La Petite Venise vous invite à une semaine de festivités sur le thème du Carnaval

28.01.2008

Carnival 2008 at La Petite Venise

Located in the Park of Versailles, La Petite Venise is offering a special Carnival menu and invites you to the week’s festivities:

Monday, 28 January to Tuesday, 5 February: Exhibition of 18th century period costumes on loan from the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV).

> Wednesday, 30 January at 3 p.m. (free admission; contribution requested)
Prelude ensemble directed by F. Naturel – Baroque music for voice and ensemble
Lully, Bach, Haendel, Couperin, Rameau, Marin Marais
> Thursday, 31 January at 3 p.m. (free admission; contribution requested)
Prelude ensemble – A 19th century romantic recital
Rachel Brichler, soprano, Madeleine Naturel, piano and harpsichord
> Friday, 1 February at 8 p.m. (by reservation only)
An exceptional dinner with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV)
Traditional 17th and 18th century chamber music for voice

Download the evening’s programme (.pdf / 600kb)

> Tuesday, 5 February
Mardi Gras culinary specialities

For information or to make a reservation, call: +33 (0)1.39.53.25.69.

Learn more about restaurant La Petite Venise at Elior-Evenements.com

La Petite Venise is ideally located in the heart of the Park of Versailles, at the foot of the Apollo fountain and the Grand Canal. Formerly a storehouse for the equipment used to build and repair the boats that sailed on the Grand Canal, the building was named “La Petite Venise” (Little Venice) when the Republic of Venice gifted the king of France with Venetian gondoliers and gondolas in 1674. The building kept its name, even after Louis Philippe transformed it into a stables, and naturally the same name was conferred on the little restaurant now nestled in its charming courtyard.
After Carnival, the restaurant will continue to provide musical entertainment every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a Baroque brunch and giant-screen opera viewings. Don’t forget to enjoy a glass of juice pressed from the fruit of the king’s orchard or old-fashioned hot chocolate prepared in authentic Louis XV style.

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