A 23/24 season full of surprises !

Whether you prefer contemporary or Baroque music, renowned classics or new creations, we have everything you need in our 23/24 season! Discover our seven operas along with the concerts, masterclasses, symposiums and meeting that we offer this season.

New feature : also explore our « pléiades », events that extend and enrich the content of the featured works, in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Published on 30 May 2023
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La Fille de Madame Angot

Richard Brunel unveils the eminently modern significance of this bubbling social panorama, which sketches the portrait of a combative youth enamoured with truth and freedom.

Musical direction Hervé Niquet • Stage direction Richard Brunel • With Hélène Guilmette, Véronique Gens, Pierre Derhet, Julien Behr, Matthieu Lécroart, Floriane Derthe, Antoine Foulon, Geoffrey Carey, Matthieu Walendzik • Orchestre de chambre de Paris • Choir Le Concert Spirituel

La Fille de Madame Angot

Charles Lecocq

September 27 to October 05, 2023

Richard Brunel unveils the eminently modern significance of this bubbling social panorama, which sketches the portrait of a combative youth enamoured with truth and freedom.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around La Fille de Madame Angot

  • La Fille de Madame Angot evening, from september 29 to october 5, 2023 | See more
  • L'amour à la française, October 19 to 21, 2023 | See more
  • Masterclasse at the Académie, from september 27 to october 02, 2023 | See more
  • Nature isn't a decor anymore, from september 25 to 26, 2023 | See more
  • Sharing songs, from september 22 to 23, 2023 | See more

Macbeth Underworld

All are dead but some are not aware of it: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banco’s ghost, the child… The dead child is the cornerstone of the guilt haunting the Macbeths as it condemns them to relive the past.

Musical direction Franck Ollu • Stage direction Thomas Jolly • With Katarina Bradić, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Maria Carla Pino Cury, Mélanie Boisvert, Melissa Zgouridi, Hiroshi Matsui, John Graham Hall, a child from the Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique • Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lyon • Choir accentus

Macbeth Underworld

Pascal Dusapin

November 06 to 12, 2023

All are dead but some are not aware of it: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banco’s ghost, the child… The dead child is the cornerstone of the guilt haunting the Macbeths as it condemns them to relive the past.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around Macbeth Underworld

  • Macbeth Underworld evening, from november 10 to 12, 2023 | See more
  • Macbeth or he whose name must not be spoken, from november 17 to 18, 2023 | See more

Fantasio

In 2017, Laurent Campellone and Thomas Jolly revived this recently recovered jewel. Performed at the Châtelet during the Opéra-Comique’s restoration, the show is now returning to the place that inspired it, with Gaëlle Arquez in one of the finest cross-dressing roles of the repertoire.

Musical direction Laurent Campellone• Stage direction Thomas Jolly • With Gaëlle Arquez, Jodie Devos, Franck Leguérinel, Jean-Sébastien Bou, François Rougier, Anna Reinhold, Thomas Dolié, Yoann Le Lan, Virgile Frannais, Bruno Bayeux • Choir Ensemble Aedes • Orchestre de chambre de Paris

Fantasio

Jacques Offenbach

December 13 to 23, 2023

In 2017, Laurent Campellone and Thomas Jolly revived this recently recovered jewel. Performed at the Châtelet during the Opéra-Comique’s restoration, the show is now returning to the place that inspired it, with Gaëlle Arquez in one of the finest cross-dressing roles of the repertoire.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around Fantasio

  • Fantasio evening, from 15 to 21 december, 2023 | See more
  • Masterclasse at the Académie, december 20,  2023 | See more
  • Les femmes de l'Opéra-Comique, december 8, 2023 | See more
  • The princess and the jester, from may 02 to 04, 2024 | See more
  • Sharing songs, from december 05 to 06, 2023 | See more

L'Autre Voyage

Eager to offer the Viennese composer a stage that brings him closer, Raphaël Pichon and Silvia Costa unearth forgotten scores, jewels of lyricism and melancholia, from which emerge, both literally and figuratively, the ghosts of a masterpiece.

Musical direction Raphaël Pichon • Stage direction and decor Silvia Costa • With Stéphane Degout, Siobhan Stagg, Laurence Kilsby • Orchestra and Choir Pygmalion • Children's choir Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique

L'Autre Voyage

From Schubert

February 01 to 11, 2024

Eager to offer the Viennese composer a stage that brings him closer, Raphaël Pichon and Silvia Costa unearth forgotten scores, jewels of lyricism and melancholia, from which emerge, both literally and figuratively, the ghosts of a masterpiece.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around L'Autre Voyage

  • L'Autre Voyage evening, from february 3 to 9, 2024 | See more
  • Schubert recital, february 14, 2024 | See more
  • Masterclasse at the Académie, february 6, 2024 | See more
  • Sharing songs, from january 26 to 27, 2024 | See more

Pulcinella & L'Heure espagnole

Louis Langrée, Guillaume Gallienne and Clairemarie Osta combine performing arts to honour these two masterpieces, inspired by the gallant XVIIIth century, in a show that celebrates comic spirit’s fruitfulness and freedom in genre.

Musical direction Louis Langrée • Stage direction Guillaume Gallienne • Choreography Clairemarie Osta • Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
 
Pulcinella | With singers from the Académie of the Opéra-Comique • Six dancers

L'Heure espagnole | With Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Philippe Talbot, Benoît Rameau, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Nicolas Cavallier

Pulcinella & L'Heure espagnole

Igor Stravinsky / Maurice Ravel

March 09 to 19, 2024

Louis Langrée, Guillaume Gallienne and Clairemarie Osta combine performing arts to honour these two masterpieces, inspired by the gallant XVIIIth century, in a show that celebrates comic spirit’s fruitfulness and freedom in genre.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around Pulcinella & L'Heure espagnole

  • Pulcinella & L'Heure espagnole evening, from march 15 to 17, 2024 | See more
  • Masterclasse at the Académie, from february 27 to march 07, 2024 | See more
  • Dance at the Opéra Comique, from march 05 to 06, 2024 | See more
  • Sharing songs, from march 08 to 09, 2024 | See more

Archipel(s)

Mathieu Romano, James Bonas and Ewan Jones coordinate the multiple talents of the Maîtrise – singing, theatre and dance – at the service of a utopia that will amuse young audiences and adults eager to share their love of opera, as much as it will make them think.

Musical direction Mathieu Romano • Artistic direction of the Maîtrise Populaire Sarah Koné • Stage direction James Bonas • Performers of the Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique • Orchestra Les Frivolités Parisiennes

Archipel(s)

Isabelle Aboulker

April 25 to May 05, 2024

Mathieu Romano, James Bonas and Ewan Jones coordinate the multiple talents of the Maîtrise – singing, theatre and dance – at the service of a utopia that will amuse young audiences and adults eager to share their love of opera, as much as it will make them think.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around Archipel(s)

  • Christmas concert of the Maîtrise Populaire, from december 14 to 16, 2023 | See more
  • Pré-Maîtrise concert, From may 15 to 16, 2024 | See more

Armide

After having staged Gluck’s preclassical Armide in 2022, the Opéra‑Comique invites Christophe Rousset and Lilo Baur to return to the source in the same decor by Bruno de Lavenère.

Musical direction Christophe Rousset • Stage direction Lilo Baur • With Ambroisine Bré, Cyrille Dubois, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Anas Séguin, Lysandre Châlon, Enguerrand de Hys, Florie Valiquette, Apolline Raï-Westphal • Orchestra Les Talens Lyriques • Choir Les éléments

Armide

Jean-Baptiste Lully

June 17 to 25, 2024

After having staged Gluck’s preclassical Armide in 2022, the Opéra‑Comique invites Christophe Rousset and Lilo Baur to return to the source in the same decor by Bruno de Lavenère.

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Each lyrical production will be supported by “Pleiades” extending and enriching its content in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Do not miss the pleiades around Armide

  • Armide evening, from june 21 to 23, 2024 | See more
  • Masterclasse at the Académie, june 15, 2024 | See more
  • Les Italiens dans la musique française, from june 13 to 14, 2024 | See more
  • Sharing songs, from may 30 to june 01, 2024 | See more

Other events not to be missed