Guide to Opéra de Lille

Since its reopening in 2004, the Lille Opera has established itself as a leading opera venue on a national scale. A public cultural cooperation establishment (EPCC) supported by the City of Lille, the European Metropolis of Lille, the Hauts-de-France region, and the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Hauts-de-France), it implements, under the leadership of its director Barbara Eckle, a project whose primary ambition is openness: openness to all repertoires, openness to current creative aesthetics and emerging artists, openness to all audiences, openness to all territories within the region and beyond, etc. Season after season, the project brings together a broad audience around an original and demanding program, anchoring opera, dance, and the messages they convey in the imagination of an ever-growing and attentive public.

The Opera has three spaces where they hold various events: Grande Salle (which contains 1128 seats); Grand Foyer (which can contain 400 people standing or 200 people seating) and the Rotonde (which can contain 100 people standing or 60 people seating). There is no dress code for the venue, but please note that there is no air conditioning in the Hall.

The Opera of Lille is accessible for people in wheelchairs, through the Boulevard Carnot entrance. You must inform ticket office of your needs upon purchasing tickets to ensure suitable access: +33 (0)3 62 21 21 21 / billetterie@opera-lille.fr

For other disabilities, the Opera of Lille provides Smart glasses with surtitles projected via the glasses without compromising stage visibility; Audio description in real-time of visual elements for certain performances via a headset, audience members who choose this option may also benefit from a touch tour of the set before the performance begins; programmes in braille of large print available for all performances with audio description; hearing loops available for all performances except those featuring audio description.

The accessibility contact is Delphine Feillée: + 33 (0)3 62 72 19 13 / dfeillee@opera-lille.fr

There are changing tables available on site all year long, as well as a pushchair parking and a quiet room for babies feeding and napping during the week end Happy Days for Kids in Autumn.

The Opera of Lille has a partnership with the caterer Bonsigne who serves vegetarian, local and seasonal food. Before the Sieste concerts, before and during the intervals of the Insomniaque concerts and the operas, before and after the dance shows and the concerts in the Grande Salle, during the Open Week evenings. 

After the operas, the dance shows and the concerts in the Grande Salle, you are welcome to stay and have a drink from Bonsigne caterer in the Grand Foyer.

If you are travelling by metro, the closest metro stops are Rihour (metro 1). Instead, if you'd prefer to travel by train, the train station Lille Flandres is the closest (metros 1 and 2 tramways R and T).

There is the Parking Effia Lille Opéra on boulevard Carnot, the parking Indigo Grand Place on the place Général de Gaulle, and the Parking Effia Gare Lille Flandres on rue de Tournai.