The Opéra-Comique has announced its 2026-27 season.

Opera 

Sabine Devieilhe sings the title role in Mozart’s “Zaïde” alongside Johannes Martin Kränzle, Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Hugo Brady, and Matthew Swensen. Raphaël Pichon conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 9-12, 2026

Jeanne Desoubeaux directs Bizet’s “Carmen” with Jérémie Arcache and Igor Bouin conducting. Anaïs Bertrand, Kaëlig Boché, Benoît Rameau, and Igor Bouin.

Performance Dates: Sept. 24-27, 2026

Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du soldat” will be performed in a double bill alongside George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s “Into the Little Hill.” Lucie Leguay conducts the production by Marie-Christine Soma and Daniel Jeanneteau. The cast for Stravinsky will include Christèle Tual, Maxime Crescini, Roland Vouilloz, and Jennifer France while Benjamin’s opera will star France and Joanne Evans.

Performance Dates: Nov. 8-16, 2026

The company will present “The Opera-Comique’s Fabulous History” with stage direction by Léo Cohen-Paperman and conductor Louis Langrée. The production will star Louise Bourgeat, Sophie Marcoux, Carla Chevillard, Ulysse Timoteo, Charles Fraisse, and Flannan Obé.

Performance Dates: Jan. 7-May 25, 2027

Donizetti’s “Rita” will be performed in concert with Emeline Bayart directing.

Performance Dates: Feb. 26-28, 2027

Félix Merle and Flore-Élise Capelier join forces for an evening of lieder.

Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2027

Camille Chopin and Héloïse Bertrand-Oléari perform a recital.

Performance Date: Feb. 20, 2027

Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin and Ayano Kamei perform a recital.

Performance Date: April 17, 2027

Charles Lecocq’s “Doctor Miracle” will be directed by Héloïse Sérazin.

Masterclasses 

The company will hold masterclasses with such luminaries as Clément Hervieu-Léger, Didier Sandre, Louis Langrée, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Tamara Bounazou, and Emmanuelle Haïm.