The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced its 2025 festival.

Opera

First up is “Don Giovanni” in a production by Robert Icke starring Andrè Schuen, Krzysztof Bączyk, Golda Schultz, Magdalena Kožená, Amitai Pati, Clive Bayley, Madison Nonoa, and Paweł Horodyski. Sir Simon Rattle conducts.

Performance Dates: July 4 – 18, 2025

Charpentier’s “Louise” stars Elsa Dreisig, Adam Smith, Sophie Koch, Grégoire Mour, Roberta Alexander, Marianne Croux, Carol Garcia, and Karolina Bengtsson. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts a production directed by Christof Loy.

Performance Dates: July 5-13, 2025

Sébastien Daucé conducts Jetske Mijnssen’s production of “La Calisto” with a cast starring Lauranne Oliva, Alex Rosen, Giuseppina Bridelli, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Anna Bonitatibus, David Portillo, Zachary Wilder, Dominic Sedgwick, Théo Imart, and José Coca Loza.

Performance Dates: July 7 – 21, 2025

Peter Sellars directs “The Nine Jewelled Deer” by Sivan Eldar and Ganavya Doraiswamy, the latter of whom stars alongside Aruna Sairam.

Performance Dates: July 6 – 16, 2025

“The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor,” is adapted from Britten’s famed opera “Billy Budd” and stars Ian Rucker, Joshua Bloom, Christopher Sokolowski, and singers from the Résidence Voix de l’Academie 2025. Ted Huffman directs the adaptation by Oliver Leith. Finnegan Downie Dear conducts.

Performance Dates: July 5 – 10, 2025

There will be a concert performance of “Les Pêcheurs de Perles” starring Mané Galoyan, Pene Pati, Florian Sempey, and Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Marc Minkowski conducts.

Performance Dates: July 19, 2025

Anna Pirozzi and Brian Jagde headline “La Forza del Destino” in a concert version conducted by Daniele Rustioni. Thee opera also stars Ariun Ganbaatar, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Michele Pertusi, Ambrogio Maestri, Rodolphe Briand, Julie Pasturaud, and Louis Morvan.

Performance Dates: July 20, 2025

Concerts

Sébastien Daucé and a resident woman conductor to be named at a future date will lead the final concert of the voice residency.

Performance Dates: July 7, 2025

Stépahende Degout and the Quatuor Diotime perform.

Performance Dates: July 10, 2025

Jakub Jósef Orlinski and Michal Biel perform a recital.

Performance Dates: July 11, 2025

Ermonela Jaho and Pantesilena Jaho present a recital.

Performance Dates: July 12, 2025

Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, and Helmut Deutsch present a program of Strauss and Mahler.

Performance Dates: July 17, 2025