Montansier Theater - Hibiscus et Palissandre

Wednesday 15 October 2025

15:00 to 16:00

Location : Théâtre Montansier

Destination

13 Rue des Réservoirs

78000

Versailles

GPS coordinates

Latitude : 48.808077

Longitude : 2.12423

A13 Paris-Rouen motorway, Versailles Château exit
Place d'Armes car park (opposite the château,
free from 7.30pm, 5 minutes from the Theatre).
Notre-Dame market car park (fee payable).

SNCF: Paris Saint-Lazare terminus
Versailles Rive Droite (10-minute walk)

SNCF: Paris Montparnasse, Versailles Chantiers stop
then Phébus bus line B, Réservoirs stop
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RER line C5, terminus
Versailles Rive Gauche (10-minute walk)

RER line C7, direction Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
stop Versailles Chantiers then bus Phébus line B, stop Réservoirs
- Phébus line B, Réservoirs stop
- Veolia line 1, Réservoirs stop
- RATP line 171, Château de Versailles stop

Event Organizer

Théâtre Montansier

Phone : +33 1 39 24 88 88

"Théâtre Montansier"

Location

Théâtre Montansier

13 Rue des Réservoirs

78000

Versailles

Théâtre Montansier

Presentation

Hibiscus et Palissandre - Montansier creation/coproduction

The story? Hibiscus, a determined flower, sets off in search of her fiancé Pol-Érable, who has lost his way in the strange domain of Sire Palissandre.

The problem is that Sire Palissandre isn't exactly in tune with Mother Nature.

So there's only one question: how to escape?

A piccolo-opera to keep young and old alike singing! A colourful musical adventure in which the cello, soprano and tenor team up to take the audience into a world where love, nature and mystery mingle in joyful polyphony. A funny and mysterious adventure.

This all-encompassing opera, an ode to Nature and the Living, blends tradition and modernity. A fan of masked laughter (dear to Saint-Saëns playing Offenbach or Rossini in his Carnival of the Animals), composer Philippe Forget has fun here adapting some of the key works by Debussy or Mozart. Through lyrical moments and theatrical scenes full of panache and laughter, the artists will convey the grandiose energy inherited from the greatest composers.