In 2018, the Academy created OpérApprentis, an arts and cultural education program for young adults in the Centre de Formation d'Apprentis (CFA) in Île-de-France. OpérApprentis is a program of discovery of the Opera that revolves around 3 axes: artistic practice, professional meetings and the discovery of lyrical and choreographic shows. Open to more than 500 young adults learning in fields as varied as sales, pastry, mechanics, hairdressing, glassware, jewellery, painting or sewing. The challenges of this program are the development of skills among apprentices that will be useful to them throughout their careers and the opening of their professional prospects.

In collaboration with the educational teams of each institution, artists, choreographers, lyric artists, musicians and directors, set up more than 200 workshops that resonate with the training of apprentices. Dance to increase the awareness of the space and integrate the technical gesture in a greater understanding of the body, singing to learn how to carry the voice and work listening, theatre to know how to adopt the right posture and work as a team.

In addition to these workshops, the Academy is setting up a path to discover the Opera that relies on the 100 professions that constitute the driving forces of the Paris Opera and are directly connected to the training of the apprentices. The meetings with the professionals of the Opera allow these young adults to apprehend their professional gesture in a context of artistic production. Finally, the discovery on the stages of the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille of lyrical and choreographic works, allows each to enrich its own cultural environment.

This season, the Academy adds an inclusive component to OpérApprentis, in partnership with the association Les Ailes Déployées and thus expands its field of action towards an audience weakened by mental and mental disorders in Establishment or Help Services by Work (ESAT).

Agro-Campus de Saint-Germain-en-Laye / Chambourcy (78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
1 classe CAP fleuriste
1 classe Bac pro Fleuriste

BTP CFA Ermont Eaubonne (95120 Ermont)
1 classe CAP Peinture
1 classe CAP Maçonnerie

C3A (92160 Anthony)
1 classe BTS 1 Négociation et digitalisation relation client
1 classe BTS 1 Management Commercial Opérationnel

Campus des Métiers et de l'Entreprise (93000 Bobigny)
1 classe 1re Bac pro Prothésiste dentaire
1 classe Terminal BTM Photographie
 1 classe CAP 1 Esthétique

CFA Ducretet (92110 Clichy)
1 classe Commerce
1 classe Technicien électro-ménager

Eco-Campus Vitry-sur-Seine (94400 Vitry-sur-Seine)
1 classe Finition aménagement bâtiment Conception et réalisation
1 classe Aménagement et finition

ESAT - LES AILES DÉPLOYEES (75008 Paris)
3 groupes des pôles : Logistique / Restauration / Couture Façonnage / Bureautique

Faculté des Métiers Evry-Courcouronnes (91000 Evry)
1 classe Bac pro Cuisine
1 classe Bac pro Serveurs

Haute École de Joaillerie (75002 Paris)
2 classes BMA Bijoutiers Lapidaires

IMA Melun Val de Seine (77000 Melun)
1 classe BTS Esthétique/Coiffure
1 classe BTS Assurance

Institut Français de la Mode (75013 Paris)
2 classes Bac pro Mode

Ferrandi Paris – Campus de Saint-Gratien (95210 Saint-Gratien)
1 classe Bac pro Cuisine
1 classe Bac pro Commercialisation et Services en Restauration

Lycée Lucas de Nehou (75014 Paris)
1 classe CAP Menuiserie/Aluminium

The OpérApprentis program will be implemented in Guyana from January 2023, in partnership with the Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat and the Chambre du Commerce et de l’Industrie of the Guyana region.