Foundation, the CIC Lyonnaise de Banque and in
partnership with Arte. Abroad, 11 countries have organised projections of past productions produced by the Festival d’Aix,
which represent around sixty projections in all.
EncountersCULTURE NUM
With the theme of the 2018 edition of Culture Num «Finding utopia in the digital », this edition proposed to everybody an anticipatory
workshop conceived by The Camp with the purpose of imagining and sharing scenarios of a digital society in which art and the
form of opera would exist in support of the human, by reinforcing connections and by creating new forms of solidarity and sharing.
With the support of Audiens.
AIX-EN-PROVENCE ECONOMIC FORUM
On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, the Festival d’Aix hosted the 18th edition of the Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum
organised by the Cercle des économistes. This international event attracted a large public together with 230 contributors
from all over the world speaking on the question of the Metamorphosis of the world.
Professional MeetingsNATIONAL ENCOUNTERS ACCORD MAJEUR
Because the French model of diversity is not that of communitarianism, the Accord Majeur National Meetings which took
place from 10 July in Aix were an opportunity to testify to the commitment of artists and professionals to contribute to a
« better life together » and define the boundaries of a renewed audience policy.
ENOA
On the occasion of the three-monthly meetings of the enoa network (European network of opera academies), organised by
each member of the institution in turn, the Festival d’Aix hosted its 12 partners the 2 and 3 July. The artistic content of the
activities of the next two years as well as the orientations which will guide the elaboration of next programme supported
by enoa were at the heart of these discussions. This summer meeting also marked the end of Bernard Focroulle’s mandate
at the head of the network, of which the presidency was taken over by Pierre Audi in September 2018.
MEDINEA
From 18 to 20 July, the Medinea Meetings brought together around twenty Euro-Mediterranean cultural institutions to talk
about the founding principles and the forthcoming issues for this network by adopting a common programme. The artistic
programme received the support of Europe Creative and Erasmus+.
Opera Play AppLaunched in January 2018, Opera Play is an amusing new educational application from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
based on exploring the voice and operatic singing. Conceived and produced by Sonic Solveig with the DRAC Provence-
Alpes-Côte d’Azur, it has been downloaded more than 1,000 times on Google Play and 1,150 times on Apple Store.
BroadcastsAll the operas of the 2018 edition were broadcast live on Arte, France Télévisions, Mezzo or on streaming on Arte Concert,
CultureBox and Opera Vision.
Fauteuils d’orchestre, the television programme presented by Anne Sinclair and broadcast on prime time the 4 July on
France 3, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Festival d’Aix and was watched by some 728,000 viewers. More than 20
hours of radio programmes on France Musique were recorded at the Festival d’Aix including 30 live programmes from Aix
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The teams
Composed of around fifty permanent salaried staff, the Festival’s teams are organised into six
principle departments which are divided up between the sites in Aix-en-Provence, in Venelles
and in Paris.
The chart below illustrates one of the Festival’s particularities, that is to say the great variability of its manpower, which
does not cease to grow from September to July, to reach almost 800 people by July 2018, including both the permanent
administrative staff, the staff back-ups on temporary contracts (CDD), the technicians and artists who are engaged
individually. To this figure, must be added the artists and ensembles who are invited (choirs and orchestras: about 270
people) and more than 260 young artists at the heart of the Académie and the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra. The import
number of technicians and artists recruited throughout the year is also due to the busy activity of the tours and the work
carried out in the workshops.
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200
400
600
800
1,000
September – December 2017
January - March 2018
April - May 2018
June - August 2018
Artists
Technical Intermittents
Temporary contracts
Permanent contracts
Sustainable development100% of the sets - 100% eco-designed
In order to reduce the volume of its waste material and by modifying their nature, with the aim of encouraging their
reclamation, recycling and re-use, the Festival d’Aix initiated as early as 2014 a transversal and multisectoral reflection in
support of responsible practices in the cultural sector. By anticipating the end of a set’s life at the moment of its conception,
the Festival d’Aix succeeded in 2018, after three years of tests on four sets (Alcina, The Entfürung Aus dem Serail, Così fan
tutte and Carmen) to build 100% of its sets in a 100% eco-designed manner.
In January 2018, The Festival d’Aix organised in Paris at the Ministry of Culture its fourth Labo dedicated to the eco-
conception of sets, in the presence of 14 cultural sector actors. This Labo enabled the emergence of projects such as
material resource centres, a collaborative platform, a website and the adaptation of a “help tool” to assist decision-making,
all of which which will allow the dissemination of practices of the eco-conception for theatre sets. A fifth Labo took place
in June of the same year at the workshops of the Festival d’Aix- with local actors in preparation for a territorial network
and the publication of a methodological handbook.
The Festival d’Aix is a founding member of the collective COFEES (Collective union of Eco-responsible Festivals in Provence-
Alpes-Côte d’Azur ) which is supported by ADME and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
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MÉCÈNES FONDATEURSM. et Mme Laurence Blackall M. et Mme Christopher CarterM. Nicolas D. ChauvetM. et Mme André HoffmannM. et Mme Christian Schlumberger
GRANDS MÉCÈNES Baron et Baronne Jean-Pierre BerghmansM. Nabil ChartouniMme Ariane DandoisM. et Mme Bechara El KhouryM. et Mme Nicholas L.D. FirthM. et Mme Burkhard GantenbeinMlle Nomi Ghez et Dr. Michael S. SiegalM. et Mme Jean-Claude GruffatM. et Mme Charles GaveDr. John A. Haines et Dr. Anand Kumar TiwariM. et Mme Alain HonnartBaron et Baronne Daniel JanssenM. et Mme Simon et Emma KeswickM. Jean-Claude LangainM. Michael Lunt M. Jean-Claude Meyer et Mme Nathalie Bloch-LainéM. et Mme Richard J. MillerMme Marie Nugent-Head et M. James C. MarlasM. Pascal TallonM. et Mme Henri-Michel Tranchimand
MEMBRES BIENFAITEURSM. et Mme Walter ButlerM. François Casier M. Jean Cheval et Mme Georgia Makhlouf
M. et Mme François DebiesseM. Alain GuyM. et Mme Philippe JabreMme Sophie Kessler-MatièreM. Alessandro Riva et M. Nicolas BonnalM. et Mme Demesthene Severis
MEMBRES DONATEURSM. et Mme Mark ArmourM. et Mme Thierry AulagnonM. et Mme Thierry d’ArgentM. et Mme Erik BelfrageM. et Mme Jacques BouhetM. et Mme François BourneriasM. Eric E. Bowles and Mme Kuri TorigoeM. et Mme Jordi et Patricia CaballéMme Christelle Colin et M. Gen ObaM. et Mme Virgile DelâtreM. et Mme Charles-Henri FilippiM. Pierre-Yves Gautier M. et Mme Pierre GuenantMme Yanne HermelinM. William Kadouch-ChassaingM. et Mme Raphaël KanzaMme Susan KesslerM. et Mme Samy KingeM. et Mme Antoine LabbéM. Jean-Paul LabourdetteMme Danielle Lipman W. BoccaraMme Anne MausM. et Mme Ton Meijer-BergmansMme Sylvie OuzielM. Thomas RottnerM. Etienne SalléMme Catherine StephanoffM. et Mme David SyedM. et Mme Anton van Rossum
M. Philippe VillinM. Michel VovelleM. et Mme Philip WilkinsonM. et Mme Robert Zolade
MEMBRES ACTIFSMelle Pascale Alfonsi M. et Mme Jean-Paul BaillyM. Constant Barbas Mme Patricia BarbizetM. Bernard BaroneM. et Mme Christian Bauzerand Mme Marie-Claude BillardM. et Mme Olivier BinderMme Marie-Joëlle BonnefoyM. et Mme Daniel CaclinMme Christine Cayol-MachenaudMme Paz Corona et M. Stéphane MagnanM. Alan R. CravitzM. Pierre-Louis DauzierM. Etienne Davignon Mme Alain Douteaud M. et Mme Olivier DuboisM. et Mme Philippe-Henri Dutheil M. Peter Espenhahn Mme Marceline GansM. Jean-Marie Gurné M. Pascal HouzelotMme Gabriele KippertM. Didier Kling Mme Francesca KressM. Jean-Marc La Piana M. Jean-Pol LallementM. et Mme Jacques LatilM. Jacques Le PapeMme Janine LevyM. et Mme Michel LongtchampM. et Mme Jacques ManardoM. Thierry Martinache
M. et Mme Jean-Pierre MegninM. Jean-Claude MeunierM. Bernard MiyetM. et Mme Guillaume de MontrichardMme Jacqueline Roland-GosselinM. et Mme Jacques-Olivier SimonneauM. et Mme Sebastien VeilM. et Mme Jean-Renaud Vidal
IFILAF USAM. Jean-Claude Gruffat President
M. Richard J. Miller Treasurer
M. Jérôme Brunetière Secretary
M. Nabil Chartouni Mme Edmée de M. FirthMme Marie Nugent-Head MarlasDr. Michael S. SiegalThe Honorable Anne Cox Chambers Honorary member
M. Jacques Bouhet Honorary member
IFILAF UKM. Laurence Blackall President
M. Peter Espenhahn Treasurer
M. Jérôme Brunetière Secretary
Mme Jane CarterMme Béatrice SchlumbergerM. David Syed
Many of our supporters wish to remain anonymous. List of supporters as of July 31, 2018.
The supporters of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Many French and international individuals support the development of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, including through the
Club des Mécènes and the IFILAF UK and USA International Friends associations.
We thank them all for their crucial commitment, and especially our major donors:
Fondation Meyer pour le développement culturel et artistique,
Karolina Blaberg Stiftung,
Chœur à l’Ouvrage Funds,
The Eloise Susanna Gale Foundation,
And M. Bruno Roger.
THANK YOU TO THE SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS OF THE FESTIVAL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT
60 BUSINESS PARTNERS
150 INDIVIDUAL PATRONS
4,4 M€ RAISED
1ST SOURCE OF INCOME SINCE 2015
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Les Rencontres Économiques d'Aix-en-Provence were held on 6, 7 and 8 July 2018.
GROUPE PONTICELLI FRÈRES, LVMH, MÉCÉNAT MUSICAL SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, SAINT-GOBAIN
ALSO SUPPORTING THE FESTIVAL D'AIXBritish Council, Butard Enescot, diptyque, Fondation CMA CGM, Fondation Harmonie Solidarités, Fondation MMA, Les Vins de Provence, RDT 13
Club Campra brings together regional companies, businesses people and professional organisations from different sectors of various sizes who wish to support the Festival. Thanks to their civic-mindedness, they contribute to increasing the region’s cultural influence and promoting access to culture for all.Supporting Members Rothschild Martin Maurel, Société Ricard
Benefactor Members Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Est, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Digital Virgo, Eiffage Immobilier,
Groupe SNEF, NGE
Donor Members CEA Cadarache, CETIC, Colas Midi-Méditerranée, Durance Granulats, Original System, Orkis, Prométhée Group, Roland Paix Traiteur, Tenergie
Associate Members Affiche +, Agnès Pellegrin, Alpinea Shipping, Bellini Joaillier-Horloger, Boutiques Gago, Calissons du Roy René, CG Immobilier, Château
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Le Festival d’Aix-en-Provence thanks for their support:
PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS
MEDIA PARTNERS
2018 Programme
OPÉRASARIANE À NAXOS
Richard Strauss Mise en scène KATIE MITCHELL
L'ANGE DE FEU Sergueï Prokofiev
Mise en scène MARIUSZ TRELIŃSKI
LA FLüTE ENCHANTÉE Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mise en scène SIMON MCBURNEY
DIDON ET ÉNÉE Henry Purcell
Mise en scène VINCENT HUGUET
SEVEN STONES Ondřej Adámek
CRÉATION MONDIALEMise en scène et chorégraphie
ÉRIC OBERDORFF
ORFEO & MAJNUN Moneim Adwan, Howard Moody,
Dick van der Harst CRÉATION FRANÇAISE
Mise en scène AIRAN BERG /MARTINA WINKEL
CONCERTSMARLÈNE ASSAYAG / QUATUOR AROD
STÉPHANE DEGOUT / ALAIN PLANÈS
JONATHAN ABERNETHY / HELIO VIDA
TABEA ZIMMERMANN / ANDREA HILL / EDWIGE HERCHENRODER
ORPHEUS XXIMOSLEM RAHAL / MAYMOUN RAHAL / BASHAR ALDGHLAWI / REBAL ALKHODARI
VOIX DE LA MÉDITERRANÉESoirée au profit de SOS Méditerranée
JORGE PARDO / JUAN JOSE SUAREZ / JOSE MANUEL RUIZ
DANIEL SEPEC / TABEA ZIMMERMANN / JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS
COLLECTIF KAHRABA Mise en scène AURÉLIEN ZOUKI
ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE
Direction musicale KAZUSHI ONO
AIX EN JUINPANORAMA – OUVERTURE
D’AIX EN JUIN
MASTER CLASSES Professeure de chant SUSANNA EKEN
Pianiste, cheffe de chant ROBERTA FERRARI
Chorégraphe et metteuse en scène LEAH HAUSMAN
Dramaturge KLAUS BERTISCHBERNARD FOCCROULLE
LA NUIT D’ANTIGONE
LAYLA & EURYDICE LA FAMILLE DU CINQUIÈME
CACHER LA PROFONDEUR Conception et mise en scène
ALIÉNOR DAUCHEZ
DU CHŒUR À L’OUVRAGE Opéra pour voix d’enfants
de BENJAMIN DUPÉMAÎTRISE DES BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE
LES VOIX DE SILVACANEPAPAE MARCELLI - LES VOIX ANIMÉES
CHANTS D’AMOUR - CHŒUR IBN ZAYDOUN
VIVA AMORE - Artistes de la résidence Mozart
FOUGUE ET TRANSPARENCETRIO SORA (PAULINE CHENAIS /
MAGDALENA GEKA / ANGÈLE LEGASA)
REMEMBER MOZARTMise en espace LEAH HAUSMAN /
Artistes de la résidence Mozart
PARADE[S] URBAINE ORFEO & MAJNUN
RÉCITAL ANDREEA SOARE / FLORIAN CAROUBI
RÉCITAL ALPHONSE CEMIN
PALOMAR TRIOPATRICK VAILLANT / DANIEL
MALAVERGNE / FRÉDÉRIC CAVALLIN
PRIX GABRIEL DUSSURGETCHŒUR ET ORCHESTRE DU
CONSERVATOIRE DARIUS MILHAUD / CHŒUR AD FONTES / CHŒUR RÉGIONAL
PACA
ACADÉMIELE QUATUOR FRANÇAIS D’HIER À AUJOURD’HUI
QUATUOR AKILONE / QUATUOR ESMÉ / QUATUOR TCHALIK
CRÉATION INTERCULTURELLE ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES DE LA
MÉDITERRANÉE
JAM SESSION - 20 ANS DE L’ACADÉMIE
VANDERBILT MUSIC ACADÉMIE Direction musicale THOMAS VERRIER
CONCERTS - RÉSIDENCE DE MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE
CONCERTS - RÉSIDENCE L’ART DU RECITAL
RENCONTRES RENCONTRES ÉCONOMIQUES
D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
CULTURE NUM À THECAMP
RENCONTRE PROFESSIONNELLE ACCORD MAJEUR
RENCONTRES PROFESSIONNELLES ENOA ET MEDINEA
TÊTE-À-TÊTE QUOTIDIENS AVEC LES ARTISTES
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The Festival budget
BUDGET €22,435,000
STRUCTURAL REVENUE
37%
OPERATING REVENUE 28,3%
ARTISTIC REVENUE AND TOURS33,8%
FIXED COSTS26,2%
ARTISTIC EXPENSES
46,2%
enoa NETWORK REVENUE 0,9%
enoa NETWORK EXPENDITURE 0,9%
ARTISTIC AND TOURING REVENUE (co-productions, ticketing, audiovisual, sale of productions, etc.) €7,586,000
OPERATING REVENUE (patronage, media partnerships, etc.) €6,338,000
Subsidies from the State and public authorities €7,901,000
Reversals on equipment grants, investment financing
and provisions €410,000
Subventions from the European Community as part of the Programme Orfeo and Majnun €400,000
Co-production revenue €780,000
Ticket revenue €3,911,000
Audiovisual revenue €1,160,000
Touring income and associated activities €1,335,000
Patronage and sponsorship revenue €4,420,000
Participation of the Casino d’Aix-en-Provence, a historical patron of the Festival €1,650,000
Media partnerships €140,000
Other operating revenue €128,000
ARTISTIC EXPENDITURES (operas, concerts, outreach and socio-artistic programmes, audiovisual, tours, etc.) €10,365,000
OPERATING EXPENSES (presentations to patrons, site operation, reception of the public, communication, etc.) €5,990,000
FIXED COSTS (total payroll, overheads, investment expenditure, etc.) €5,880,000
Académie – MYO – enoa €830,000
Concerts €50,000
Lyric productions €6,485,000
Passerelles service €410,000
AIX EN JUIN €570,000
Conferences, symposia, exhibitions €20,000
Audiovisual €1,000,000
Tours €1,000,000
Services to businesses €580,000
Technical expenses €3,470,000
Communication, publication, press €665,000
Media partnership expenditure €95,000
Other operating expenditure €1,180,000
Staff structure €3,990,000
Overheads €1,370,000
Endowments and exceptional expenses €520,000
enoa NETWORK REVENUE (European Network of Opera Academies) €200,000
enoa NETWORK EXPENSES (European Network of Opera Academies) €200,000
STRUCTURAL REVENUES (investment and operating subsidies, etc) €8,311,000
OPERATING EXPENSES 26,7%
The Festival audiences
THE AUDIENCE
DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN
DISTRIBUTION OF PAID SEATS EXCLUDING INVITATIONS
EVENTS
ATTENDANCE
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 86,117 SPECTATEURS (Vs 84,526 spectators in 2017)OPERA ATTENDANCE: 97,3%GLOBAL ATTENDANCE RATE: 96,1%39,171 SPECTATORS for the FESTIVAL’S PAID EVENTS34,478 SPECTATORS for REHEARSALS AND FREE EVENTS
AIX EN JUIN FESTIVAL: 16,670 SPECTATORSACADÉMIE EVENTS: 10,214 SPECTATEURSFESTIVAL SCREENINGS in France and abroad: 7,858 SPECTATORS TICKET REVENUE: €3,91 M EXCL. VAT TAX
PRESS
• 167 JOURNALISTS FROM 16 COUNTRIES (TELEVISION, RADIO, WRITTEN PRESS)
• 34 NEWS STORIES AND RADIO PROGRAMMES• 27 TV REPORTS AND INTERNET
RETRANSMISSIONS
• 5 OPERAS AND 1 CONCERT RECORDED FOR TV AND/OR THE WEB (Arte, Arteconcert, Culturebox, Operavision.eu, YouTube channel of the Festival)
• The TV programme FAUTEUILS D’ORCHESTRE by France 3 presented by Anne Sinclair, filmed at Aix on 1 July and broadcast on prime time on 4 July
• 5 LIVE BROADCASTS on France Musique• The special live programme about the Académie
on 7 July on France Musique
Other French regions 26,3%
Foreigners 17,1%(including 9,3% europeans)
Undefined origin 7,2%PACA 49,4%
31€ to 55€ 15,2%
≤ to 30€ 24,8%
56€ to 120€ 15,7%
181€ to 270€ 18,5%
OPERA PERFORMANCES
33 8 5 57 74CONCERTS (EXCLUDING THE ACADÉMIE)
PROFESSIONNIAL MEETINGS (Rencontres éco, Accord Majeur, Culture Num, enoa and Medinea)
EVENTS DURING AIX EN JUIN
ACADÉMIE EVENTS SCREENINGS IN FRANCE AND ABROAD (12 COUNTRIES)
90OPERAS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
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121€ to 180€ 25,8%
≤ to 55€ 40%
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Monsieur Bruno RogerHonorary President
Monsieur Paul HermelinPrésident*
Madame Lucie Maurel AubertVice-President*
Monsieur Jean-Francois DubosSecretary général*
Madame Catherine DémierTreasurer*
Monsieur Pierre DartoutPrefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte
d’Azur region and Bouches-du-Rhône
Madame Régine HatchondoGeneral Director of Artistic Creation,
Ministry of Culture
Monsieur Marc CeccaldiRegional Director of Cultural Affairs,
Ministry of Culture
*Membres du Bureau
Liste au 1er juin 2018
Madame Maryse Joissains-MasiniMayor of Aix-en-Provence, President
of the Conseil de Territoire du Pays
d’Aix, Vice-President of Metropole Aix-
Marseille Provence
Monsieur Gérard BramoulléDeputy Mayor of Aix-en-Provence,
delegate for the Festival d’Aix-en-
Provence
Monsieur Jean-Claude GaudinPresident of Metropole Aix-Marseille-
Provence, Former minister, Mayor of
Marseille, Honorary Vice-President of
the Senate
represented by
Monsieur Daniel GagnonVice-President of Metropole Aix-
Marseille Provence, delegate for
Culture and Cultural Facilities, Mayor of
Cornillon-Confoux
Madame Martine VassalChairperson of the Departmental
Council of Bouches-du-Rhône, First
Vice-President of Metropole Aix-
Marseille Provence
represented by
Madame Sabine BernasconiVice-President of the Departmental
Council of Bouches-du-Rhone, Cultural
Delegate
Monsieur Renaud MuselierPresident of the Provence-Alpes-Côte
d’Azur Regional Council, Member of the
European Parliament
represented by
Monsieur Michel BissièreRegional councillor and delegate for
artistic creation
Monsieur Jean-Marc ForneriQualified person, named by the Pasino
of Aix-en-Provence
Board of directors
THE FESTIVAL D’AIX AND ITS ACADÉMIE RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF:Partner of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence since 1948
PHOTOS CREDITS:
© Vincent Beaume: p.2-3, p.16-17, p.18-19 (bottom of the page), p.20, p.23, p.25, p.26-27, p.28
© Pascal Victor / Artcompress: cover, p.6-7, p.8-9, p.10-11, p.34
© Clément Vial: p.32-33
© Vincent Pontet: p.12-13, p.14-15
© Jean-Claude Carbonne: p.18-19 (top of the page)
English Translation: Christopher Bayton
Siège social – Palais de l’ancien Archevêché – 13100 Aix-en-Provence
N° de Licence entrepreneur du spectacle: 1 – 1085 612 / 2 – 1000 275 / 3 – 1000 276