Cultural Calendar

VERSAILLES: Opéra Royal. 78000 Versailles. Tel: 01.30.83.78.89.  www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr (Performances are held in the Royal Opera or the Royal Chapel.) Viveca Genaux sings Rossini: December 19. Christmas Oratorio (Bach): December 21. The Messiah (Handel): December 22. Bolshoi Ballet/Angelin Preljocaj: December 27, 28; 29 & 30. Rinaldo (Handel): January 11 & 12. Carmen (Bizet) – selected arias and duets: January 14. Jordi Savall & the Orchestra of Louis XV (Rameau suites): January 16. Requiem for Louis XVI (Cherubini): January 21. Orpheus in Hell (Offenbach): January 23 (m), 25 & 26. Julia Migennes sings Schubert: January 29. The Cornonation of Poppée (Monteverdi): February 4, 5 & 6 (m). King Arthur (Purcell): March 2, 3, 5 & 6 (m). Dido & Aeneas (Purcell): March 18, 19 & 20 (m). Natalie Dessay & Laurent Naouri: March 27. Giselle (Mats Ek): March 30 & 31. Bérénice (drama by Jean Racine): April 1, 2 & 3 (m). Le Médecin malgré lui (Gounod): April 29 & 30. Julius Caesar (Handel): May 19, 20 & 22 (m).