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Singer residencies at the Paris Opera Academy
Applications are now open for the auditions for the 2025/2026 singer residencies at the Paris Opera Academy. Deadline: 29 January 2025
The aim of the Paris Opera Academy is to promote a new generation of artists and craftsmen.
It offers a training program that gives young singers on the threshold of their career the best possible opportunities to achieve professional success.
The aim of the Academy is to prepare these young artists for the conditions of their future profession by providing them with first-hand experience of the stage and by giving the public the chance to discover their work through concerts and operatic performances.
Above all, it is crucial for them to learn how to interpret a score, understand its intrinsic drama, acquire a sense of musical discipline and discover what it is to be fully committed to a musical and theatrical project.
The mastery of the French language is necessary to take advantage of the studies proposed by the Academy.
Perfecting and promoting young singers’ talents is a fundamental objective of the Academy.
The educational program includes:
The activities of the Academy will begin on the September 1st, 2025.
No fees will be levied.
Singers are enrolled for one season with the possibility of continuing for one additional season, by decision of the Paris Opera.
Singers are engaged in “contrat de professionnalisation” and will be paid a monthly stipend of 2.100 euros (gross), from September 2025 up to and including June 2026.
Successful candidates undertake to be fully available to the Paris Opera for the duration of their contract, unless they have been granted written leave. A candidate who has previously signed a contract that could prevent him/her from participating in a Paris Opera production will be eliminated.
Auditions will be held in the Studio Bastille (at the Opéra Bastille).
The make-up of the jury will be established by the Director of the Academy.
Auditions are held without public.
All candidates must prepare a selection of five opera arias in three different languages. One of the three languages must be French. The arias must be memorized and candidates must bring the scores required for the accompanist. The Academy provides candidates with an accompanist. Candidates may be accompanied by their own personal pianist.
The candidate will choose and introduce the first aria.
The jury may listen to all or part of a second aria selected from the list prepared by the candidate.
Following this first round, the jury may choose to call again a candidate for a working session with a professor, in order to observe him/her in a learning situation.
The results of the qualifying phases will be made known on 15 February 2025. The candidates qualified for the final round will be summoned for 17 February 2025.
The final results will be announced after jury deliberations.
All decisions of the jury are final.
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and no more than 29 years of age on 1st September 2025.
Applications must be file online no later than 29 January 2025.
The application by email or post will not be accepted.
All fields of the form must be filled.
The applications include:
2 audio or video links. It should include 2 opera arias with at least 1 in French
A pre-selection may be carried out on the applications.
Candidates selected for auditions will be summoned by email from 30 January 2025.
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