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In the city of King René, contemporaneity has definitely found a fertile land of welcome, on the Mozartian heritage and the classical tradition. Among the great modern moments, we remember in particular Written On Skin by George Benjamin in 2012. Last year, there were Innocence by Kaija Saariaho. The powerful masterpiece was the major event of the post-covid edition of the Festival international d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence. And the smallest proposals, embodied by L’Apocalypse arabe by the Lebanese author Etel Adnan, signaled in Arles a desire to expand territoriality.
