Versailles photographed
Paying homage to the Château de Versailles and to photography.
A Chapel for the King
Tercentenary of the Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles
The Bassin de Neptune nights
The Bassin de Neptune will welcome this year artists as Matthieu Chedid or the Group F !
Great Concerts of Versailles
The program of Château de Versailles Spectacles for the year 2009 - 2010
Baroque Music Centre
Programme for the Baroque Music Centre of Versailles
Equestrian Show Academy
A centre for equestrian shows and training, directed by Bartabas
To the people of Haiti
Support and homage of the Château de Versailles for the people of Haiti.
Live Concerts
On saturday 21 november, 8:30 pm, get on our website for a new Live concert : Cephalus and Procris.
The Royal Opera reopens its do
After 2 years of renovation work, the Royal Opera will reopen its doors.
The acquisitions of the Palace
The last acquisitions of the palace of Versailles
The Queen’s Grand Couvert
The restoration of the Grand Couvert Antechamber is one of the major restoration project of the year
Symposium and conferences
The scientific activities of 2010.
As part of the Baroque Festivals
Friday 25 September, at 9 p.m., concert length: 1 hour 10 minutes without interlude
Ring of the Grand Stables, avenue Rockefeller, car park in the city
A category rate, numbered seating
The Splendour of French Opera from Lully to Rameau
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Opera suites
Carolyn Sampson, treble
Boston Early
Music Festival Orchestra
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, artistic directors
Reservations
As part of the Baroque Festivals
Saturday 26 September, at 9 p.m., concert length: 1 hour without interlude
Royal Chapel, access via the Gabriel Pavilion car park Main Courtyard
A category rate, numbered seating
Motets by Charpentier and Lorenzani
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Paolo Lorenzani
Motets
Il Seminario Musicale
Gérard Lesne, director
As part of the Grand Grétry Days
Sunday 4 October: 4 Concerts and buffet
Four concerts in the Cotelle Gallery, each lasting 60 minutes and a lunch buffet, in front of Jussieu’s Orangery. Spend an entire Sunday of music at Trianon or appreciate the pleasures of a single concert. It’s up to the public to choose. B2 category rate, numbered seating.
11 a.m., quartets, works of Cambini, Jadin, Grétry
12:30 p.m., trios, works of Haydn, Jadin, Boëly
1:30 p.m., buffet
3:30 p.m., ballads and salon music, works of Dauvergne, Boieldieu, Hérold, Saint-George, Dalayrac and Grétry
5 p.m., symphonies in the King’s bedchamber, Mondonville, Saint-George, Rigel, Dauvergne
As part of the Grand Grétry Days
Saturday 10 October at 6 p.m., concert length: 1 hour without interlude
The King’s Grand Couvert chamber, access via the Gabriel Pavilion, car park in the city
B2 category rate, numbered seating
Pianoforte Recital
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann
Sonata in E major (op. 10 n°4)
Jean-Louis Adam
Sonata in G minor (op. 7 n°2)
Hyacinthe Jadin
Sonata in C sharp minor (op. 4 n°3)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on a theme of “Les Mariages samnites”
by Grétry (k. 352)
Hélène de Montgeroult
Studies
Alain Planès, pianoforte
As part of the Grand Grétry Days
Saturday 10 October at 9 p.m., concert length: 2 hours with interlude
Battles Gallery, access via the Princes’ Courtyard, car park Main Courtyard
A category rate, numbered seating
Marie-Antoinette’s Favourites
Antonio Salieri
Les Danaïdes suite
Antonio Sacchini
Chimène or Il Cid suite
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigenia in Tauris suite
André Ernest Modeste Grétry
William Tell suite
Caroline Mutel, soprano
Florian Laconi, tenor
Jean-Sébastien Bou, baritone
The New Characters
Sébastien d’Hérin, pianoforte and director
