Staged Opera

L'Orfeo

Created in 1607 and considered to be the first opera, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo remains a musical masterpiece to this day. Here, it is brought to life by Julian Prégardien's sublime interpretation, conducted by Stéphane Fuget.

Romeo and Giulieta

Who wasn't captivated by the love story of Romeo and Juliet? Napoleon, the great man of war with a little-known passion for the arts and Italian opera, was no exception! Franco Fagioli and Adèle Charvet reprise the formidable duo of castrato Crescentini and the adored Grassini in this opera by Zingarelli.

Mozart - Don Giovanni

Never disproven since its premiere at the Prague Opera in 1787, Don Giovanni is a thrilling opera written by Mozart. In the lead role, Robert Gleadow takes the audience on the wild adventures of this noble seducer.

Charpentier - David & Jonathas

David and Jonathas, Charpentier's masterpiece where love, deep friendship, epic confrontations, and intense emotions blend with splendor. This fusion of music and tragedy transports you into a sumptuous and radiant baroque vision.

L'Orfeo - Jordi Savall

Catalan maestro Jordi Savall brings Monteverdi back to life with the magnificent baritone Marc Mauillon in the title role of Orfeo. A bewitching, warm and rich interpretation.

David et Jonathas - Charpentier

First complete staging in the Royal Chapel of Versailles, directed by Gaétan Jarry, sublimated by the sumptuous sets of Antoine Fontaine and the costumes designed Christian Lacroix.

Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse

Through an original and grandiloquent staging, all the lightheartedness of Boismortier's masterpiece comes to life again, revealing an entertaining story, with multiple twists and turns, and supported by a brilliantly composed score!

Haendel – Alessandro - Max Emmanuel Cencic

One of Handel's most famous operas is brought to life at the Royal Opera House! Passions, conflicts, conspiracies and delusions will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout this performance where singers, dancers and orchestra work together for the grandeur of this opera!

Mozart - The Magic Flute

In 1791, Mozart created his Spingspiel Die Zauberflöte. The libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder was staged in German, making the work accessible to a wide audience. Today, it is a Flute entirely in French that we offer you in this version directed by Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek and conducted by Hervé Niquet with Le Concert Spirituel.

Rousseau - Le Devin du village

September 19, 1780: Marie-Antoinette was on stage, dressed up, in frot of a crowd of close friends. She was acting as the shepherdess Colette, the hero of this opera, which might have been the most famous of its era.

Rousseau - Le Devin du Village

September 19th, 1780: Marie-Antoinette gave in to her shepherdess reverie at the Petit Trianon's Petit Théâtre de la Reine, in the role of Colette in this Devin du Village, an opera in 3 acts by the famous Rousseau. Relive this royal banter filmed in the original historical settings!

Lully - Phaéton

A celebration of the marvellous and of illusion, a prerogative of the Baroque, this re-creation of Lully's opera, dedicated to the son of the Sun, by Vincent Dumestre and Benjamin Lazar, enchants us with its costumes that are a cross between the Baroque and the contemporary, its singular and striking make-up, and its original phrasing restored, en bon françois!