Zaïde or The Path of Light, after Mozart, at the Hall Eiffel of the Lycée Carnot
On 9, 11 and 12 September 2026, at nightfall, the Hall Eiffel of the Lycée Carnot will host Zaïde or The Path of Light. Raphaël Pichon, at the helm of Pygmalion, joins forces with the writer Wajdi Mouawad to craft a humanist fresco that brings together Mozart's unfinished opera and other rarely performed works by the composer. Sabine Devieilhe sings the title role, alongside Johannes Martin Kränzle, Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Hugo Brady and Matthew Swensen. The production premiered at the Salzburg Festival in August 2025 and returns to Paris in a new staging.
Carmen, a roving opera-landscape by Jeanne Desoubeaux
From 24 to 27 September 2026, Carmen takes the form of a lyrical walk through the 4th arrondissement, from the Cité internationale des Arts to the Collège François Couperin. Jeanne Desoubeaux conceives and directs this opera-landscape, with musical direction by Jérémie Arcache and Igor Bouin. A company of ten artists moves through the urban space to bring Bizet's work to life, its political resonance as vivid as ever. Single price of €25, open to families and young audiences.
The Soldier's Tale and Into the Little Hill at the T2G, Théâtre de Gennevilliers
In November 2026, the T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers presents two short works as mirror pieces: The Soldier's Tale by Stravinsky and Ramuz, a melodrama born in 1918, and Into the Little Hill by George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, a chamber opera inspired by the legend of the Pied Piper. Lucie Leguay conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Marie-Christine Soma and Daniel Jeanneteau — director of the T2G, who contributed to the world premiere of Into the Little Hill in 2006 — sign the staging, set design and lighting.
The Fabulous History of the Opéra-Comique, on tour
From January to May 2027, 25 performances will travel across France. Léo Cohen-Paperman stages a libretto by Émilien Diard-Detœuf, under the musical supervision of Louis Langrée and with Agnès Terrier as historical advisor. The artists of the Académie carry this theatrical and musical account of the company's saga, from its founding by Catherine Vondrebeck's fairground troupe. From Poitiers to Saint-Brieuc, via Châtellerault, Albi, Arcachon, Bayonne, Mont-de-Marsan, Agen, Gradignan, Périgueux, Cherbourg, Fontainebleau, Besançon, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Compiègne and Rennes.
Heaven & Hell, world premiere by Pascal Dusapin at the Grand Palais
On 11, 12 and 13 June 2027, beneath the nave of the Grand Palais, Pascal Dusapin presents a world premiere drawing on William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and the liturgy of the Requiem. This "operatorio", to use the composer's own word, brings together more than 200 performers under the musical direction of Mathieu Romano and in a staging by Netia Jones. The Ensemble Aedes, the Maîtrise Populaire of the Opéra-Comique and three amateur choirs surround the mezzo-soprano Christel Loetzsch. A commission from the Opéra-Comique, presented as part of the 3rd edition of the Grand Palais d'été festival.
The Theatre Foyer, 18 weekends at €10
From January to June 2027, the Foyer hosts 62 short-format events at €10. On the programme: salon operas (Rita, or the Beaten Husband by Donizetti, Le Docteur Miracle by Lecocq), mock trials of Faust, Medea and Romeo and Juliet with former Secrétaires de la Conférence of the Paris Bar, lecture-concerts Voix en poésie with the Comédie-Française and the 7L bookshop, recitals by the Académie (Portraits of Gounod, Messager, Massenet; Cartes blanches), masterclasses with Clément Hervieu-Léger, Tamara Bounazou, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Didier Sandre, Louis Langrée, Emmanuelle Haïm and Stéphanie d'Oustrac, the En mouvement programme (music yoga, a danced lecture on the gestures of the fly-gallery operators with the SYLEX company, Nous sommes fier·e·s evenings for Pride Month), guests from the Juilliard School, the CNSMDP and laureates of the Menda Scholarships, and the Jolis Chœurs family programme.
Campus Favart: ten years of the Maîtrise, double cohort at the Académie
The Maîtrise Populaire celebrates ten years of artistic, educational and social commitment, with tenor Pene Pati as its patron. It takes over the nave of the Musée d'Orsay on 5 and 6 December 2026 to mark the museum's 40th anniversary, takes part in the premiere of Heaven & Hell, and joins forces with Philippe Béziat on an opera-film, Méphisto-Méliès, expected in spring 2028. The Académie, in a double cohort, takes The Fabulous History of the Opéra-Comique on tour and animates the Foyer's events.
Opéra des régions: six productions in circulation
The season extends across France with Massenet's Werther (Rennes, Caen, Nantes, Angers), Offenbach's La Valse rêvée (Colmar, Strasbourg, Mulhouse and the Grand Est region), Gounod's Roméo et Juliette (Saint-Étienne, Tours), Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride (Luxembourg), Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (Strasbourg, Mulhouse) and Lecocq's La Fille de Madame Angot (Lyon).
