Summer 2022 in France: 15 festivals to tempt you

A Reynaldo Hahn concert at La Pointe des Poulains (Lyrique-en-mer)

The storehouse at Château Lafite-Rothschild (Estivales de musique en Médoc)

Célia Oneto Bensaid under the plane trees at La Roque d'Anthéron in 2021

A concert in the courtyard of the Château Louis XI (Festival Berlioz)

Partenope in the gardens of William Christie

The basilica at Vézelay

Audience at the Théâtre de l'Archevêché (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)

A concert at the Festival Ravel in the church of Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Between rehearsals at the l'Académie-Festival des Arcs

SUmmer festivals

Awaiting a recital at La Grange au Lac (Rencontres musicales d'Évian)

Between concerts at the Festival de La Vézère

By Tristan Labouret, 24 June 2022

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Summer 2022 in France: a plethora of classical concerts in 15 festivals