The Palace of Versailles presents many operas, concerts, gala evening and ballets in some of its exceptional sites as the Royal Opera and the Royal Chapel. Discover the 2022-2023 musical season programme.
All shows The 2022-2023 musical season
Programming
Discover the entire musical season from September 2022 and book your ticket.
SHOWS at the palace
This sumptuous new season will be marked by 13 major stage projects, including 7 new productions:
- David et Jonathas by Charpentier,
- La Caravane du Caire by Grétry,
- Didon et Enée by Purcell,
- Armide by Lully,
- La Pastorale by Beethoven,
- Le Couronnement de Poppée by Monteverdi,
- Bastien et Bastienne by Mozart.
This programme will also feature emblematic works such as the famous Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy given by the tandem of Marc Minkowski and Ivan Alexandre and Mozart's unforgettable Magic Flute by Hervé Niquet in a version sung entirely in French.
On the dance side, Angelin Preljocaj will return with his famous Swan Lake, which sold out 10 performances last December, and will present his new ballet, Mythologies, while Thierry Malandain will present La Pastorale on Beethoven's 6th Symphony.
Not forgetting the hosting of exceptional artists in the most beautiful rooms of the Palace of Versailles: Sonya Yoncheva, Sir Bryn Terfel, Jakub Józef Orliński, Samuel Mariño, Bruno de Sá...
Operas staged version
This new programme, strong in its singularity and excellence despite a particularly difficult context, is marked by major stage projects that will fascinate you:
- Charpentier : David et Jonathas, conducted by Gaétan Jarry
- Purcell : King Arthur, adapted and conducted by Hervé Niquet
- La Finta Pazza, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
- Mozart : La Flûte enchantée, staged by Cécile Roussat et Julien Lubek
- Les Noces de Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart, conducted by Marc Minkowski
- Le Couronnement de Poppée, staged by Ted Huffman
- Purcell : Didon et Enée, conducted by William Christie
- Lully : Armide, conducted by Vincent Dumestre
- Grétry : La Caravane du Caire, conducted by Hervé Niquet
- Mozart : Bastien et Bastienne and La Pergolèse : La Servante maîtresse, under the patronage of Aline Foriel-Destezet.
opera concert version
- Berlioz : Roméo et Juliette, conducted by Daniel Harding
- Monteverdi : Orfeo, conducted by Stéphane Fuget
- Gluck : Echo et Narcisse, with the Concert Spirituel choir and orchestra
- Jacquet de La Guerre : Céphale et Procris, conducted by Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Mademoiselle Duval : Les Génies, conducted by Camille Delaforge
- Mondonville : Le Carnaval du Parnasse, with the Chamber Choir of Namur
- Poro, re delle Indie, conducted by Marco Angioloni
- Wagner : L'Or du Rhin, with the orchestra of the Saarland National Theatre
- Cavalli : Egisto, conducted by Vincent Dumestre
- Rameau : les Paladins, with the choir and orchestra of the Chapelle Harmonique
- Régent Philippe d'Orléans : Jérusalem Délivrée ou la Suite d'Armide, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
ballets
- La Pastorale, choreographed by Thierry Malandain
- Mythologies, with original music by Thomas Bangalter choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj
- Swan Lake, choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj
- Molière : Dom Juan, with the troupe of the Comédie Française
Concerts
- Proust, le concert retrouvé, with Théotime Langlois de Swarte on the violon et Tanguy de Williencourt on the piano
- Les Festins royaux du Mariage du comte d'Artois, conducted by Alexis Kossenko
- Gala Mozart, with the Royal Opera Orchestra
- Ravel : Boléro / Strauss : Don Quichotte, with the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France
- Le sacre Royal de Louis XIV, staged by Rosabel Huguet and Flora Gaudin
- Soirée du 40ème anniversaire des Musiciens du Louvre : Haendel - Gluck, conducted by Marc Minkowski
- Recital Sonya Yoncheva, with the Royal Opera Orchestra
- La Chapelle Royale de Louis XV, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm
- Charpentier : Te Deum, conducted by Valentin Tournet
- Vivaldi & Gervais : Splendeurs sacrées à l'italienne, conducted by Sylvain Sartre
- Muffat : Grande Messe Festive pour Salzbourg, with the Guilde des Mercenaires
- Récital Bruno de Sa : Roma Travestita, conducted by Francesco Corti
- Les chemins de Bach : Dynasties, with the Pygmalion choir and orchestra
- Jean Gilles : Requiem, conducted by Fabien Armengaud
- Oratorio de Noël, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Charpentier : Noël Baroque, conducted by William Christie
- Haendel : le Messie, with the Chamber Choir of the Catalan Music Palace of Barcelona
- Vivaldi : Vêpres pour San Marco, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
- Felix Mendelssohn : Symphonie n.2 Lobgesang, conducted by Raphaël Pichon
- Lully : Te Deum, with the Pages and Chanters of the baroque music centre of Versailles
- Les Trois Contre-ténors / Le Retour !, who are Samuel Mariño, Eric Jurenas and Siman Chung
- Récital Samuel Marino : Sopranista, with the Royal Opera Orchestra
- Charpentier : Leçons des Ténèbres, conducted by William Christie
- Récital Jakub Jozef Orlinski : Heroe !, conducted by Stefan Plewniak
- Couperin : Leçons de Ténèbres, under the patronage of Aline Foriel-Destezet
- Pergolèse : Stabat Mater, with the Royal Opera Orchestra
- Les Chemins de Bach : un concert à Lübeck, conducted by Raphaël Pichon
- Bach : Messe en si mineur, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
- Antonio Draghi : Le Don de la Vie Eternelle, with the Chamber Choir of Namur
- Récital Bryn Terfel, with the Royal Opera Orchestra
- Les Quatre Saisons / Concerti di Parigi, conducted by Stefan Plewniak
As part of the fight against COVID-19, the sanitary instructions in force will be respected to welcome you in the best conditions.
