NEW PRODUCTION OF THE FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
IN COPRODUCTION WITH ABU DHABI FESTIVAL AND PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS, LA VILLETTE – PARIS
— WITH THE SUPPORT OF MADAME ALINE FORIEL-DESTEZET, GRANDE DONATRICE D’EXCEPTION DU FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
WITH THE SUPPORT OF CERCLE INCISES POUR LA CRÉATION CONTEMPORAINE
AND OF MAJA HOFFMANN / LUMA FOUNDATION
The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from another world. I think there is no one who can resist it.
Gustav Mahler, after listening to his Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” on 13 December 1895Resurrection forms a diptych with Requiem (2019) – a striking meditation on the exhaustion and disappearance of all things – and takes up in a spectacular way the question of the aftermath: the question of a hypothetical renewal. The Stadium de Vitrolles designed by Rudy Ricciotti has been preserved in a state of beauty ravaged by twenty-five years of abandonment and clandestine occupations. Inside this iconic building Romeo Castellucci tackles the enigma of a mysterious rebirth. Resurrection is undoubtedly the most popular of all Mahler's symphonies. The composer stages a gradual victory over his doubts and asserts his creative vocation and his newfound faith in the cosmos. The audience is immediately struck by the opening chaos orchestrating a magnificent funeral. The sublime final chorus enraptures listeners as it celebrates the Last Judgement and the divine love that is spread everywhere. Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to the Orchestre de Paris and its Chorus and dreams with us of rising out of hard times. Golda Schultz and Marianne Crebassa make their Festival debut.
Tickets: 31€, 67€, 130€, 206€
Youth ticket: 9€
Performance available with ticket packages and Prestige offer
Shuttle service available by reservation :
1 hour and 20 minutes without interval
Sung in German