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Find the visuals of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the biography and the photos of Michel Franck (General manager) and Baptiste Charroing (Genaral manager from September 2025).

The 2025-2026 season is Baptiste Charroing's first as general manager of the from 1 September. There will be 187 curtain-raisers, with 6 opera productions staged, including three new productions: La Damnation de Faust, Robinson Crusoé, a rare work by Offenbach, and L'Enlèvement au sérail; but also the diptych La Voix Humaine (Poulenc) and Point d'Orgue (Thierry Escaich) directed by Olivier Py and Cavalli's La Calisto, by Jetske Mijnssen. Participatory opera for young audiences continues with Roméo et Juliette after Gounod. The theatre will open its season with a creation by the great choreographer Germaine Acogny in homage to Joséphine Baker, whose first Parisian appearance on the stage of the TCE will mark the centenary.
The programme also includes more than 100 concerts, with 27 opera concerts and oratorios (the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées remains the European opera house that hosts the most), 21 piano recitals and 15 Sunday concerts and Family Sundays.

Find out more about the new themes, the main points of the season and the key figures in the press kit.

The 2024-2025 season is Michel Franck's fifteenth and last, after three terms at the helm of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. There will be no fewer than 178 curtain raisings, with 6 stage productions, including the return of Dialogues des Carmélites, Olivier Py's legendary production; St John Passion presented by choreographer Sasha Waltz and two new productions: Semele directed by Covent Garden director Oliver Mears, with Pretty Yende and Ben Bliss, and Der Rosenkavalier directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski. Finally, the adventure of participatory opera continues with Un Elixir d'amour after Donizetti.

The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées will present 22 operas in concert this season. Also on the program are 9 opera evenings, 26 symphony concerts (including appearances by the Vienna and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras), 29 instrumental and chamber music recitals, 20 Sunday morning concerts and 35 dance evenings.
Find out more about the season and key figures in the press kit.

Pisar Prize 
Created on the initiative of Judith Pisar, this Franco-American prize with international influence aims to support contemporary music and young composers. 
Frenchman Christian-Frédéric Bloquert is the winner of the 2nd Pisar Prize, co-founded by the Villa Albertine, the Juilliard School and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. His orchestral work will be premiered at the TCE on 16 October 2024.

Baptiste Charroing to head the TCE in 2025
Baptiste Charroing has been appointed in October 2022 as the General Director designate of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. He will succeed Michel Franck in September 2025.

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