Student Assistant (f/m/d) in the Young Opera for "Oper Leipzig"

Opera Leipzig, owned by the City of Leipzig, is looking for a student (f/m/d)

to support the Junge Oper

from the 2026/2027 season, i.e. from 01.09.2026

a student (f/m/d)

to support the Young Opera

The Opera Leipzig 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 Young Opera and Mediation 360° division and the theater workshops, which produce for all of the city's stages.

We offer you:

• a varied workplace in an internationally renowned music theater in the heart of a lively city with a high quality of life and a diverse cultural offering

• an insight into the theatrical pedagogical and artistic work of an opera company

• working in a creative, committed and appreciative team

• flexible working hours as part of a student employment relationship and after consultation with the Junge Oper, usually 10 hours per week

• remuneration on a part-time basis (currently €603.00/month)

Your tasks include:

• Support in the development and implementation of creative mediation formats and projects

• Collaboration in a theater club (preparation and follow-up of rehearsals, Participation in the conception process and support during the staging process)

• independently conducting guided tours for school classes (also in English if required)

• administrative and organizational activities as part of ClubFusion

• creation of educational materials for current productions

Notes:

• We want urban society to be reflected in our workforce and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

• Hardly able-bodied people and those of equal status have the same opportunities as applicants without a disability.

• Unfortunately, travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered.

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask you to send us your application documents (cover letter, CV) by Sunday, 31.05.2026 .

More than a profession: Shaping culture together.

Oper Leipzig

Contact: Ilka Dietze

You bring with you:

• You are an enrolled student, ideally in the fields of culture, theater, music, education or related studies

• Interested in musical theater, cultural education and working with young people

• Independent, structured and reliable way of working

• strong communication skills and enjoyment of mediation

• good knowledge of German and ideally English