All shows The 2021-2022 musical season

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 2021-2022 musical season programme. 

SHOWS at the palace

The program of the new 2021-2022 musical season of the Palace of Versailles pursues the goal of offering a lyrical scene of excellence, and places the music of the 17th and 18th centuries at the heart of its program.

Among the highlights of this new program, you will find great scenic projects such as :

• Grétry's Richard the Lionheart, the Royal Opera's first full-length production which was a great success from its premiere in 2019;
• The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart's masterpiece brought to life by a powerful staging by star director James Gray;
• And the highly anticipated Atys by Lully in a new production choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj with conductor Leonardo García Alarcón.

Also not to be missed : 

• Philippe Jaroussky and Valer Sabadus will revive the incredible repertoire of the first castrati in Paris;
• Plácido Domingo will arrive at Versailles with a program featuring operatic masterpieces;
• And Jakub Józef Orlinski who will offer a recital featuring Handel and Vivaldi in the Hall of Mirrors.

In 2022, on the occasion of Molière's 400th birthday, the Royal Opera pays tribute to the giant of French theater. Comedy-ballets, concert operas and concerts are on the program.

And despite the unprecedented situation we have been experiencing for the past two years, a total of 107 performances will be offered, beginning on October 2 with a concert dedicated to Napoleon's favorite singer, the castrato Girolamo Crescentini, played by countertenor Franco Fagioli. 

Operas staged version

This new program, strong of its singularity and its excellence despite a particularly difficult context, is marked by great scenic projects which will fascinate you:

• Grétry's Richard the Lionheart, conducted by Hervé Niquet
• Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, conducted by Gaétan Jarry
• Rossi: Le Palais des Sortilèges, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
• Haendel: Alcina, conducted by Václav Luks
• Lully: Atys, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
• Locke: Cupid and Death, conducted by Sébastien Daucé
• Rameau: Platée, conducted by Hervé Niquet, with a staging by Shirley and Dino
• La Senna Festeggiante/La Seine en fête with the Royal Opera Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marchiol
• Mondonville: Titon and L'Aurore, conducted by William Christie

opera concert version

• Monteverdi: Le Retour d'Ulysse dans sa Patrie, directed by Stéphane Fuget;
• Desmaret: Circé, directed by Sébastien d'Hérin with Gaëlle Arquez in the lead role;
• Rameau: Les Paladins, directed by Valentin Tournet, with Mathias Vidal in the lead role;
• Monteverdi: Orfeo, with Emiliano Gonzalez Toro as conductor and in the first role, accompanied by Mathias Vidal and Alicia Amo;
• Haendel: Partenope, conducted by William Christie;
• Lully: Psyché, conducted by Christophe Rousset;
• Campra: Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle, directed by Patrick Bismuth, with Mathias Vidal and Florie Valiquette.

ballets

• Sleeping Beauty, directed by Hervé Niquet and staged by Shirley and Dino;
• The Four Seasons, with the Compagnie de L'Eventail and Stefan Plewniak;
• Swan Lake, choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj;
• Marie Antoinette, with the Malandain Ballet Biarritz and Stefan Plewniak.

Concerts

• Crescentini, Napoleon's castrato with soprano Franco Fagioli and Stefan Plewniak conducting,

• Mathias Vidal: Rameau Triumphant with countertenor Mathias Vidal and Gaétan Jarry conducting

• De Lalande: Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roi conducted by Vincent Dumestre

• Berlioz/Beethoven: Symphonie Fantastique/5th Symphony conducted by François-Xavier Roth

• Brahms: A German Requiem conducted by Raphaël Pichon

• Campra: Requiem conducted by William Christie

• Mozart and Salieri: Requiem conducted by Hervé Niquet

• Handel: Messiah conducted by Valentin Tournet

• Rameau/Mondonville : Grands Motets conducted by Gaétan Jarry

• Charpentier : Messe de Minuit conducted by Sébastien Daucé

• Fagioli : Mozart and The Castratos conducted by Daniel Bard, with countertenor Franco Fagioli on the bill

• Molière/Charpentier : Les Plaisirs de Versailles conducted by Sébastien Daucé

• Molière/Lully: the Ballet des Jean-Baptiste conducted by Vincent Dumestre

• The 3 Countertenors and Castratos Virtuosity Competition with countertenors Filippo Mineccia, Samuel Mariño and Valer Sabadus, conducted by Stefan Plewniak

• The Bach Trilogy, directed by Raphaël Pichon, reconstructing the life of Christ: Nativity - Advent Cantatas, Passion - St. John Passion, Resurrection - Easter and Ascension Oratorios

• Florie Valiquette : Opéra Comique ! directed by Gaétan Jarry

• Lully : Grands Motets - Benedictus conducted by Stéphane Fuget

• Charpentier : Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, airs galants conducted by Stéphane Fuget

• Gala Plácido Domingo with the baritone Plácido Domingo as headliner and Laurent Campellone as conductor

• Couperin : Leçons de Ténèbres conducted by Stéphane Fuget

• Pergolesi/Vivaldi: Stabat Mater for two castrati with soprano Samuel Mariño, countertenor Filippo Mineccia and Marie Van Rhijn conducting

• Concert-cum-commemoration of the Armenian genocide with Chouchane Siranossian on violin

• Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos presented by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

• Rameau: Nouvelle Symphonie conducted by Marc Minkowski

• Lully/Charpentier: Molière and his music with Lambert Wilson, conducted by William Christie

• Le Coucher du Roi conducted by Thibaut Roussel

• The Royal Wedding of Louis XIV conducted by Vincent Dumestre

• Jakub Józef Orliński: Virtuoso Recital conducted by Stefan Plewniak

• Gloire Immortelle! conducted by Hervé Niquet

• Philippe Jaroussky and Valer Sabadus: The First Castrati in Paris with Christina Pluhar conducting, accompanying the two countertenors on theorbo

• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/ 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.

The 2021 - 2022 season

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