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A private subsidiary of the Château de Versailles, Château de Versailles Spectacles’ mission is to perpetuate the tradition of shows and performing arts through exceptional events. True to its history, Château de Versailles continues today to be the backdrop for a rich cultural life and a great variety of events.

Shows and performances are programmed all year long in exceptional settings – open air shows, Versailles Fountains Shows, costume receptions – and a musical season at the Opéra Royal and the Chapelle Royale de Versailles, with operas, concerts, theatre, and ballets interpreted by world-renowned artists.

The Opéra Royal, which reopened in 2009, celebrated its tenth season from 2018-19 with the launch of a new record label, Château de Versailles Spectacles, comprising both CD and DVD recordings made during concerts taking place in the Opéra Royal and the Chapelle Royale.

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Grétry's La caravane du Caire in Versailles - Die Welt

Cavalli's L'Egisto is Limelight Editor's choice

Luxurious production with magnificently stylised baroque costumes by Christian Lacroix - Online Merker

Easter in Versailles with Operalogue

"A truly superb concert, with some unforgettable singing" - Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres from Versailles

Les Talens Lyriques and Château de Versailles Spectacles' Psyché album is Limelight Editor's Choice

Operalogue reviews Charpentier's David et Jonathas in Versailles

5.0 ★★★★★ review for Château de Versailles Spectacles’ Handel: Chandos Anthems

CD review of Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria in Gramophone Magazine

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Château de Versailles Spectacles Royal Opera House announces 2022-23 Season

Château de Versailles Spectacles announces their 2022-2023 season celebrating Louis XV’s return to Versailles in 1722 with a range of projects both live and on disc. Now expanding beyond the royal compound, the resident Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal will tour to Korea, Singapore, Gstaad and Barcelona.
Key highlights this season in Versailles include two new productions by award winning director Marshall Pynkoski: Charpentier’s David et Jonathas conducted by Gaétan Jarry in the Chapelle Royale (10-12 November) and Grétry’s La Caravane du Caire (9,10,11 June) conducted by Hervé Niquet in the Opéra Royal. Niquet also conducts Purcell’s King Arthur (18,19,20 November) in a revival of the vibrant production by Shirley et Dino, who recently directed Rameau’s Platée at the Opéra Royal to critical acclaim.

250th anniversary of the Opéra Royal in Versailles celebrated on 16 May 2020 with a Louis XIV spectacle

Château de Versailles Spectacles celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Opéra Royal on 16 May 2020 with a gala performance of Le Ballet Royal de la Nuit, a musical reproduction of Louis XIV’s balletic prowess with operatic excerpts from Cavalli, Rossi, Boësset and Lambert.
Exactly 250 years ago to the day, the opera house was inaugurated during the 1770 wedding feasts of Marie-Antoinette to the Dauphin Louis XVI with a performance of Lully’s Persée. This season also celebrates the 350th anniversary of the Académie Royale de Musique, founded by Louis XIV.

Château de Versailles Spectacles celebrates the Opéra Royal de Versailles’ 250th Anniversary

Château de Versailles Spectacles announces a new season celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Opéra Royal, inaugurated during the 1770 wedding feasts of Louis XVI to Marie-Antoinette, and the 350th anniversary of the Parisian Académie Royale de Musique, founded by Louis XIV in 1669. Highlights of the 2019-2020 season include a new production of Grétry’s Richard Cœur de Lion and the first contemporary opera to be mounted on the Opéra Royal’s stage: John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.

The Opéra Royal de Versailles celebrates ten years since its reopening with a season honouring the artistic excellence of the French Royal Court, and with the launch of a new record label

Celebrating ten years since the reopening of the historic Opéra Royal de Versailles in the Château de Versailles, the 18-19 season presents ten staged baroque operas written before 1753 as well as ten recordings released on its new record label, Château de Versailles Spectacles. 17th and 18th century repertoire is at the heart of the programme at the venue, which has established itself as the only such venue with a predominantly baroque programme, with more than 100 performances of works written before the French Revolution staged over the year.