The Paris Opera Chorus artists

Since September 2021, the Paris Opera Chorus has been led by Ching-Lien Wu. It is one of the largest ensembles of its kind in the opera world, comprising 100 permanent artists—45 women and 55 men—from 23 different countries, including Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. These versatile artists, both musicians and actors, follow the directives of stage directors who, over recent decades, have profoundly transformed the traditional dramaturgical roles assigned to them in the grand repertoire.

The merging of the Paris Opera and the Opéra Comique in 1972 marked a new era for the Paris Opera Chorus, characterized by the "theatrical revolution" initiated by Rolf Liebermann and the arrival of prestigious conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Philippe Jordan, and Gustavo Dudamel. Directed successively by Jean Laforge, Andrea Giorgi, Gunther Wagner, Denis Dubois, David Levi, Peter Burian, Patrick-Marie Aubert, and José Luis Basso, the Paris Opera Chorus can boast recordings of Carmen with Herbert von Karajan and Faust with Georges Prêtre.

Every year, the chorus members rise to the demands of a program that blends a wide variety of repertoires. Recent seasons have featured productions such as Moïse et Aaron, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Benvenuto Cellini, Parsifal, Boris Godunov, Les Huguenots, Don Carlos, Les Troyens, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Roméo et Juliette, Lohengrin, and Les Brigands.