The Palace of Versailles is hosting numerous operas, concerts, gala evenings and ballets in some of its exceptional spaces, including the Royal Opera and the Royal Chapel. Check out the programme for the 2025–2026 music season at Versailles.
All shows The 2025-2026 musical season
October
Concerts
- 8th Ador Gala Concert: Rossini Anthology: Sunday, October 5, 2025
- Handel: Theodora: Friday, October 10, 2025
Operas in staged version
- Rossini: Cinderella: Saturday, October 11 to Saturday, October 18, 2025
November
Concerts
- Triumph and Death of Kings: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1: Friday, November 14, 2025
- Handel: Dixit Dominus: Saturday, November 22, 2025
- Mozart: Requiem: Saturday, November 29 to Sunday, November 30, 2025
Operas in staged version
- Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Saturday, November 15 to Sunday, November 16, 2025
Operas in concert
- Charpentier: Les Arts Florissants: Sunday, November 9
Ballets
- Malandain Ballet Biarritz: Les Saisons: Wednesday, November 19 to Thursday, November 20, 2025
December
Concerts
- The Three Counter tenors!: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Bach: Magnificat: Friday, December 12, 2025
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Christmas: Sunday, December 14, 2025
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Charpentier: Midnight Mass: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Handel: Messiah: Saturday, December 20 to Sunday, December 21, 2025
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New Year's Concert: Johann Strauss bicentennial: Monday, December 29, 2025
Operas in staged version
- Handel: Ariodante: Friday, December 5 to Thursday, December 11, 2025
- Offenbach: La vie parisienne: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Recital
- Théo Imart: Vivaldi Magnifico: Thursday, December 4, 2025
January
Concerts
- Charpentier: Les victoires de Louis XIV: Saturday, January 10, 2026
- Vivaldi: Gloria: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Operas in concert
- Salomon: Médée et Jason: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Operas in staged version
- Lully: Atys: Saturday, January 24 to Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Recital
- Alex Rosen: Monsters and Heroes from Lully to Purcell: Monday, January 19, 2026
- Juliette Mey: Vivaldi Lirico: Monday, January 26, 2026
- Max Emanuel Cenčić: Handel, Vivaldi, and Porpora: Friday, January 30, 2026
February
Theater
- Molière: Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Thursday, February 12 to Sunday, February 22, 2026
Operas in concert
- Rameau: Pigmalion: Saturday, February 14, 2026
Ballet
- Ballet Preljocal: Swan Lake: Tuesday, February 3 to Saturday, February 7, 2026
March
Concerts
- Couperin: Lessons of darkness: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Operas in concert
- Lully: Roland: Monday, March 9, 2026
- Lully: Armide: Friday, March 27, 2026
Operas in staged version
- Gounod: Faust: Sunday, March 22 to Monday, March 30, 2026
Theater
- Fabrice Luchini reads Victor Hugo: Wednesday, March 11 to Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Beffa: The Adventures of the King Who Didn't Like Music: Sunday, March 29, 2026
Recital
- Sandrine Piau: Handel concerti grossi and opera arias: Saturday, March 14, 2026
- Franco Fagioli: Arias for Velluti, the Last Castrato: Monday, March 23, 2026
April
Concerts
- Bach: St. Matthew Passion: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater for Two Castrati: Thursday, April 2, 2026
- Bach: St. John Passion: Friday, April 3 to Saturday, April 4, 2026
- Bach: Easter Oratorio: Sunday, April 5, 2026
- Vivaldi: Magnificat: Friday, April 10, 2026
Operas in staged version
- Rameau: Platée: Monday, April 13 to Sunday, April 19, 2026
Operas in concert
- Peri: Euricide: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
- Rameau: Castor and Pollux: Sunday, April 12, 2026
May
Concerts
- Lully: Fragments amoureux: Monday, May 18, 2026
- Handel: Royal Fireworks: Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Christine of Sweden: Saturday, May 30, 2026
Operas in concert
- Wagner: Twilight of the Gods: Sunday, May 10, 2026
Operas in staged version
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Morin: The Deer Hunt: Monday, May 11, 2026
Theater
- Molière: Dom Juan: Tuesday, May 26 to Sunday, May 31, 2026
June
Concerts
- Boismortier: Les saisons: Monday, June 8, 2026
- Bach: Cantatas I “Le chemin d'EMMAÜS”: Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Bach: Cantatas II “Actus Tragicus”: Friday, June 12, 2026
- Henry Du Mont: Grand Motets for the Chapel of Louis XIV: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Operas in staged version
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Gasparini: L'Avare: Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7, 2026
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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio: Thursday, June 18 to Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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Gluck: Le Cinesi: Saturday, June 27 to Sunday, June 28, 2026
Operas in concert
- Rameau: Les Boréades: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
July
Concerts
- Bach: Concertos for harpsichord: Monday, July 6, 2026
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Sunday, July 13, 2026
Ballet
- Malandain Ballet Biarritz: Marie-Antoinette: Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026
