What’s on Shows Share Print Resize Exhibitions Shows Events Patronage Life on the estate Operas in concert version Tuesday August 29th 2023 Berlioz : Les Troyens An opera in five acts with a libretto by Hector Berlioz inspired by Virgil's Aeneid, premiered in its entirety in Carlsruhe in 1890. Shows Saturday October 7th 2023 La Consécration de Versailles The young Louis XIII came for the first time to Versailles in 1607, accompanying his father Henry IV on the hunt. In 1623 he decided to build a hunting relay there to spend the night. He slept for the first time in June 1624 in this royal country residence, which he rebuilt and enlarged in 1631: the most beautiful palace in the world is in the making, but already its exceptional location fascinates the French Sovereigns... 400 years ago! Ballets From December 14th to 17th 2023 Malandain Ballet Biarritz : Les Saisons Coproduction Royal Opera / Palace of Versailles Shows, Festival de Danse de Cannes - Côte d’Azur France, Teatro Victoria Eugenia - Ballet T - Ville de Donostia San Sebastián, Opéra de Saint-Etienne, Theater Bonn – Allemagne, CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz. Operas staged version Sunday October 8th 2023 Haendel : Ariodante Considered Handel's most accomplished opera, Ariodante contains some of the most iconic arias in the Baroque repertoire. Yet it was only in 2018 that William Christie and Les Arts Florissants first performed this pristine masterpiece, which they revisit here for a new, youthful production. Concerts Saturday October 14th 2023 Mozart : Requiem Unfinished masterpiece, musical testament, timeless sacred composition and beyond the liturgical framework, Mozart’s Requiem accumulates superlatives. Fountains show Hall of Mirrors La Sérénade Royale On summer Saturdays, after the Musical Fountains Show or before the Night Fountains Show, discover the Grand Apartments of Château de Versailles as you have never seen them before. Recurring shows Program of the National Equestrian Academy of Versailles Equestrian Show The Great Stables Back to Exhibitions Shows Events Patronage Life on the estate