Opéra Royal - Actéon - Charpentier

Monday 16 June 2025

Location : Galerie des Glaces

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Place d'Armes Château de Versailles

78000

Versailles

GPS coordinates

Latitude : 48.804798

Longitude : 2.120273

BY CAR
Motorway A13 - Versailles Notre-Dame exit
Motorway 186 - Versailles Centre exit
Free "Place d'armes" parking from 19:00

BY TRAIN

Gare Montparnasse > Gare Versailles Chantiers
Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie, Rambouillet direction

Gare St. Lazare > Gare Versailles Rive Droite
Rive Droite direction

Paris RER C > Gare Versailles Rive Gauche - Château
Rive Gauche Château direction

Pont de Sèvres - Bus 171 > Versailles Château stop

Event Organizer

Château de Versailles Spectacles

Phone : +33 1 30 83 78 89

Phone : +33 1 39 24 88 88

"Château de Versailles Spectacles"

Location

Galerie des Glaces

Place d'Armes Château de Versailles

78000

Versailles

Château de Versailles Spectacles

Presentation

Actéon is a little ‘hunting opera’ composed by Charpentier in 1684 as a short musical tragedy in six scenes.

Actéon is a little ‘hunting opera’ composed by Charpentier in 1684 as a short musical tragedy in six scenes. The hunter Actaeon accidentally catches the goddess Diana naked while she is bathing with her nymphs. He hides, but Diana discovers him and in her anger turns him into a stag; he is then devoured by his own dogs. A pastoral combining jubilation and tragedy, beauty and cruelty, Actéon is an ideal musical gem for showcasing the magnificent young singers of the Royal Opera Academy, who have come together for their graduation performance: what better setting than the Galerie des Glaces for this highly baroque work, and for an exceptional evening?