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Created in 1948, the festival hosts amateurs of lyric art from all over the world each year, in July.

Residence of the London Symphony Orchestra (2010 – 2013)

Beginning of the multi-year residence of the London Symphony Orchestra.
This residence will run from 2010 to 2013. The years 2010 and 2012 will focus essentially on the symphony concert and on a variety of musical and educational activities; 2011 and 2013 will see the LSO participating in two opera productions each. In 2011 this will be a Mozart opera conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and La Traviata (the first European Traviata for Natalie Dessay) under the baton of Louis Langrée.
In 2010 Sir Colin Davis will conduct two outstanding concerts at the Grand Théâtre: one dedicated to Berlioz (Sir Colin has directed some of the most inspired performances of the composer's work), and the other to Mozart and Sibelius.

Programming 2010

Théâtre de l’Archevêché

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Don Giovanni
Musical manager Louis Langrée
Production Dmitri Tcherniakov
Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester
Chorus English Voices
Don Giovanni Bo Skovus
Leporello Kyle Ketelsen
Donna Anna Marlis Petersen
Donna Elvira Kristina Opolais
Masetto David Bizic
Commendatore Anatoly Kotscherga
New production of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Co-production with the Teatro Real Madrid

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 -1787)
Alceste
French version
Musical manager Ivor Bolton
Production Christof Loy
Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester
Chorus English Voices
Alceste Véronique Gens
Admète Joseph Kaiser
Evandre Bo Kristian Jensen
Apollo / Héraut Joao Fernandes
Coryphée Marianne Folkestad
New production of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Co-production with Wiener Staatsoper / Royal Opera from Denmark

Grand Théâtre de Provence

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)
Pygmalion
Before extracts from Hippolyte and Aricie
Musical manager William Christie
Production and scenery Trisha Brown
Orchestra and chorus Les Arts Florissants
Casting pending
New production of the Festival Aix- en- Provence
Co-production with Holland Festival / Athens Festival

Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Le Rossignol et autres fables
Evening in 2 parts with break
Four Russians farmer songs, three plays for clarinet
Renard
Le Rossignol
Musical manager Kazushi Ono
Production Robert Lepage
Orchestra and chorus National Opera from Lyon
Le Rossignol Olga Peretyatko
Le Pêcheur Edgaras Montvidas
Le Chambellan Tomislav Lucic
La Cuisinière Elena Semenova
Le Bonze Yuri Vorobiev
L’Empereur Ilya Bannik
La Mort Marjana Mijanovic
New production of Festival Aix-en-Provence
Co-production with Canadian Opera Company and National Opera from Lyon.