A fascinating aspect of Samson—the lost opera from the 1730s with music by Jean Philippe Rameau and words by Voltaire that inspired the creation of a new opera at the Aix-en-Provence Festival this ...
The Aix-en-Provence Festival in France has named Huffman to succeed the visionary Pierre Audi, who died earlier this year. By Adam Nagourney Ted Huffman, an American-born opera director and librettist ...
To varying degrees, other operas given at this summer’s Aix-en-Provence Festival relate stylistically to its principal novelty, Samson,the new work by the conductor Raphaël Pichon and the stage ...
Many of the offerings at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France are broadcast, or they travel to other theaters. Here are some highlights. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Aix-en-Provence, France Every ...