Aix-en-Provence 2011

We already know the program for the Festival 2011 which will take place between July 5 and 25.

1. New production of La Traviata will be directed by Jean-François Sivadier* (Oh my!), while Louis Langrée will conduct the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and the cast which includes Charles Castronovo, Ludovic Tézier, and Natalie Dessay [who will alternate with Jane Archibald]
2. New production of La Clemenza di Tito will be directed by David McVicar,  Sir Colin Davis will conduct the LSO
3. Thanks to my eyes, is the name of an opera, composed by a 35 year old Italian composer/conductor Oscar Bianchi, which will will have its world premiere in Aix next year, in a production directed by Joël Pommerat who also wrote the libretto for this opera
4. William Kentridge's production of The Nose is actually a coproduction of The Met, Aix, and Lyon. It was premiered this season at the Met and received excellent reviews. His awesomeness Kazushi Ono will conduct the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
5. European Music Academy will present Acis and Galatea. The show will be directed and choreographed by Saburo Teshigawara (yess!), while the young Argentinian conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcon will be in charge of music. 

*Sivadier is a guy who recently staged Carmen in Lille, that I suggested you to see in a free webcast (with the title role magnificently sung by Stéphanie d'Oustrac!, c.f. here)