Opéra Royal - Gasparini: L'AVARE

From Friday 05 to Sunday 07 June 2026

Friday

20:00 to 21:15

Saturday

19:00 to 20:15

Sunday

15:00 to 16:15

Location : Opéra Royal

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

Event Organizer

Château de Versailles Spectacles

Phone : +33 1 30 83 78 89

"Château de Versailles Spectacles"

Location

Opéra Royal

3 Pl. Léon Gambetta, 78000 Versailles

78000

Versailles

Réservation

Presentation

While Molière's music and theatre had already engaged in dialogue in Le Poème Harmonique in the most intimate of ways, here they merge in a spectacular union of lyricism and farce.

The reform of Italian opera in the 18th century was largely inspired by French theatre, and Molière resonated on opera stages.

Comprising three singing characters and a fourth silent character, accompanied by a small orchestra, L'Avare is an intermezzo (the most famous example of which remains Pergolesi's La serva padrona, protagonist of the famous Querelle des Bouffons in 1752). Salvi, the librettist, who had already drawn inspiration from Molière's theatre (from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme in L'artigiano gentiluomo and from Le Malade imaginaire in Il malato immaginario), succeeded in remaining faithful to the spirit of Molière's comedy without losing any of its comic force, even though the work was reduced from five to three acts and was entirely sung.

Gasparini's music illustrates this delightful libretto in the most expressive and immediately appealing way possible.