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Royal Opera – Mozart Buffa Gala: Vienna 1783
Wednesday 02 December 2026
from 20:00
Location : Opéra Royal
Destination
3 Pl. Léon Gambetta, 78000 Versailles
78000
Versailles
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 48.805835
Longitude : 2.122918
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
Opéra Royal
3 Pl. Léon Gambetta, 78000 Versailles
78000
Versailles
Presentation
Come and discover two excerpts from an opera buffa composed by Mozart in Vienna in 1783, which served as the precursor to the famous *The Marriage of Figaro*.
In Vienna in 1783, Mozart began work on two opera buffa in succession, which he set aside in favour of other projects, but which served as the blueprint for a masterpiece: The Marriage of Figaro (1786).
The theme of marriage, lovers and scheming lies at the heart of two abandoned projects:
The Goose of Cairo, in which an old marquis keeps his daughter locked in a tower to prevent her marriage, with the young lovers devising a ruse to smuggle the groom in… hidden inside a huge mechanical goose.
The disappointed fiancé, and the intertwining of a thwarted marriage and romantic misunderstandings that give rise to sparkling vocal ensembles.
Mozart was already devoted to love and its comic virtuosities, which would make The Marriage of Figaro such a success!
The theme of marriage, lovers and scheming lies at the heart of two abandoned projects:
The Goose of Cairo, in which an old marquis keeps his daughter locked in a tower to prevent her marriage, with the young lovers devising a ruse to smuggle the groom in… hidden inside a huge mechanical goose.
The disappointed fiancé, and the intertwining of a thwarted marriage and romantic misunderstandings that give rise to sparkling vocal ensembles.
Mozart was already devoted to love and its comic virtuosities, which would make The Marriage of Figaro such a success!
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