Accessibility
The Palais Garnier and Bastille Opera are accessible to anyone with access needs. Specific and dedicated seats are available in different seating categories and according to need, and for people with guide dogs
There are also special facilities for people with mental and/or intellectual disabilities and/or intellectual disability, blind/visually impaired or deaf/hard of hearing are available for certain sessions.
To guarantee access to PRM spaces and/or special screenings, bookings must be made at least 15 days before the date of the desired performance, with the Accessibility Department: on 01 40 01 18 50 from Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, or by email at accessibilite@operadeparis.fr.
For Previews for young adults, please refer to the staggered openings throughout the season.
In the case of Previews for young adults, reserved for spectators under the age of 28, the person accompanying the disabled person is exempt from this age limit.
On presentation of proof*, a 30% reduction** will be applied to the full price for the disabled person and their companion.
*80% invalidity card or a CMI card with "invalidity" written on it.
** Except for Young People's Previews (€10)
At the Palais Garnier, for people with reduced mobility, access to tours or performances is via the Box office, at the corner of the rue Scribe and rue Auber (behind Charles Garnier’s statue). An elevator will take you up to the auditorium or visiting spaces.
For all other types of disability, entrance is via the front of the Palais Garnier, Place de l'Opéra.
The nearest car park is Q-Park Edouard VII / Olympia – Haussmann - 16 Rue Bruno Coquatrix - 75009 Paris. PRM parking spaces are available.
At the Bastille Opera, access to performances is via the main entrance, on the Bastille Square (Place de la Bastille, entrance to the right of the grand staircase). Elevators will take you up to the auditorium, on the floor and location of your seat.
Tours of the Bastille Opera are not accessible to PMRs.
The nearest car park is Q-Park Opéra Bastille - 1 Avenue Daumesnil - 75012 Paris. D PRM parking spaces are available.
To improve the comfort of our spectators with reduced mobility, wheelchairs are available (ID card requested) at the reception desks in our venues. Please note that the Accessibility Department needs to be notified in advance (subject to availability).
Accessible toilets are available close to the pitches reserved for our spectators with reduced mobility.
Guide dogs and assistance dogs are welcome everywhere in the Paris Opera.
The Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille (Grande salle and Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen) have specific and dedicated areas to accommodate our spectators in different seating categories and according to their needs.
All the performances staged at the Paris Opera (except Gala or special Arop evenings and Studio Bastille programming) are accessible to people with reduced mobility.
The Paris Opera holds special “Relax” performances, which guarantee a kind and inclusive welcome system to facilitate theatre visits to the disabled persons (autism, multiple disabilities, mental disability, Alzheimer's disease…) whose handicap can cause atypical or unpredictable behaviours during the performance.
Both the audience and the artists are informed before the performance and the usual codes are less strict to ensure that everyone can enjoy the show and fully live their emotions, without fear of being judged.
For these performances, the welcoming staff is larger and aware of all types of disability.
Young Audiences
Actéon ou le triomphe de la vacuité
Emmanuelle Da Costa
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
9 November 2024 at 3pm
Young Audiences
Landing-Accumulation
Abderzak Houmi
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
11 January 2025 at 3pm
Opera
The Cunning Little Vixen
Leoš Janáček
Opéra Bastille
19 January 2025 at 2:30 pm
Young Audiences
CommUne Utopie
Anne Collod
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
25 January 2025 at 3pm
Young Audiences
Abécédaire
La Débordante Cie - Héloïse Desfarges
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
1st February 2025 at 3pm
Opera
L'isola disabitata
Joseph Haydn
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
15 March 2025 at 8pm
Concerts and Recitals
French melodies and melodias brasileiras
Artists of the Academy
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
9 April 2025 at 8pm
Concerts and Recitals
Amériques
Palais Garnier
on 4 May 2025 at 12 pm
Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty
Rudolf Nureyev
Opéra Bastille
29 June 2025 at 2:30 pm
In collaboration with the Accès Culture association, the Paris Opera offers visually impaired people the opportunity to attend some productions with audio description. Special headphones with information about the performance and a braille program (on request) are provided free of charge on the performance days.
Ballet
Le Lac des cygnes
Rudolf Noureev
Opéra Bastille
June 25 and 30, 2024
Opera
La Fille du régiment
Gaetano Donizetti
Opéra Bastille
8, 11 and 13 November 2024
On sale Tuesday 28 May 2024 at noon
Ballet
Paquita
Pierre Lacotte
Opéra Bastille
20, 26 and 29 December 2024
On sale Tuesday 18 June at noon
Opera
The Cunning Little Vixen
Leoš Janáček
Opéra Bastille
19, 24 and 28 January 2025
On sale Tuesday 17 September 2024 at noon
Opera
I Puritani
Vincenzo Bellini
Opéra Bastille
2 and 5 March 2025
On sale Tuesday 17 September 2024 at noon
Opera
L'isola disabitata
Joseph Haydn
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
17 March 2025 at 2pm, 18 March 2025 at 8pm, 20 March 2025 at 2pm
Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty
Rudolf Nureyev
Opéra Bastille
23 and 28 March 2025
On sale Tuesday 15 October 2024 at noon
Opera
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
Opéra Bastille
18 and 24 May 2025
On sale Tuesday 18 June 2024 at noon
Opera
Manon
Jules Massenet
Opéra Bastille
1, 6 and 11 June 2025
On sale Tuesday 19 November 2024 at noon
Some of the performances in the programme are thought to be naturally accessible to the deaf and hearing-impaired spectators.
Young Audiences
Abécédaire
La Débordante Cie - Héloïse Desfarges
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
from 31January to 3 February 2025
All performances are given in French and French sign language.
Young Audiences
CommUne Utopie
Anne Collod
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
24 January 2025 at 2pm and 8pm
Young Audiences
Actéon ou le triomphe de la vacuité
Emmanuelle Da Costa
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
from 7 to 9 November 2024
Young Audiences
Landing-Accumulation
Abderzak Houmi
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
from 11 to 14 January 2025
Young Audiences
fiBraM
Compagnie Chriki’Z
Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen
from 28 to 30 avril 2025
Place de l’Opéra
75009 Paris
Place de la Bastille
75012 Paris
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