Opéra Royal de Versailles

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Bach : Les Concertos Brandebourgeois

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Les Concertos brandebourgeois Saturday 19 June, 7pm Opéra Royal Duration: 2h20 including interval In 1721, Bach dedicated a cycle of six concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg, gra

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Molière - Lully - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Performance in French without surtitles Duration: 3h30 including interval First part: 1h40 Interval Second part: 1h15 Here is a monument that celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2020, and whose power remains…

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Donizetti : La Fille du Régiment

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) La Fille du régiment Opéra-comique in two acts based on a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1840.

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Monteverdi - Le Couronnement de Poppée

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Opera in a prologue and three acts based on a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello, after Tacitus's Annals, premiered in Venice in 1642-1643. Performance in Italian with French and English surtitles Duration

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Récital Nadine Sierra - Mozart - Donizetti

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Duration: 1h50 including interval A radiant star of the greatest international stages, soprano Nadine Sierra stops at the Opéra

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Campra : Le Carnaval de Venise

Opéra Royal de Versailles

André Campra (1660-1744) Le Carnaval de Venise Opera-ballet in a prologue and three acts, to a libretto by Jean-François Regnard, premiered at the Académie royale de musique in 1699.

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Salieri : Tarare

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) Tarare Tragédie lyrique in a prologue and five acts to a libretto by Beaumarchais, premiered at the Académie royale de musique in Paris in 1787. The resurrection of Beaumarchais's only opera…

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Le Chevalier de Saint George

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Joseph Bologne de Saint-George (1745-1799) Le Chevalier de Saint-George Thursday 15 October, 8pm Opéra Royal Duration: 2h including interval The first mixed-race American composer and an indefatigable adventurer, le Ch

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Zingarelli : Roméo et Juliette

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752-1837) Roméo et Juliette Napoleon’s Favourite Opera Napoleon’s Opera Who hasn't been moved by the love story of Roméo et Juliette?

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Rameau : Pygmalion / Gluck : Le Cadi Dupé

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Pygmalion Ballet-act on a libretto by Ballot de Sauvot, premiered at the Académie royale de musique in 1748. Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) Le Cadi dupé Opéra-comique en

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Purcell : The Fairy Queen

Opéra Royal de Versailles

PMR access phone number: 01 30 83 78 89 The Fairy Queen Ensemble Correspondances invites you to discover one of the jewels of English Baroque, Purcell's The Fairy Queen, a five-act semi-opera, ins

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Haendel : Jules César en Egypte

Opéra Royal de Versailles

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759) Jules César en Égypte Opera in three acts based on a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Francesco Bussani, premiered in London in 1724.

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Les Trois Contre-Ténors!

Opéra Royal de Versailles

The return of the great virtuosity competition of the castrati Duration: 1h40 without interval In Baroque Europe, castrati held an extraordinary position: that of the first “stars” in music history