Orange has been deprived of its visitors for almost a year.
From June 18 to July 31, the Chorégies hope to reconnect with the crowd of major editions and make the ancient kingdom vibrate with new sounds.
For its 151st edition, the oldest festival in France has rescheduled four highlights initially planned for 2020. Starting with
Samson and Dalila
de Saint-Saëns.
The Béjart Ballet de Lausanne's homage to the Queen group and the Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli's recital with the Musicians of Prince Monaco are also reprogrammed.
To make its comeback as successful as possible, which promises to be a decisive step for the future, the event also relied on some innovations.
Its goal ?
Open up to a new audience without losing its followers.
Thus, between the Orchester de la Scala in Milan for the show An
Italian Night, the
highlight of this edition, and a choir concert by Giuseppe Verdi conducted by Riccardo Chailly, the Chorégies d'Orange also put the spotlight on a
Symphony of video games
with the Marseille Opera.
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A daring bet that Jean-Louis Grinda, director of the Chorégies, explains to AFP: "
Video games have gone upmarket for their scenarios, their graphic quality but also for the level of their music which today is like film music.
"And to add:"
The idea of this
Symphony of video games
is to offer young people to see live at the ancient theater of Orange what they are used to hearing on their screen. computer
”.
Cine-concert and traveling recital
In the same vein, the ancient theater is also dedicating a film-concert evening to
Charlie Chaplin's
Kid
, and invites the emerging French scene.
The opportunity to discover the pianist Giovanni Bellucci with transcriptions by Verdi, Wagner, Bellini and Debussy.
Among the great novelties, the opera
L'Elixir d'amore
leaves the ancient theater for the first time.
"
We are going to play Donizetti on a truck transformed into a stage which will tour with a small group of solo orchestras in the southern region
", explains the director.
The selection of these young itinerant artists will take place next March.
Despite the financial difficulties, the Chorégies d'Orange are hoping next year to get off on the right foot.
“
We have the confidence of the public authorities.
All we need now is to find the public, this is the most important
”, concludes Jean-Louis Grinda.
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