Festival de La Chaise-Dieu

59th Edition - August 20 to 30, 2025

The 59th edition of the Festival de La Chaise-Dieu offered an excellent program blending sacred music, opera, symphonic, and chamber music. With 33 paid concerts and over 65 events in total, this edition confirmed the festival's international reach.

Program Highlights

• Monteverdi's L'Orfeo by Les Épopées, conducted by Stéphane Fuget (opening on August 21)
• Rachmaninoff's Vespers in Le Puy-en-Velay (August 20)
• Handel's Messiah by Le Concert Spirituel
• Vivaldi's Gloria and Magnificat
• Bach's Mass in B minor
• Mozart's Great Mass in C minor
• Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
• Complete symphonies of Beethoven by the Orchestre Consuelo
• Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (conducted by Nicholas Carter)
• Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg - Rachmaninoff/Tchaikovsky program
• Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon with Stéphane Degout
• Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne
• Recitals by Théo Fouchenneret and Bohdan Luts

Génération Chaise-Dieu

The Génération Chaise-Dieu program offered 15 free concerts by four young ensembles, attracting 2,600 spectators with an average of 170 people per performance.

Results

The 2025 edition brought together over 23,000 spectators, including 17,000 for paid concerts, with an average occupancy rate of 89%, a historic record for the festival.

Highlights of the 2025 Edition

• Monteverdi's L'Orfeo opening the festival, staged in the Saint-Robert Abbey
• Handel's Messiah by Le Concert Spirituel
• Complete symphonies of Beethoven by the Orchestre Consuelo
• First appearance of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
• 23,000 spectators and a record occupancy rate of 89%
• 15 free Génération Chaise-Dieu concerts in the surrounding villages