The Aix Lyric Art Festival has been at the center of concerns. Its director, Pierre Audi, remains silent while awaiting the results of the flash audit that the festival itself triggered.
Savings are planned from next summer to regain balance while communities and the Ministry of Culture seek solutions. The amount has not yet been published, managing director Stéphanie Deporcq says. But it is well below the 4 million that the rumor spreads. The 2023 edition – that of the alarming deficit – was the 75th anniversary. A milestone birthday. The brilliant man, with an acrobatic economic model. Nothing to do with debt! The porte beau opera festival: it received the Best Festival prize at the International Opera Awards in 2023, and a host of other prizes for various of its productions, including by Kaija Saariaho.