Royal Opera – Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea

From Wednesday 30 June to Thursday 01 July 2027

20:00 to 23:30

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

An event not to be missed: Claudio Monteverdi’s masterpiece, *The Coronation of Poppea*, performed by the ensemble I Gemelli.

Come and discover the music of Claudio Monteverdi through his masterpiece, which tells the story of Poppea, Emperor Nero’s mistress, who, through a series of schemes, becomes his wife.

Directed and conducted by Mathilde Étienne, with Emiliano González Toro as accompanist, the set design is by Antoine Fontaine and the costumes by Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz.

Cast:
- Perrine Madoeuf as Poppaea
- Maximiliano Danta as Nero
- William Shelton as Otho
- Victoire Bunel as Octavia, A Love
- Adrien Mathonat as Seneca
- Marie Perbost as Drusilla, Fortune
- Emiliano González Toro as Arnalta
- Juan Sancho as the Nurse
- Éléonore Pancrazi as the Servant, a Love
- Roberto Covatta as a Servant, a Soldier, the Freedman and the Consul
- Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet as Lucan, a Soldier, a Servant, a Tribune
- Thaïs Raï-Westphal as Virtue, the Maiden, Pallas
- Fulvio Bettini as a Servant, a Lictor
- Cécile Piovan as Venus

Programme:
- Part One: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Intermission
- Part Two: 1 hour 15 minutes

An opera in a prologue and three acts, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello based on the Annals of Tacitus, premiered in Venice in 1642–1643.

Concert in Italian with French and English surtitles.

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Prices

VIP PRESTIGE CATEGORY: The best seats in the house, with a complimentary glass of champagne.

PRESTIGE CATEGORY: Excellent seats, with a complimentary glass of champagne.

For all bookings for people with reduced mobility or disabilities, we recommend that you contact us directly at the following email address: billetterie@chateauversailles-spectacles.fr or on the following number: 01 30 83 78 89 (Monday to Friday, 11am to 6pm)

For all corporate bookings, please visit the page dedicated to works councils and groups: https://www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/articles/groupes-cse-professionnels-du-tourisme/

To book in person, please visit the ticket office and shop at 3 bis rue des Réservoirs, 78000 Versailles (Monday to Friday from 11am to 6pm, and on Saturdays when shows are taking place, excluding the Grandes Eaux Musicales, from 2pm to 5pm).

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