Versailles – Seen and Heard International

Eighteenth-century stagecraft reborn with Gluck’s Le cinesi at Versailles

08/07/202603/07/2026 by Rick Perdian

France Gluck, Le cinesi: Soloists, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles / Andrés Gabetta (conductor). Théâtre de la Reine, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Versailles, 28.6.2026. (RP)

Sarah Charles (Sivene) and Abel Zamora (Silango) © CVS/Baptiste Lacaze

A rather surprisingly low-voltage evening of Vivaldi and Pergolesi at Versailles

13/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

France Vivaldi & Pergolesi – Stabat Mater pour Deux Castrats: Bruno de Sá (male soprano), Cameron Shahbazi (countertenor), Orchestra of the Opéra Royal / Andrés Gabetta (director / violin). Chapelle Royale, Versailles, 6.4.2023. (CC)

From l-r: Andrés Gabetta (director / violin), Bruno de Sá (male soprano) and Cameron Shahbazi (countertenor)

Some unforgettable singing of Couperin and Delalande from Leite and Carlier at Versailles

13/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

France Couperin – Leçons de Ténèbres: Ana Vieira Leite, Adèle Carlier (sopranos); Orchestre de l’Opéra-Royal / Gaétan Jarry (conductor / keyboards). Chapelle Royale, Versailles, 5.4.2023. (CC)

From l-r: Ana Vieira Leite, Adèle Carlier (sopranos) and Gaétan Jarry (conductor/keyboards)

With ‘Three Divas’ (Pérez, Sierra and Leonard) the Met Stars Live in Concert series arguably leaves the best till last

25/06/202126/05/2021 by Jim Pritchard

France Met Stars Live in Concert – Three Divas: Ailyn Pérez, Nadine Sierra (sopranos) and Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Pablo Sáinz-Villegas (guitar), Vlad Iftinca (piano). Livestreamed (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Royal Opera of Versailles, Palace of Versailles, France, 22.5.2021. (JPr)

Ailyn Pérez, Isabel Leonard and Nadine Sierra

Lully’s Isis is a delectable experience at Versailles

21/01/202014/12/2019 by Colin Clarke

France Lully, Isis (1676, concert performance): Soloists, Namur Chamber Choir, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles, Versailles, France 10.12.2019. (CC)

Opéra Royal de Versailles’ revival of Grétry’s Richard Coeur de Lion is an unmissable and revelatory experience

04/11/201916/10/2019 by Colin Clarke

France Grétry, Richard Coeur de Lion: Soloists, Ballet of Opéra Royal, Versailles; Chorus and Orchestra of Le Concert Spirituel / Hervé Niquet (conductor). Opéra Royal de Versailles, France, 10.10.2019. (CC)

Opéra Royal de Versailles’ *Richard Coeur de Lion* (c) Agathe Poupeney

So Much to Absorb in Kentridge’s Much-Trimmed Il ritorno d’Ulysse

19/05/201927/04/2019 by Colin Clarke

France Monteverdi, Il ritorno d’Ulysse in patria (abridged Kentridge/Pierlot): Soloists, Handspring Puppet Company, Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot (viola da gamba/director). Opéra Royal de Versailles, 18.4.2019. (CC)

*Il ritorno d’Ulysse in patria* (c) ICKHEO

Leçons de ténèbres by Couperin and Lambert Offer Wonderful Experiences at Versailles

19/05/201927/04/2019 by Colin Clarke

France Holy Week at Versailles III: Sophie Junker, Claire Lefilliâtre (sopranos); Anaïs Bertrand {bas-dessus); La Poème Harmonique (Vincent Dumestre, theorbo/director; Luca Peres, viola da gamba; Camille Delaforge, harpsichord/organ). Chapelle Royale, Versailles, 9pm, 20.4.2019. (CC)

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