1. Soprano (f/d) for the opera choir of the "Oper Leipzig"

The Leipzig Opera, owned by the City of Leipzig, is looking for a part-time (75%) singer (f/d) for the Opera Choir (Choir Director Thomas Eitler de Lint) from 01.08.2026 to 30.06.2027 

1. Soprano (f/d).

The Leipzig Opera follows in the 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 opera and ballet performances in Leipzig. In addition to the current opera house on Augustusplatz, built in 1960, the Musikalische Komödie in the Lindenau district is part of Oper Leipzig, a special venue for operettas and musicals with its own ensembles. With over 720 employees, the city's largest in-house cultural enterprise comprises a total of five supporting pillars: Opera, Musical Comedy, Leipzig Ballet, the Junge Oper and Vermittlung 360° division and the Theaterwerkstätten workshops, which produce for all the city's stages.

We offer you:

• a varied workplace in an internationally renowned music theater company in the heart of a dynamically developing city characterized by a high quality of life and social and cultural diversity

• a varied and interesting job, exciting tasks and a good working atmosphere in an open-minded team

• an employment relationship according to the standard stage contract - special regulation choir, salary class 1a 

• The employment is limited in the period from 01.08.2026 to 30.06.2027

• 45 calendar days annual vacation

• company pension scheme (Bayerische Versorgungskammer) as well as an employer subsidy for capital-forming benefits

• Mobility offers: subsidized JobTicket (e.g. MDV/Dutschlandbahn). (e.g. MDV/Deutschlandticket) and JobRad leasing

• Company health promotion offers (e.g. back training, mental health coaching)

Notes:

• We want our workforce to reflect the city's society and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

• Highly disabled persons and persons of equal status have the same opportunities as applicants without disabilities. 

• Unfortunately, travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered.

You will be invited to audition in writing by e-mail.

If you would like to become part of our team, we look forward to receiving your application!

MORE THAN A JOB: SHAPING CULTURE TOGETHER.
Opera Leipzig 

You will have:

• A university degree in singing

• Mastery of the German language