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Address | Château de Versailles Versailles Île-de-France France |
Contains | Chapelle Royale Galerie des Batailles Galerie des Glaces Grand Trianon le Trianon The King's Apartment Plaine de la Reine Royal Opera House Salle des Croisades Salles du Château Salon d'Hercule Stroll in the gardens Terrasses |
Google maps | 48° 48' 17.514" N 2° 7' 13.279" E |
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A celebration of French Baroque opera-ballet at Versailles

Opera Atelier presents a double bill at the Royal Opera in Versailles filled with Baroque dancing, scenery and music.
Russia meets France: Lully’s Phaéton in Versailles

A successful musical production of Lully’s masterpiece with Perm Opera’s MusicAeterna chorus and orchestra, Le Poème Harmonique, and a tremendous French-Russian cast.
Lully's Alceste a great success in Versailles

Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques perform Alceste, the most recent effort in their almost complete set of Lully's operas. A strong cast and a remarkable chorus complete a successful performance.
Cavalli's Erismena charms in Versailles

A young, vibrant cast brings to life a rarely performed Baroque opera, in the production from the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.
Baroque pyrotechnics: Handel's Serse dazzles at Versailles

An evening of exquisite Baroque music and flamboyant coloratura at the Royal Theatre in Versailles.
Handel's Tamerlano dazzles Versailles
Handel's Tamerlano seduces the Versailles Opéra audience in a concert performance.
Artaserse: A Countertenor Extravaganza at Versailles
The sensational countertenor Franco Fagioli led an all-male cast in an extravagant staging of Vinci's Artaserse, a neglected Baroque opera, at the Royal Opera House at Versailles.
An Acis and Galatea without sparkle in Versailles
Handel’s original version of Acis and Galatea was written in 1717–18 at Cannons, a stately home in Middlesex. Composed with light orchestration, it was not meant to be performed in an opera theatre, but rather in this private mansion.