Description:

The Leipzig Opera, a municipal enterprise of the City of Leipzig, is seeking a 1st Soprano singer (f/d) for its Opera Choir (Choir Director Thomas Eitler de Lint) for the period from 2026-08-01 to 2027-06-30 on a part-time basis (75%).

The Leipzig Opera stands in a tradition of over 330 years of music theater in Leipzig: In 1693, the first opera house on Brühl was opened as the third civic music theater in Europe after Venice and Hamburg. Since 1840, the world-renowned Gewandhaus Orchestra has played for all performances of the Opera and the Leipzig Ballet. In addition to today's opera house built in 1960 on Augustusplatz, the Musikalische Komödie in the Lindenau district also belongs to the Leipzig Opera, a special venue for operetta and musical with its own ensembles. The city's largest cultural municipal enterprise, with over 720 employees, comprises a total of five supporting pillars: Opera, Musikalische Komödie, Leipzig Ballet, the Young Opera and Education 360° division, and the craftsmanship of the theater workshops, which produce for all municipal stages.