Arrangement from Sunday 14 to Thursday 18 July 2024,
4 nights
Festival
Pelléas et Mélisande - C. Debussy, the 15
Susanna Mälkki - Katie Mitchell
Julia Bullock, Lucile Richardot, Huw Montague Rendall, Laurent Naouri
Grand Théâtre de Provence
Madama Butterfly - G. Puccini
"Madama Butterfly" was, according to Puccini’s own statement, Puccini’s favorite work: "...of all the operas I have written, the most deeply felt and suggestive. After the composer had approached the Far Eastern subject with zeal, he set about studying Japanese musical culture and the customs and traditions of the country with great energy. He even sought out a Japanese actress who was touring Europe to listen to the timbre of the Japanese female voice. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) masterfully blended his own style with authentic Japanese melodies and the use of exotic instruments, giving the opera its unmistakable atmosphere.Guilt, atonement and the blossoming of a deep love are the core themes of the work. The tragic figure of the Butterfly is at the center of the action: Puccini completes her development from happy bride to abandoned mother and finally to suicide victim with dreamy, ecstatic melodies and arias. All the other characters in the piece, even the male lead character Pinkerton, are vocally and action-determining rather than marginal figures.As devastating as the premiere was for the composer in February 1904 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, "Madama Butterfly" began its great triumphal march around the world in a revised version in May 1904 in Brescia.
Madama Butterfly♪ - G. Puccini, the 16, nouvelle production
Daniele Rustioni - Andrea Breth
Ermonela Jaho, Adam Smith, Mihoko Fujimura, Lionel Lhote
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon
Théâtre de l’Archevêché
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria - C. Monteverdi, the 17, nouvelle production
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon -
Pierre Audi
Director Pierre Audi was born in Lebanon in 1957, then he grew up between Beirut and Paris. In 1979, Pierre Audi founded the Almeida Theater in London and its Contemporary Music Festival, which he directed until 1989. Since 1988, Pierre Audi has been Director of the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, crowned in 2016 with the “Company” award. of the Year ”by the International Opera Awards. In addition to his responsibilities at the Amsterdam Opera, Pierre Audi was artistic director of the Holland Festival for ten years (until 2014). In June 2015, Pierre Audi was appointed Artistic Director of Park Avenue Armory, in New York. In 2018, Pierre Audi took over the management of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence to prepare for 2019 and staged the world premiere of End of Party (Kurtag) at La Scala.
Pierre Audi♪
Deepa Johnny, Mariana Flores, Anthony Leon, Alex Rosen
Théâtre du Jeu de Paume