ADOR Gala dinner to benefit the Royal Opera

There are few events in the world that can match the elegance and glamour of a Gala dinner at the Château de Versailles.

The third Gala Dinner of the Friends of the Royal Opera presents the ballet Marie-Antoinette, a ballet for 22 dancers choreographed by Thierry Malandain with music of Joseph Haydn and Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Experience a dazzling evening at Versailles benefiting the most beautiful Theater in the world, with a champagne reception in the sumptuous neo-Gothic setting of the Crusades Room and a grand dinner in the majestic Gallery of Great Battles.

Before the ballet, (re)discover the famous Te Deum by Marc-Antoine Charpentier in the magnificent Royal Chapel. The prelude of this powerful fresco begins with the rythms of the trumpets and timbals symbolizing the 17^th century of Louis XIV’s arts and conquests.

We would be very honored to have you join us for this gala dinner celebrating the tenth musical season of the Royal Opera.

→ View the invitation (in french)

PROGRAMME

4 pm: Concert at the Royal Chapel
Te Deum and Messe à quatre chœurs by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé, conductor

Gala evening

6 pm: Champagne reception in the Crusades Room
7 pm: Ballet at the Royal Opera

          Marie-Antoinette
          Choreographed by Thierry Malandain
          Malandain Ballet Biarritz
          Euskadi Symphony Orchestra
          World Creation - Commissioned by the Royal Opera

8.30 pm: Champagne reception in the Crusades Room

9.30 pm: Dinner in the Gallery of Great Battles

Marie-Antoinette is a commission given by the Royal Opera to Thierry Malandain, one of our most beloved and greatest French choreographers, who previously staged two other Royal Opera commissions, Cinderella (2013) and Beauty and the Beast (2015). This new piece will be created on the stage of the Royal Opera, which was inaugurated in 1770 for her wedding with Dauphin Louis-Auguste, future king of France. The archduchess Marie-Antoinette, of course, went on to become the iconic Queen of France and Navarre.

In this ballet for 22 dancers, backed by Haydn and Gluck symphonies, Marie-Antoinette's court twirls around the Queen: the bodies spin, tangle, turn, stretch and explode. The ballet celebrates the Queen’s tastes for the arts, the theater, music and dance, as well as her outrageous hair buns, love affairs and tragic destiny!

CONTRIBUTIONS

• For French tax residents, the contributions benefit from the tax reduction of 66% for individuals and 60% for businesses.
• For European tax residents, ADOR is part of the Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) network, which allows donors to benefit from the tax advantages prevailing in their country of taxation

I wish to be recognized on the ADOR Gala 2019 as follows:

- Tables of 10 people -

LULLY TABLE AT 17 000€

(of which 14 500€ are subject to tax reduction)

• Elite Table for 10 guests.
• 10 Elite seating at the Royal Chapel.
• 10 Elite seating at the Royal Opera.
• Your table chaired by one of the guest artists.
• Champagne receptions.
• Your name and that of your guests, or that of your company, mentioned as "Great Benefactors" in the Program.
• Dedicated parking.

TABLE LULLY without concert at the Royal Chapel: 15 000€

(of which 12 500€ are subject to tax reduction)

RAMEAU TABLE AT 12 000€

(of which 9 500€ are subject to tax reduction)

• Premium Table for 10 guests.
• 10 Premium seating at the Royal Chapel.
• 10 Premium seating at the Royal Opera.
• Your table chaired by one of the guest artists.
• Champagne receptions in the Crusades Room.
• 10 Premium seating at the Royal Opera.
• Your name and that of your guests, or that of your company, mentioned as "Great Benefactors" in the Program.
• Dedicated parking.

- Individual Places -

GRAND BENEFACTOR

1 150€/person (of which 900€ are subject to tax reduction)

• Excellent seating at the Royal Chapel & at the Royal Opera.
• Champagne receptions.
• Dinner in the Gallery of Great Battles.
• Listing as GRAND BENEFACTOR in the program.
• Dedicated parking.
• A night at the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace Versailles with Buffet breakfast. Based on a double occupancy by two gala patrons both listed as Grand Benefactors.

GRAND BENEFACTOR without a night at the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace Versailles

1 000€/person (of which 750€ are subject to tax reduction)

BENEFACTOR

800€/person (of which 550€ are subject to tax reduction)

• Excellent seating at the Royal Opera.
• Champagne receptions.
• Dinner in the Gallery of Great Battles.
• Listing as BENEFACTOR in the program.
• Dedicated parking.

FRIEND

300€/person (of which 250€ are subject to tax reduction)

• Excellent seating at the Royal Opera.
• Champagne receptions.
• Listing as FRIEND in the program.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROYAL OPERA

You are not able to attend the gala evening of the ADOR but you want to make a donation to the benefit of the Royal Opera ? Your entire donation will be subject to tax reduction. Mention of your name or that of your company in the program.