Festival d’Aix-en-Provence: A Little Bit of France in New York City

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, founded in 1948, is a six week celebration of opera held in late June through July in Southern France (Aix-en-Provence). With average temperatures in the mid 80s, those fortunate enough to attend the outdoor concerts in the Théâtre de l'Archévêché (the former garden of the archbishop's palace) enjoy warm evenings with great music and theater. What's that you say? You can't make it to France? Don't worry. For the first time in the festival's history, the July 10th performance of Mozart's Idomeno, Rè di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete) will be rebroadcast on July 16th in New York City. I know, traveling to New York may still be a bit of a stretch (especially for just one opera), but those of you that will be there on vacation anyway or happen to live in the area, or those of you who can't live without opera especially now that the Met is in its off season, you can attend the performance at The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) located at 55 East 59th Street. For more information, including ticket purchasing, visit FIAF.