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Opéra Royal - Bach: PASSION SELON SAINT JEAN
From Friday 03 to Saturday 04 April 2026
Friday
20:00 to 22:00
Saturday
19:00 to 21:00
Location : Chapelle Royale
Destination
3 Pl. Léon Gambetta, 78000 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
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
Location
Chapelle Royale
3 Pl. Léon Gambetta, 78000 Versailles
78000
Versailles
Presentation
Today, it is the finest children's choir, particularly dazzling in its repertoire of German sacred music, which the boys perform with the joy of singing in their own language: unforgettable!
Of Bach's two surviving Passions, the St John Passion was the first to be composed and was revised several times by the Cantor for various performances between 1724 and 1747.
At St Thomas's in Leipzig, Bach had a choir and orchestra that were sufficiently experienced to perform the virtuoso arias and choruses of this rich Passion. He pushed the rhetorical effects to the maximum, highlighting the dramatic and doloristic text that it was meant to embody. It was by far his most extensive composition at the time and remains one of the public's favourites today for its extraordinary humanity.
Barely a year after his arrival in Leipzig, Bach presented this first great masterpiece for Good Friday in 1724. During these exceptional evenings, you will therefore be celebrating the 300th anniversary of the creation of this masterful work. The Royal Opera Orchestra, conducted by Gaétan Jarry, will welcome renowned soloists and the formidable Tölzer Knabenchor.
At St Thomas's in Leipzig, Bach had a choir and orchestra that were sufficiently experienced to perform the virtuoso arias and choruses of this rich Passion. He pushed the rhetorical effects to the maximum, highlighting the dramatic and doloristic text that it was meant to embody. It was by far his most extensive composition at the time and remains one of the public's favourites today for its extraordinary humanity.
Barely a year after his arrival in Leipzig, Bach presented this first great masterpiece for Good Friday in 1724. During these exceptional evenings, you will therefore be celebrating the 300th anniversary of the creation of this masterful work. The Royal Opera Orchestra, conducted by Gaétan Jarry, will welcome renowned soloists and the formidable Tölzer Knabenchor.
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For all PRM/PSH bookings, we recommend that you contact us directly at billetterie@chateauversailles-spectacles.fr or on 01 30 83 78 89.
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