Opéra Royal - Charpentier - Bach - MESSE DE MINUIT - MAGNIFICAT_Versailles
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Versailles, the sun of Yvelines

Opéra Royal – Charpentier – Bach – MESSE DE MINUIT – MAGNIFICAT

78000 Versailles

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December 1723. Johann Sebastian Bach has just taken up his position as cantor at St. Thomas Church and is celebrating his first winter in Leipzig. He composes the first version of what will become one of his most famous masterpieces: his Magnificat.

In the magnificent setting of the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles, this Christmas concert brings together two masterpieces of Baroque sacred music: the Midnight Mass for Christmas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and the Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Versailles, the sun of Yvelines

Chapelle Royale

Place d'Armes

78000 Versailles

BY CAR: GPS: Château de Versailles, Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles -A13 motorway > Versailles Notre Dame exit -A86 motorway > Versailles Centre exit PLACE D'ARMES PARKING LOT - During the day before 7 p.m.: paid parking. No access via the central driveway. Please note that the parking lot is full on Sundays. We recommend arriving 1 hour early and parking in town. - In the evening from 7 p.m.*: free parking. Access only via the central driveway, at the statue of Louis XIV, and parking on the right, on the bus side. *Opens at 6:15 p.m. for shows starting at 7 p.m. BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT - LINE N: Montparnasse Station > Versailles Chantiers Station Direction: Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie, Rambouillet. - LINE L: Gare St-Lazare > Gare de Versailles Rive Droite Dir. Versailles Rive Droite. - RER C: Paris > Gare de Versailles Château Rive Gauche Dir. Versailles Rive Gauche Château. - BUS 171: Pont de Sèvres > Versailles Château stop.

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