Opera singers come to the Academy to develop their vocal and stage skills. The training program allows for the study of different repertoires and roles in individual or group sessions with several highly-specialised teachers including Jean-Marc Bouget, Margaret Singer, Michelle Wegwart, Jeff Cohen, Irène Kudela, and Muriel Corradini.
Louis Combaud, dancer and choreographer offer coaching sessions during which singers work with their bodies learning about gesture and movement through space.
There are also masterclasses with the Paris Opera’s Music Director Philippe Jordan, as well as Karine Deshayes, Ludovic Tezier, Hedwig Fassbender.
Singers are placed in real-life professional situations, participating in recitals and opera productions as part of the Academy’s programming or in other productions at the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier. 

The highly-specialised training offered to pianist-vocal coaches is intended to prepare them for the rigorous demands of their profession. Focusing on several areas of development, they acquire a methodical approach to the different repertoires and gain from individual and group working sessions with the Paris Opera’s own vocal coaches. In addition, they coach the trainee singers during their lessons and rehearsals or during the Academy’s concerts. They also assist the conductor in productions scheduled at the Amphitheatre and during rehearsals of the Paris Opera’s opera and ballet productions.

Musicians enter the Academie to complete their professionnal training. They participate in rehearsals and performances of lyrical and choreographic productions with the Orchester de l'Opéra national de Paris, at the Palais Garnier and at the Opéra Bastille. They take coaching with the soloists of the Orchestra who also prepare them for the various competitions. They take part in the Académie chamber music productions and concerts. The musicians of the Académie also take Feldenkrais and Alexander technique lessons in order to develop their body awareness, an essential quality for their instrumental practice.

Directors-in-residence have the opportunity to learn to know the Opera’s unique environment. They follow the process of staging one or two of the season’s productions at close quarters. They also must engage in an in-depth examination of a series of classical and contemporary works by interacting with the Opera’s different protagonists: conductors, costume designers and lighting designers.
The organisation of a workshop at the end of the internship counts among the training's primary objectives.

During the season, the conductors in residence assist the guest conductors of the Paris Opera for productions presented at the Opéra Bastille or the Palais Garnier. Placed under the musical authority of Gustavo Dudamel, this mentoring program allows the young conductors to acquire new experiences in the operatic repertoire and to develop their professional network.