Michael Spyres, Benjamin Bernheim, Nina Stemme, Sonya Yoncheva, Ailyn Pérez & Ying Fang’s Festival Aix-En-Provence’s 2026 season
By Francisco SalazarThe Festival Aix-En-Provence has announced its 2026 season.
Opera
Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with Clément Cogitore directing. The production will star Ying Fang, Mauro Peter, Sabine Devieilhe, Sean Michael Plumb, Brindley Sherratt, and Edwin Crossley-Mercer.
Performance Dates: July 2-21, 2026
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Strauss’ “Die Frau one Schatten” in Barrie Kosky’s production. The cast will include Michael Spyres, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Nina Stemme, Brian Mulligan, and Tamara Wilson.
Performance Dates: July 3-15, 2026
Raphaël Pichon conducts Mozart’s Requiem with a cast that includes Mélissa Petit, Beth Taylor, Duke Kim, and Alex Rosen. Romeo Castellucci directs.
Performance Dates: July 4-12, 2026
Francesco Filidei’s “Accabadora” will have its world premiere with Lucie Leguay conducting and Valentina Carrasco directing.
Noa Frenkel, Rachel Masclet, Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, Hugo Brady, Victoire Bunel, and Francesco Leone star.
Performance Dates: July 4-10, 2026
Henze’s “El Cimarron” will star Eric Greene and be conducted by layce Ismail.
Performance Dates: July 17-20, 2026
Daniele Rustioni conducts Verdi’s “Les Vêpres Siciliennes” with Karine Deshayes, John Osborn, Nicola Alaimo, and Christian Van Horn.
Performance Date: July 16, 2026
Performance Date: July 11, 2026
Concerts
Voice Residency will be giving two concerts.
Performance Dates: July 4 & 9, 2026
Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion and baritone Stéphane Degout explore Schubert and Brahms, focusing on symphonies and orchestrated lieder.
Performance Date: July 7, 2026
Benjamin Bernheim performs Massenet, Bizet, Duparc, Puccini, Verdi, and Berlioz, with Qiaochu Li.
Performance Date: July 8, 2026
Karim Sulayman joins Sean Shibe in Broken Branches, mixing Monteverdi, Purcell, Britten, Middle Eastern songs and contemporary works to explore plural identities and diasporas.
Performance Date: July 10, 2026
Michael Spyres and Matthieu Pordoy delve into the post-Romanticism of the lieder of Wagner, Mahler and Strauss.
Performance Date: July 13, 2026
Sonya Yoncheva will make her Festival debut, revisiting the world of Baroque music with Cappella Mediterranea and Leonardo García-Alarcón.
Performance Date: July 14, 2026
Ailyn Pérez makes her Aix-en-Provence debut accompanied by Julius Drake.
Performance Date: July 17, 2026
