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Opéra Royal - Bach: PASSION SELON SAINT MATTHIEU
Wednesday 01 April 2026
20:00 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
The Pygmalion choir and orchestra perform Bach's music with fervour, creating an intense moment of power and purity.
The St Matthew Passion, the pinnacle of Bach's work, was probably premiered on Good Friday. The year 1727 at St Thomas's in Leipzig has haunted the history of music for nearly three centuries. Performed several times during Bach's lifetime, it spearheaded the rediscovery of Bach in the 19th century. Nearly a hundred years after its creation, Felix Mendelssohn performed a version of it in Berlin, restoring Bach to his rightful place at the forefront of German musical heritage, where he has remained ever since.
Based on the Gospel of St Matthew, which is much more developed than that of St John, the librettist Picander composed twenty-eight madrigal scenes. Among these and the Gospel sections, Bach introduced twelve harmonised chorales with hymns inserted at numbers 1 and 25 and the great chorale ending the first part.
Based on the Gospel of St Matthew, which is much more developed than that of St John, the librettist Picander composed twenty-eight madrigal scenes. Among these and the Gospel sections, Bach introduced twelve harmonised chorales with hymns inserted at numbers 1 and 25 and the great chorale ending the first part.
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