Orchestra Projects

The Paris Opera Orchestra is one of France’s youngest orchestras, even as it remains one of the most venerable, by virtue of the fact that its founding can be traced back over three centuries to Louis XIV’s inauguration of the Académie Royale de Musique; it occupies a leading position in French and international musical life.

Composers such as Lully, Rameau, Gluck, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Verdi, Wagner, Gounod, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Stravinsky, Roussel, Poulenc, Messiaen, Saariaho and Boesmans all wrote some of their masterpieces to be performed by this esteemed body of musicians.

While these 174 musicians principally perform in the pit for shows at the Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille, they regularly venture out to perform for new audiences on national and international tours, bringing with them their symphonic repertoire.

Over nearly thirty years, they have worked with such renowned conductors as Lorin Maazel, Georges Prêtre, Zubin Mehta, Christoph von Dohnányi, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Myung-Whun Chung, James Conlon, Pierre Boulez, Semyon Bychkov, Philippe Jordan, Susanna Mälkki and Gustavo Dudamel.

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“off-site” concerts at the Paris Philharmonic in 24/25

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Orchestra concerts recorded and available on demand on POP, Paris Opera Play, our online platform

You can support this project from €5 on this page.

You can also support this project by joining the Cercle Lully, from €15,000 (learn more). Your donations to the Opéra national de Paris are tax-deductible. 

66% tax reduction on your income tax (Impôt sur le Revenu - IRPP) :
In accordance with the provisions of the law of August 1, 2003, donors subject to income tax in France are eligible for a tax reduction on their income tax (IRPP) of 66% of the amount of their donation, up to an annual limit of 20% of taxable income. If the 20% limit is exceeded, the reduction can be carried over to the following five years.

Organizations entitled to this benefit:
Arop (Association pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra national de Paris)
FRONP (Fondation pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra national de Paris)

75% tax reduction on Property Wealth Tax (Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière - IFI):
In accordance with the 2018 Finance Bill, donors taxable in France can benefit from a tax reduction on the Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière (IFI) of 75% of the amount of their donation up to an annual limit of €50,000.

Organization entitled to this benefit:
FRONP (Fondation pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra national de Paris)

If you are a foreign taxable donor, click here to find out more.