Theater painter (m/f/d) for the "Oper Leipzig"

Opera Leipzig, owned by the City of Leipzig, is looking for an artistically experienced person to join the Technical Directorate of Oper Leipzig at the beginning of the 2026/2027 season (01.08.2026) in full-time (39 hours or 44 hours) as

Theatrical Painter (f/m/d).

The Oper 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 Junge Oper and Vermittlung 360° division and the Theaterwerkstätten workshops, which produce for all of the city's stages.

The position reports to the Director of the Theater Workshops and the Painting Hall Director. 

You will be responsible for the painterly realization of stage and set designs for the Leipzig Opera, Musical Comedy, Schauspiel Leipzig and Theater der Jungen Welt. You will work closely with stage designers, the workshops and the technical departments. 

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

• a varied job in a committed, collegial and open team

• an employment relationship according to NV Stage (SR Stage Technician, the salary will be agreed in the application process

• 45 calendar days of recreational leave per year 

• Company pension scheme (Bayerische Versorgungskammer) as well as an employer contribution to capital-forming benefits

• Sustainable mobility offers, such as a subsidized job offer

• . A subsidized JobTicket (e.g. MDV/Deutschlandticket) and the option of JobRad leasing

• diverse company health offerings, e.g. back training, mental health cen Back training, mental health coaching or health day

Your tasks include, among other things

• Production and artistic processing of brochures according to the stage designers 

• Design and processing of surfaces on stage decorations of all kinds according to the specifications of the stage designers

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 disabilities.

• Unfortunately, travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered.

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

More than a job. Shaping culture together.
Oper Leipzig 

You bring with you:

• successfully completed training or studies as a stage/theater painter 

• ideally professional experience at a multi-genre theater

• high quality standards and artistic understanding

• team spirit, flexibility and commitment

• willingness to take annual leave mainly during theater vacations