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 2024–2025 music season at Versailles.
All shows The 2024-2025 musical season
SHOWS at the palace
With this exceptional new program, the Royal Opera offers six new productions:
- Didon et Enée by Purcell
- Sonya Yoncheva chante Noël at the Royal Chapel
- Polifemo by Porpora
- L’Uomo femina by Galuppi
- Carmen by Bizet
- La Fille du régiment by Donizetti
This program marks the return of some great productions:
- La Flûte enchantée by Mozart
- David et Jonathas by Charpentier
- Le Carnaval Baroque imagined by Vincent Dumestre
- La Senna Festeggiante by Vivaldi in the incredible setting of the Queen's Theatre
In concert, here are rare works from the repertoire: Francesca Caccini's Alcina, the first opera by a woman composer, Philidor's Ernelinde, Princess of Norway and Clérambault's Histoire de la Femme Adultère (Story of the adulteress), will rub shoulders with masterpieces of the genre, such as Rameau's Pygmalion, Handel's Alcina, Monteverdi's L’Orfeo and Stefano Landi's, or Handel's monumental Solomon. José de Torres' Requiem of Louis I of Spain, King for 150 days, will be performed exactly 300 years after its premiere in Madrid.
This new program brings together all the generations of artists who have graced the Royal Opera stage: singers Philippe Jaroussky, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Bruno de Sá, Sabine Devieilhe, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Marie Lys, Lisette Oropesa, Gaëlle Arquez and Samuel Mariño. Conductor William Christie celebrates his 80th birthday with two exceptional concerts in this prestigious venue.
The Royal Opera continues its already famous Ring by Wagner with the troupe of the Théâtre National de la Sarre: in 2025, Siegfried will be presented under the direction of Sébastien Rouland, for yet another extraordinary musical moment.
Sacred music concerts at the Royal Chapel complete the program: Handel's Messiah, Monteverdi's Vespers of the Virgin, Mozart's Requiem and Brahms' Requiem, Charpentier's Messe de Minuit and Bach's Cantatas will make this incomparable edifice resound.
Over the coming season, the Royal Opera Orchestra will be in the spotlight in the pit and in the Chapel, with more than 20 productions and over 40 performances on the program, not to mention tours in France and abroad, often accompanied by the Royal Opera Chorus. And his musicians will be celebrating Johann Strauss's Bicentenary with you as a New Year's concert!
The Royal Opera will also welcome for the first time Molière's mythical Avare, played by Jérôme Deschamps, and, following its triumph in 2023, will revive Fabrice Luchini's La Fontaine et le confinement. Several exceptional ballets will be on offer: Thierry Malandain's powerful Marie-Antoinette, the Soloists of the San Carlo Theatre Ballet in Naples in a program by Jerome Robbins, and Angelin Preljocaj's latest creation, Requiem(s).
special evenings
Experience an exceptional moment at the Palace of Versailles, with a show at the heart of your evening, accompanied by cocktails and surprises in sumptuous surroundings. This is what the Royal Opera is offering you for seven productions this season: a timeless, unforgettable experience, as only Versailles can offer...
- Philippe Jaroussky : Passacalle de la Follie, conducted by Christina Pluhar
- Mozart : La Flûte Enchantée, conducted by Cécile Roussat
- The Tree Countenors, Samuel Mariño, Théo Imart, Rafał Tomkiewicz, conducted by Stefan Plewniak
- Wagner : Siegfried, conducted by Sébastien Rouland
- Junior Balle of Paris Opera
- Charpentier - Actéon, conducted by Chloé de Guillebon
- Vivaldi : La Senna Festeggiante, conducted by Gaétan Jarry
Operas staged version
The Royal Opera hosts sumptuous opera productions that are sure to thrill.
- Purcell Didon Et Énée, new Royal Opera's production
- Porpora Polifemo, new production by the Royal Opera Academy of Baroque Dance and the Royal Opera Orchestra
- Galuppi L’uomo Femina, new Royal Opera's production
- Mozart La Flûte Enchantée with choreography by Julien Lubek
- Bizet Carmen, new production by Royal Opera and Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
- Donizetti La Fille Du Régiment, new production by the Royal Opera, Chœur de l'Armée française, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra
- Charpentier David Et Jonathas, new Royal Opera's production
- Charpentier Actéon, Gala's concert of Opera Academy
- Le Carnaval Baroque imagined by Vincent Dumestre
- Vivaldi La Senna Festeggiante with choreography by Hande Kodja
opera concert version
- Mozart Le Devoir Du Premier Commandement
- Monteverdi L’orfeo
- Rameau Pygmalion
- Haendel Sosarme
- Haendel Le Messie
- Haendel Solomon
- Haendel Acis Et Galatée
- Caccini Alcina
- Haendel Alcina featuring Stéphane Fuget
- Rameau Les Fêtes De Ramire
- Wagner Siegfried
- Philidor Ernelinde, Princesse De Norvège
- Lully Proserpine
- La Morte D'Orfeo de Landi
ballets and theater productions
Ballets
- Jerome Robbins L'éternel by the Ballet of Napoli's San Carlo Theater
- Malandain Ballet Biarritz Marie-Antoinette, conducted by Stefan Plewniak, with choreography by Thierry Malandain
- Ballet Preljocaj Requiem(s)
- Junior Ballet of Paris Opera
Theater productions
- Molière L’avare with choreography by Jérôme Deschamps
- Fabrice Luchini La Fontaine Et Le Confinement
Concerts
- Monteverdi Vespro Della Beata Vergine
- Joyaux Du Bel Canto, Gala's concert of ADOR
- Fauré Requiem
- Philippe Jaroussky Passacalle De La Follie
- Recital Marina Viotti
- Charpentier Et L’italie : Messe À Quatre Chœurs
- Mozart Requiem
- Récital Bruno De Sá : Mille Affetti
- Les Maîtres De La Chapelle Royale
- Charpentier Messe De Minuit
- Brahms Requiem Allemand
- Roma with the Namur Chamber Choir Cappella Mediterranea
- Bach / Charpentier Noël Baroque conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
- Kings And Heroes : Récital Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian featuring Théotime Langlois de Swarte
- Sonya Yoncheva Chante Noël
- Concert Du Nouvel An : Bicentenaire Johann Strauss
- Happy Birthday, Bill ! with William Christie
- De Torres Requiem for Louis 1st of Spain
- The Tree Countenors with Samuel Mariño, Théo Imart and Rafał Tomkiewicz
- Campra Requiem
- Charpentier : Te Deum Haendel : Coronation Anthems
- La Cène De Léonard De Vinci conducted by Jean-Baptiste Nicolas
- Bach The Six Concertos Brandebourgeois
- Recital Marie Lys
- Les Prodiges Du Romantisme conducted by Victor Jacob
- Clérambault Te Deum – Histoire De La Femme Adultère
- Music for French Cathedrals in the 17th century
- Bach Cantatas For Sunday « Jubilate » conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
- Bach Cantatas For the 16th Sunday conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
- Mozart / Jadin Concertos Pour Pianoforte
- À L’imitation Des Maîtres
- Bach Concertos Pour 1,2,3 Violon(s) featuring Théotime Langlois de Swarte
- Vivaldi / Guido Les Quatre Saisons
