Thus the budget of the public institution is 19

"2010 has been a very good year for the Opera Comique and 2011 should be even better, said Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent, President of the salle Favart." "Our commercial and financial objectives are required". Yet, this is an easy equation which is held this mythical place with a team of 88 full-time equivalents. Born 313 years ago, at the same time as the Théâtre Français and came five years after the Royal Academy of music, "it belongs to our history than other scenes maintained by the State without further down the line;" "he him yet costs 11 times less than the Opéra de Paris and half less than the Comédie Française, while its contribution to the lyrical music is major and the French operas into the international directory are for most of the creations of the comic opera" continues Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent.

Thus, the budget of the public institution is$ 19.5 million euro, of which 10.4 are funded by State grants and the rest by own resources. Theatre in running order already represents a cost of EUR 7.6 million, of season expenses related to the activity are of the order of 1 million, the rest goes to the artistic and allows to make nearly 100 performances. Thirty others are given outside the walls, in Paris, in the province or abroad.

Here, unlike the Bastille Opera, lyrical Superstars step apart from conductors. And in programming, rare works. But the public of connoisseurs, baffled by the proposal of the previous Director, Jérôme Savary, focused more on the theatrical and cabaret, returned since the tandem Jérôme Deschamps - Olivier Mantéi is at the controls. The "engagement at the convent" at the "Mamelles de Tirésias" through "Cadmus et Hermione", the room of 1,250 seats made full.

"We have more demand than supply and must restrict subscriptions to 3,000 about that all the seats are not reserved early", says Jérôme Deschamps. Originality of the comic opera: to share costs, six or seven creations per year are co-produced with French or foreign partners. Thus, the "Cinderella" by Jules Massenet, conducted recently by the famous Marc Minkowski, was mounted with the Opera of Saint-Etienne, the Grand Theater of the city of Luxembourg, and the Palazzo Bru Lane. This.

For Marie Delbet, in charge of the friends and patrons of the Opera Comique (the AMOC, chaired by Charles Henri Filippi), it is on the other hand "much more difficult to bring patrons here than at the Opéra de Paris." "We have less privatizable spaces". At a time where companies are more geared towards the social cultural, the AMOC suggests a destination of young people and adults with exclusion program, "a patron, two eyes", widely supported by the Total Foundation, and a "young passport." The historic patron Allianz, but also the RATP and the Orange Foundation, are also regular support. And the Opera Comique was much-needed private support. He burned twice and almost never reopen, still has work security, standards, and comfort to carry out, or about EUR 15 million of expenses of here in 2014-2015, and this without closing.

This does not preclude the institution, without chorus and Orchestra, for projects: it is to open an Academy of French song for the season 2012-2013. The Minister of Culture is positive. "This is not original, competing schools of singing, but further training." "We have a small gauge, it is easier for us to launch young singers but they need to force their voices," notes Jérôme Deschamps.