Building community through voice
Singing together creates a space where each person can be heard, can take a risk, and can learn to truly listen to others. This is the spirit that guides two major programmes developed by the Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine: the Children's Outreach Chorus, and the Community Choir for adults.
These two initiatives bring together people who might never have met — forming a community through voice. They offer a simple, joyful demonstration of how opera can also be a space for self-expression, mutual presence, and shared trust.
Children's Outreach Chorus
Each year, the Children's Outreach Chorus welcomes around 75 children aged 8 to 15 from the Greater Nancy and Lunévillois areas. These areas are primarily located in priority neighbourhoods or rural zones, where access to vocal training is often limited. In partnership with the Nancy-Metz Education Authority, participants receive between 120 and 200 hours of lyrical training over the course of the school year.
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The Community Choir
The Community Choir brings together adults from a wide range of backgrounds: law students from the University of Nancy, refugees, patients from the Nancy University Hospital and psychiatric hospital (CPN), and individuals supported by social services. Weekly rehearsals take place at the Opéra under the guidance of the chorus master affiliated with our cultural outreach programme. Together, the choir members sing, take part in public performances, and forge new bonds through shared artistic practice.
The Caisse des Dépôts is the principal sponsor of the Children's Outreach Chorus
AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle has supported the Opéra’s educational and outreach projects for young audiences over the past three seasons.
The Cercle Orfeo supports both the Children's Outreach Chorus and the Community Choir.
The Community Choir receives funding from the French State as part of the Contrat territorial Accueil et Insertion in partnership with the Greater Nancy Metropolitan Authority.
