Death – Pierre Audi made his last reverence in the world (and not just the theater) on the night of May 2 to 3. By learning it, the characters he programmed for this summer immersed themselves.
Don Giovanni Who will open the Aix 2025 festival at the Grand Théâtre de Provence on July 4, cries his true figure of commander: not the one who comes to haunt him for misdeeds, but that of Pierre Audi who has been working for so long in the service of Mozart, an essential of this institution.
As of Louise de Charpentier (scheduled from July 5 at the Archbishopric Theater), “since the day” she still sings in her famous air. In the opera, this day is happy but will lead to many sadness … No doubt that Elsa Dreisig, who will play Louise this summer and who was still this Monday at the microphone of France Musique with Pierre Audi, will think of him today, to this day and again beyond.
Another pillar of the Aix repertoire, the Baroque Opera and its heartbreaking passions will come with The Calisto de Francesco Cavalli continue the tribute to Pierre Audi. The presentation of this opus on the festival website already announced it: “What could be better than a stellar myth to shine in the Provencal night”.
So the world of the opera will be able to continue to wish a peaceful final trip to the disappeared, at the sweet rhythm of the waves with Billy Budd et Pearl fishermen and until the last scheduled opera: The strength of fate.
At the heart of the program, also sadly announcing but also testimony to a strong commitment by Pierre Audi (that for creation), the Sivan Eldar opera, The nine jewelled deer will offer to draw inspiration, as a point of – Noveeau- Departure: From “a millennial rock painting in China representing a man drowning saved by a wonderful doe whose existence he must not reveal”.
Like a last nod to the director of the Aix-en-Provence Lyric Art Festival, Pierre Audi, who died last night in Beijing.
