Opera Royal de Château de Versailles’ Announces 2025-26 Season

The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles has announced its 2025-26 season. Productions Rossini’s “ Cendrillon ” will be sung in French and will star Gaëlle Arquez, Patrick Kabongo, Gwendoline Blondeel, Éléonore Pancrazi, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Alexandre Baldo, and Nicolas Brooymans. Gaétan Jarry conducts the Julien Lubek and Cécile Roussat direct.

Performance Dates: Oct. 11-18, 2025 Purcell’s “Didon et Énée” will star Gaëlle Arquez, Sarah Charles, Anas Séguin, Attila Varga-Tóth, and Pauline Gaillard. Stefan Plewniak conducts the production Julien Lubek and Cécile Roussat.

Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2025 Franco Fagioli, Catherine Trottmann, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Gwendoline Blondeel, Laurence Kilsby, and Nicolas Brooymans star in Haendel’s “Ariodante.” Stefan Plewniak conducts the production by Nicolas Briançon.

Performance Dates: Dec. 5-11, 2025 Offenbach’s “La Vie parisienne” will be conducted by Victor Jacob and will star Florie Valiquette, David Tricou, Marc Mauillon, Marc Scoffoni, Marie Perbost, Marine Chagnon, Philippe Estèphe, and Pierre Derhet. Performance Dates: Dec.

27, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026 Matthew Newlin, Giuseppina Bridelli, Ana Quintans, Andreas Wolf, Victor Sicard, Mariana Flores, Luigi De Donato, Nicholas Scott, Lore Binon, Valerio Contaldo, and Attila Varga-Tóth star in Lully’s “ Atys .” Leonardo García-Alarcón conducts and Angelin Preljocaj directs.

Performance Dates: Jan. 24-28, 2026 Gounod’s “ Faust ” will star Julien Behr, Vannina Santoni, Éléonore Pancrazi, Julie Pasturaud, Anas Séguin, and Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin. Laurent Campellone conducts the production by Jean-Claude Berutti.

Performance Dates: March 26-30, 2026 Rameau’ s “Platée” will star Mathias Vidal, Jean-Christophe Lanièce, Marc Labonnette, Pierre Derhet, Jean-Vincent Blot, Marie Perbost, and Marie-Laure Garnier. Hervé Niquet conducts and Corinne and Gilles Benizio direct. Performance Dates: April 13-19, 2026 Morin’s “La chasse du cerf” will be performed in a Gala of the Académie de l’Opéra Royal with Chloé de Guillebon conducting and Charles Di Meglio directing.

Performance Date: May 11, 2026 Eva Zaïcik, Victor Sicard, Serge Goubioud, and Stefano Amori star in Gasparini’s “L’Avare.” Vincent Dumestre conducts the production by Théophile Gasselin. Performance Dates: June 5-7, 2026 Mozart’s “L’Enlèvement du sérail” will be sung in French and will star Florie Valiquette, Mathias Vidal, Nahuel di Pierro, Gwendoline Blondeel, Enguerrand de Hys, and Michel Fau.

Gaétan Jarry conducts and Michel Fau directs. Performance Dates: June 18-23, 2026 Charles Di Meglio directs a production of Gluck’s “Le Cinesi” which will star Sarah Charles, Flore Royer, and Juliette Mey. Andrés Gabetta conducts.

Performance Dates: June 27-28, 2026 Opera in Concert Charpentier’s “Les Arts florissants” will star Josipa Bilić, Camille Chopin, Sarah Fleiss, Tanaquil Ollivier, Sydney Frodsham, Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Rimondi, Attila Varga-Tóth, Olivier Bergeron, and Kevin Arboleda-Oquendo. William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants. Performance Date: Nov.

9, 2025 Floriane Hasler, Déborah Cachet, Annelies Van Gramberen, Jehanne Amzal, Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Cyril Costanzo will be featured in Salomon’s “Médée et Jason” with Solistes du Chœur de Chambre de Namur a nocte temporis. Reinoud Van Mechelen conducts. Performance Date: Jan.

31, 2026 Rameau’s “Pygmalion” will be performed by Mathias Vidal and the Ensemble Il Caravaggio with Camille Delaforge conducting. Performance Date: Feb. 14, 2026 Jérôme Boutillier, Karine Deshayes, Alix Le Saux, Juan Sancho, Lila Dufy, Victor Sicard, Pierre Derhet, Nicolas Brooymans, Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet, and Amandine Sanchez will star in Lully’s “Roland.

” Les Chantres du CMBV and Ensemble I Gemelli will perform under the Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Etienne. Performance Date: March 9, 2026 Lully’s “Armide” will star Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Cyril Auvity, Tomislav Lavoie, Marie Perbost, Victoire Bunel, Timothée Varon, David Tricou, and Jeanne Lefort. Le Poème Harmonique will be conducted by Vincent Dumestre.

Performance Date: March 27, 2026 Peri’s “ Eurydice ” will feature Juan Sancho, Floriane Hasler, Helena Bregar, Claire Lefilliâtre, Tanaquil Ollivier, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Marco Angioloni, Vlad Crosman, Luigi De Donato, and Alexandre Adra. Stéphane Fuget Direction leads Les Épopées. Performance Date: April 8, 2026 Rameau’s “Castor et Pollux” will be conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón.

Performance Date: April 12, 2026 Sébastien Rouland will conduct Wagner’s “Le Crépuscule des dieux” with the Orchestre du Théâtre National de la Sarre. The cast will include Tilmann Unger, Benedict Nelson, Markus Jaursch, Aile Asszonyi, Judith Braun, and Susanne Serfling. Performance Date: May 10, 2026 Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gwendoline Blondeel, Tomáš Král, Robert Getchell, Philippe Estèphe, and Lore Binon will star in Rameau’s “Les Boréades.

” Performance Date: June 2, 2026 Concerts at the Chapelle Royale Haendel’s “Theodora” will feature Lea Desandre, Véronique Gens, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. The Ensemble Jupiter Chœur et Orchestre will be conducted by Thomas Dunford. Performance Date: Oct.

10, 2025 “Triomphe et Mort des Rois” will feature music by Purcell, Charpentier, and Lalande with the Chœur du New College Oxford, Ensemble Marguerite Louise and conductor Gaétan Jarry. Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2025 Stéphane Degout performs a Brahms program with the Chœur et Orchestre de Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon.

Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2025 Tereza Zimková, Aneta Petrasová, Ondřej Holub, Tomáš Šelc, Tadeáš Hoza, and Pavla Radostová perform Haendel and Zelenka. Václav Luks conducts.

Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2025 The Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal will perform Mozart’s “Requiem” and “Exsultate Jubilate.” Gaétan Jarry conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 29 & 30, 2025 Charpentier’s “Te Deum” will be performed by the Chœur et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel under the direction of Hervé Niquet. Performance Date: Jan.

10, 2026 La Chapelle Harmonique will perform Vivaldi’s “Gloria.” Valentin Tournet conducts. Performance Date: Jan.

17, 2026 Song Hee Lee, Rebecca Leggett, and Sreten Manojlović perform works by Vivaldi and Scarlatti. Les Arts Florissants will be conducted by William Christie. Performance Date: April 10, 2026.

Malena Erman performs alongside the Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and conductor Jean-Baptiste Nicolas. Performance Date: May 30, 2026. John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Constellation Choir and Orchestra in Bach Cantatas.

Performance Date: June 11, 2026 The Constellation Choir and Orchestra will perform Bach’s Cantatas. John Eliot Gardiner conducts. Performance Date: June 12, 2026 Les Pages et les Chantres du CMBV and Les Folies Françoises perform Henry du Mont’s Motets.

Fabien Armengaud conducts. Performance Date: June 19, 2026 Christmas at Chappelle Royal Bach’s “Magnificat” will feature Charlotte La Thorpe, Perrine Devillers, William Shelton, Hugo Hymas, and Victor Sicard. Le Poème Harmonique will be conducted by Vincent Dumestre.

Performance Date: Dec. 12, 2025 John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Constellation Choir and Orchestra in a Christmas Concert. Performance Date: Dec.

14, 2025 Charpentier’s Messe de minuit will be performed by the Ensemble Marguerite Louise under the direction of Gaétan Jarry. Performance Date: Dec. 17, 2025 Gwendoline Blondeel, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Laurence Kilsby, and Morgan Pearce lead Handel’s “Messiah.

” Théotime Langlois de Swarte Direction conducts. Performance Dates: Dec. 20 & 21, 2025 Holy Week at Chappelle Royal Catherine Trottmann and Ana Vieira Leite will perform Couperin’s “Leçons de Ténèbres” with the Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal under the direction of Chloé de Guillebon.

Performance Date: March 31, 2026 Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” will feature the Chœur et Orchestre de Pygmalion under Raphaël Pichon. Performance Date: April 1, 2026 Nicolò Balducci and Rémy Brès-Feuillet perform Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.

The Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Chloé de Guillebon accompany. Performance Date: April 2, 2026 Bach’s St John Passion will feature Tölzer Knabenchor, the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal, and Gaétan Jarry. Performance Date: April 3, 2026 Bach’s Oratorio de Pâques will be performed with the Constellation Choir and Orchestra and John Eliot Gardiner.

Performance Date: April 5, 2026 Concerts Gaëlle Arquez, Gwendoline Blondeel, Éléonore Pancrazi, and Patrick Kabongo will headline Concert du 8e Gala de l’ADOR : Florilège Rossini. The concert will feature the Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Gaétan Jarry. Performance Date: Oct.

5, 2025 Catherine Trottmann will celebrate the New Year’s with Johann Strauss. The Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Stefan Plewniak accompany. Performance Date: Dec.

29, 2025 Caroline Weynants, Blandine de Sansal, Eugénie Lefebvre, Caroline Dangin-Bardot, Vojtěch Semerád, Davy Cornillot, Etienne Bazola, and Lysandre Châlon perfrom music by Lully. The Ensemble Correspondances is led by Sébastien Daucé. Performance Date: May 18, 2026 Lili Aymonino and Igor Bouin are showcased in “Boismortier : Les Saisons” with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Chloé de Guillebon.

Performance Date: June 15, 2026 Recitals Théo Imart performs a program entitled “Vivaldi Magnifico” with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Chloé de Guillebon. Performance Date : Dec. 4, 2025 “Les Trois Contre-Ténors!” will feature Nicolò Balducci, Théo Imart, and Rémy Brès-Feuillet.

They will perform with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and conductor Stefan Plewniak. Performance Date: Dec. 10, 2025 Alex Rosen’s “Monstres et héros de Lully à Purcell” will feature the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Gaétan Jarry.

Performance Date: Jan. 19, 2026 Juliette Mey will perform in a recital entitled “Vivaldi lirico” with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performance Date: Jan.

26, 2026 Max Emanuel Cenčić performs Händel, Vivaldi and Porpora with the {oh!}Orkiestra and Martyna Pastuszka. Performance Date: Jan. 30, 2026 Sandrine Piau takes the work of Händel in a concert with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie and Emmanuel Resche-Caserta.

Performance Date: March 14, 2026 Franco Fagioli brings his “Velluti, le dernier castrat” featuring arias by Rossini, Mercadante, Nicolini, and Bonfichi to Versailles. He will perform with Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and Stefan Plewniak. Performance Date: March 23, 2026 Categories.