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