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The new 2025-2026 Musical Season
Raising the curtain on the new season of the Royal Opera
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Pre-sales reserved for Major Donors / Donors : Monday 28th April at 11am.
Pre-sales reserved for the Friends of the Royal Opera – ADOR : Tuesday April 29th at 2:00p.m.
Pre-sales reserved for holders of the Château de Versailles Spectacles 2024-2025 Card : Monday May 5th at 11:00a.m.
Public sales open : Wednesday May 7th at 2:00p.m.
The new 25-26 season is arriving at the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles: over 120 performances for an unforgettable musical journey !
Among the highlights of this new season at the Royal Opera, there are no less than 11 operas staged, blending new productions and revivals of great successes from past seasons.
True to its legacy and its connection to Versailles, the programme focuses heavily on the Baroque and Classical repertoires, with a special emphasis on Lully, the Sun King’s favourite composer, with the revival of the grandiose production of Lully’s Atys, directed by Angelin Preljocaj. Roland, starring Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, and Armide by Vincent Dumestre, two lyrical tragedies in concert versions, Fragments amoureux, a concert selected by Sébastien Daucé, and the famous and timeless comedy-ballet Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, directed by Denis Podalydès, complete the portrait of the most famous Superintendent of Versailles. But Charpentier and Dumont will also be represented in sacred music !
Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, in the colourful and playful staging of Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek, Platée by Rameau revisited by the burlesque duo Shirley and Dino, the passionate and virtuosic Ariodante by Handel, directed by Nicolas Briançon, and the whimsical Abduction from the Seraglio by Mozart, directed by Michel Fau. And the irresistible Cinesi by Gluck !
The Château de Versailles is also dedicated “To All the Glories of France”, and romanticism has its rightful place here : the virtuoso Cinderella by Rossini, sung in French, the grandiose Faust by Gounod, and the hilarious La Vie parisienne by Offenbach in costumes and direction by Christian Lacroix. And for the 150th anniversary of the Bayreuth Festival, the conclusion of Wagner’s famous Ring in concert with the troupe from the National Theatre of Saarland: Twilight of the Gods takes the stage of the most beautiful opera house in the world for a journey to Valhalla under the baton of Sébastien Rouland.
The Royal Opera is committed to showcasing emerging talents in numerous productions and recitals, blending generations of artists, and training its second class at the Royal Opera Academy, notably in La Chasse du cerf by Morin. It also welcomes the Jardin des Voix of William Christie for Les Arts Florissants of Charpentier. Thus, on the stage of the Royal Opera, singers such as Gaëlle Arquez, Juliette Mey, Sandrine Piau, Vanina Santoni, Mathias Vidal, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Lea Desandre, Theo Imart, Julien Behr, Gwendoline Blondeel, Patrick Kabongo, Éléonore Pancrazi, Alex Rosen, Franco Fagioli…; conductors such as John Eliot Gardiner for four unmissable concerts, Raphaël Pichon exalting Brahms, Hervé Niquet burning with Charpentier’s Te Deum, and Thomas Dunford conducting Theodora by Handel.
The Royal Opera brings together rare works and masterpieces of the repertoire. For instance, Vivaldi‘s The Four Seasons are performed both in concerts and in the ballet The Seasons by Thierry Malandain, and L’Avare by Gasparini, Eurydice by Péri, the first opera ever composed, performed by Stéphane Fuget, Médée et Jason by Salomon… And three emblematic works by Rameau in concert: Pygmalion by Camille Delaforge, Les Boréades by Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Castor et Pollux by Leonardo García Alarcón.
As every season, the Royal Chapel offers two sacred themes dear to Versailles in concert: “Christmas at the Royal Chapel” and “Holy Week at the Royal Chapel“, filling this magnificent marble setting with the most beautiful sacred music, such as Charpentier’s Messe de Noël, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Passions, or Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres.
A major player in the musical season, the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal is in the spotlight at its home venue with more than 25 productions for over 57 performances, not to mention tours in France and abroad, often accompanied by the Chœur de l’Opéra Royal, together showcasing the virtuosity of the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles, under the baton of Gaétan Jarry, Stefan Plewniak, Laurent Campellone, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Victor Jacob, Jean Baptiste Nicolas, Andrés Gabetta, and Justin Taylor.
Immediate embarkation for an exceptional new season at the Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles, full of surprises, emotions, and discoveries !
Susbscription
The Château de Versailles Spectacles card gives you access to multiple advantages on the musical season 2025-2026 and on the great events (from September 1st 2025 to August 31st 2026)
Free priority access
Free priority access to all areas of the Château de Versailles and the Trianon estate that are open to the public, as well as to temporary exhibitions.
Unlimited access
Unlimited access to the Musical Fountains Show and the Musical Gardens show.
Reduced rates
Reduced rates on all our shows.
Special offers
Special offers and reserved invitations to some of our events.
Dedicated Contact
A dedicated ticketing contact (0033 (0)1 30 83 70 90).
