Exceptional Sale of Stage Costumes

The Opéra national de Paris is holding an exceptional sale of more than 5,000 stage costumes from opera and dance productions on Friday 29, Saturday 30, and Sunday 31 May 2026.

Open sales for the general public begin on 21 May at 2:30 pm.

This event will offer the public a rare opportunity to acquire a selection of costumes and accessories from operas including Eugene Onegin (Willy Decker), The Capulets and the Montagues (Robert Carsen), Eliogabalo (Thomas Jolly), Les Indes galantes (Andrei Șerban), The Merry Widow (Jorge Lavelli), and Samson and Delilah (Damiano Michieletto), as well as ballet productions such as AIR (Saburo Teshigawara), Coppélia (Pierre Lacotte), Psyche (Alexei Ratmansky), and Siddharta (Angelin Preljocaj).

Restocking will ensure a constant selection of costumes available for sale, regardless of the time slot chosen.

Accessible by paid reservation, this sale will take place in the modular hall of the Opéra Bastille, located at 110 rue de Lyon, Paris 12.

With prices ranging from €2 to €800 for the most valuable pieces, these costumes are intended to find a second life with a wide audience.

Admission to the sale is €10.

Practical information

Location: Modular Hall of the Opéra Bastille, 110 rue de Lyon, Paris 12.
Access is strictly organized by registration and time slots.=
- 1 time slot on Friday, May 29: 5:00–7:00 p.m.
- 4 time slots on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31: 10:00–11:30 a.m. / 12:00–1:30 p.m. / 3:00–4:30 p.m. and 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Prices of items: from €2 to €800
Payment by credit card only

Modalités d’inscription :

Tickets for admission are on sale at €10, subject to availability.
Registration is required by date and time slot on operadeparis.fr:
Registration opens to the general public on May 21 at 2:30 p.m.

Exceptional Sale of Stage Costumes

Siddharta, Angelin Preljocaj, 2010Ann Ray / OnP

Psyché, Alexei Ratmanski, 2011Sébastien Mathé / OnP

AIR, Saburo Teshigawara, 2003Icare / OnP

Billy Budd, Francesca Zambello, 1996Ian Patrick / OnP

Eliogabalo, Thomas Jolly, 2017Agathe Poupeney / OnP

La Veuve joyeuse, Jorge Lavelli, 1997Guergana Damianova / OnP

Wuthering Heights, Kader Belarbi, 2002Ann Ray / OnP

Samson et Dalila, Damiano Michieletto, 2016Vincent Pontet / OnP

Eugène Onéguine, Willy Decker, 1995Guergana Damianova / OnP

L’Italienne à Alger, Andrei Serban, 2014Christian Leiber / OnP

La Khovantchina, Andrei Serban, 2021Ian Patrick / OnP

La Dame de pique, Lev Dodin, 1999 Elisa Haberer / OnP

Nearly 4,500 costumes are made in the workshops of the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier each season. The Opéra national de Paris stores around 300,000 costume items from its repertoire at the Opéra Bastille, the Palais Garnier, and the Ateliers Berthier.

The most emblematic pieces from the Opéra are preserved at the museum of the Centre national du costume de scène in Moulins.

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