Academy

Academy

Academy

Created in 2015, the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris enters into the artistic policy of the establishment a handover mission conceived as an opening toward the world, the youth and the new territories.
Young artists and craftsmen in residence can mix with professionals of the Opéra national de Paris and, by their side, learn from their experience. The Académie’s goal is to be a place of meeting and confrontation, which is the guarantee of a good occupational integration.
Recognized by the AFDAS, the training provided to the artists and craftsmen in residence is resolutely interdisciplinary and vocational.  

Applications for 2024/2025 are now closed. The next recruitment session will be announced autumn 2024.

Registration for the recruitment auditions for the 2024/2025 season is now closed.

The next recruitment session will be announced in early 2025.

The musicians of l’Académie are hired on a full-time basis from 01 September 2024 to 30 June 2025.

The musicians join the Académie to complete their training.

They take part, in extra numbers, in rehearsals and performances of certain lyrical and choreographic productions with the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, at the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille. They benefit from individual or group work sessions with the Orchestra's soloists, who also prepare them for the various competitions. They take part in the Academie's productions and chamber music concerts.

Registration for competition to recruit 2024/2025 musicians of l’Académie are now open :

Registration for the recruitment auditions for the 2024/2025 season is now closed.
The next recruitment session will be announced in early 2025.

The Academy prepares young artisans for their future profession in the fields of costume, wig and make-up. Young professionals are thus given the opportunity to gain experience and specialize in the performing arts.

Coming from technical or craft backgrounds, residents will complete their training, accompanied by Paris Opera professionals with exceptional expertise and know-how. The training program also includes specific modules for each discipline. The training pathway also provides an opportunity to discover the different artistic professions at the opera, with the chance to attend ballet and opera rehearsals.

Artisans in residence are hired on a full-time basis from September 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

They join the Académie to complete their training.

Applications to recruit artisans in residence at the Académie de l'Opéra for the 2024/2025 season are now closed.

The next recruitment session will be announced in early 2025.

There is no call for application for the 2024/2025 season, as the stage director in residence in 2023/2024 is doing a second year in the Académie.
The recruitment session for 2025/2026 will be announced in January 2025.

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