Lavender fields, hilltop villages and spectacular rocky fjords, rosé wine and bouillabaisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh, cutting edge rap and hip-hop music, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, pétanque, scuba diving and Olympique de Marseille: Provence is a vibrant mix of romantic tradition and surprising, fast-changing modernity. This is an insider's guide to the best of it, from a professional journalist living there.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
From Aix en Provence to Brooklyn, New York: An Extraordinary, Visionary 'Nightingale'
Robert Lepage's visionary interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's opera, The Nightingale, featuring a flooded orchestra pit and Asian shadow puppets, receives its US premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in March 2011. The eccentric French-Canadian director talked about the extraordinary concept behind his production when it played at the Aix en Provence arts festival in the summer of 2010. Click here to read more.
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