Check out the program of the 2023 edition of the Chorégies d'Orange and book your tickets now.

OVERVIEW of the Chorégies d'Orange 2023

Only one opera production is on the programme of the 2023 Chorégies d'Orange, but what an opera! Bizet's Carmen is a work that seems made for the large stage of the ancient theatre. With Jean-Louis Grinda (the current Chorégies director) in charge, theDonizetti staging will be spectacular, especially with performers of the stature of Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Jean-François Borras. The mezzo always brings a subtle refinement to her interpretations, while the tenor is without doubt the best Don José of his generation. The rest of the cast has been carefully chosen, with Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Escamillo and the revelation Alexandra Marcellier as Micaëla. Carmen is an opera that always has great highlights, with well-known arias, but above all a story in which strong emotion sometimes brings tears to the eyes. The event is not to be missed in a natural setting as breathtaking as the ancient theatre of Orange.

The 2023 season of the Chorégies d'Orange is no exception to the rule, with concerts, recitals, dance and a luxury film-concert as Débora Waldman, conductor of the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence, is the musical director of Le Mécano de la Générale, Buster Keaton's hilarious masterpiece.

The great stars of piano and opera are in Orange this summer. Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov, a couple in the city as well as on stage, are coming with baritone Elchin Azizov for an exceptional Gala evening where they will perform the great arias, duets and trios from Giuseppe Verdi's operas. This is an important event because the soprano is currently at the top of her game with phenomenal vocal powers. The Nice Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Michelangelo Mazza.

The Chorégies are particularly spoiling us this 2023 season with the pianists. Evgeny Kissin the magnificent fills the superb acoustics of the ancient theatre with a splendid recital programme, Bach, Mozart, Debussy and especially Rachmaninov and his Etudes-Tableaux. The concert by Khatia Buniatishvili should be booked as soon as possible. The piano star is performing for the first time at the Chorégies d'Orange. She performs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's poignant Piano Concerto No. 23, a masterpiece by a magnificent artist. The excellent Kirill Karabits, who conducts the beautiful Orchestre National de Lyon, has chosen Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 as a complementary programme.

The Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan is a graceful addition to the Chorégies 2023. The arrival of the orchestra was a great highlight of the previous edition, and now it is the turn of the ballet company of the famous Teatro alla Scala in Milan to amaze festival-goers.

In a different genre, but eclecticism is also the hallmark of great festivals, a concert of music from Clint Eastwood's films is programmed with this Eastwood Symphonic where Kyle Eastwood, the actor's musician son, is on stage to pay tribute to his father.

The 2023 season of the Chorégies d'Orange with the flamboyant Carmen and all the stars will be fantastic.

Ticket reservations for Orange are to be made as soon as possible!