Operas staged version

From May 18th May 22nd 2022

Rameau : Platée

Conducted by Hervé Niquet, this grand opera-bouffon, in which the gods deceive a frog into believing that he is loved by Jupiter, is arguably the most extraordinary musical comedy of 18th-century France.

Concerts

Tuesday June 1st 2022

Bach: Six Brandenburg concertos

In 1721, Bach dedicated an ensemble of “Six concerts with several instruments” to the Markgrave of Brandenburg: enter the Brandenburg Concertos…

Ballet

From June 3rd to June 5th 2022

Marie-Antoinette / Malandain Ballet Biarritz

Thierry Malandain's ballet retraces Marie-Antoinette's journey to Versailles: from her arrival at court on the day of her wedding and the inauguration of the Royal Opera House, to her departure in October 1789, which took her to her fate...

Recurring shows

Program of the National
Equestrian Academy of Versailles

Equestrian Show

The Royal Stables

The 2021-2022 musical season

All shows

Operas, staged version

Operas staged version

From May 18th May 22nd 2022

Rameau : Platée

Conducted by Hervé Niquet, this grand opera-bouffon, in which the gods deceive a frog into believing that he is loved by Jupiter, is arguably the most extraordinary musical comedy of 18th-century France.

Operas staged version

From July 1st to July 2nd 2022

La Senna Festeggiante/La Seine en fête

This great Serenade to the glory of Louis XV, brings together Virtue and the Golden Age on the banks of the Seine in celebration. The Royal Opera Orchestra, led by Andréa Marchiol, will perform in the gardens of the Château de Versailles.

Operas staged version

From July 8th to July 9th 2022

Mondonville : Titon et L'Aurore

Splendid music that does not leave a moment's respite, an unleashed conductor for this work full of colours and twists.

Concerts

Tuesday June 1st 2022

Bach: Six Brandenburg concertos

In 1721, Bach dedicated an ensemble of “Six concerts with several instruments” to the Markgrave of Brandenburg: enter the Brandenburg Concertos…

Ballets

Ballet

From June 3rd to June 5th 2022

Marie-Antoinette / Malandain Ballet Biarritz

Thierry Malandain's ballet retraces Marie-Antoinette's journey to Versailles: from her arrival at court on the day of her wedding and the inauguration of the Royal Opera House, to her departure in October 1789, which took her to her fate...

Comedy-Ballet

From thur. 9th to sun. 19th of June 2022

Molière / Lully : Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

In Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Molière portrays an adventurer of the mind whose only desire is to escape from his common condition and set foot in territories from which he is excluded... the discovery of a terra incognita which, by virtue of his birth, is forbidden to him.

Comedy-Ballet

From Friday 23 to Sunday 25 September 2022

Molière / Lully : George Dandin or the Twarthed Husband

Comedy with music in three acts created in Versailles for the Grand Royal Entertainment for Louix XIV in 1668.

Concerts

Concerts

Thursday June 23rd 2022

Rameau : Nouvelle Symphonie

Marc Minkowski presents Rameau's New Symphony at the Royal Opera on Thursday 23 June 2022.

Concerts

From June 25th to June 26th 2022

Lully / Charpentier : Molière et ses musiques

Discover extracts from Le Malade imaginaire, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, L'Amour médecin, Le Mariage forcé, George Dandin... under the direction of William Christie at the Royal Opera.

Concerts

Monday June 27th 2022

Le Coucher du Roi

Louis XIV was a King of Music: the body of works composed for his "official" life demonstrates this enough, with Lully's Tragédies Lyriques, the Carrousels and the Fanfares de plein air... But who knows the intimate music of the Sun King?

Concerts

Sunday July 3rd 2022

Les Noces Royales de Louis XIV

No less than Du Mont, Lully, Cavalli and many other skilled composers were needed for the celebrations of the sovereign's marriage. Discover these musical works in the Royal Chapel.

Concerts

Monday July 4th 2022

Jakub Józef Orliński: Récital Virtuose

For this new programme, Jakub Józef Orliński works with his Polish compatriots from the Ensemble Il Giardino d'Amore, conducted on the violin by Stefan Plewniak. On the programme: an anthology of works by Vivaldi and Handel.

Concerts

Sunday July 10th 2022

Gloire Immortelle !

A great connoisseur of 19th century music, Hervé Niquet could not have found better performers than the French Army Choir and the Republican Guard Orchestra, true musical emblems of the Nation!

Concerts

Tuesday July 12th 2022

Philippe Jaroussky et Valer Sabadus : les Premiers Castrats à Paris

Under the luminous direction of Christina Pluhar, Philippe Jaroussky and Valer Sabadus bring to life the treasures that turned the heads of the courtiers and established Italian music as the source of opera in France.

Concerts

Saturday July 16th 2022

Vivaldi: the four seasons / Concerti di Parigi

The Royal Opera Orchestra, which is devoting a series of concerts and recordings to works linking Vivaldi and Versailles, offers a program combining the famous Quattro Stagioni with the Concerti di Parigi, true Vivaldian gems.

Operas in concert version

Opéras en version de concert

Tuesday October 11th 2022

Rameau : Les Paladins

Directed by Valentin Tournet, with Mathias Vidal in the lead role and Anne-Catherine Gillet as Nérine.