Le Jardin des Voix

• 140 applications 
• 6 days of audition in London, New York, Madrid and Paris 
• 6 laureates of 4 different nationalities

A new opera production premiering at the 2027 Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie: Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa.

• 127 applications 
• 6 days of audition in London, New York, Madrid and Paris 
• 10 laureates of 6 different nationalities

A new production created at the Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie 2025, displaying 2 short operas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Les Arts Florissants and La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers

For this 11th edition :

• 169 applications received (29 nationalities)
• 6 days of auditions in London, New York and Paris
• 8 laureates from 6 different countries

Auditioned in Paris, London and New York, the 6 young laureate singers of the 10th Jardin des Voix have been selected to participate in a new production of Handel’s opera Partenope conducted by William Christie & Paul Agnew and semi-staged by Sophie Daneman:

Following a selection process conducted in several countries and open to candidates from all over the world, the six winners of the 8th edition of Jardin des Voix were selected in the spring of 2016.

On completion of a selection process end of 2013 after auditions in Vienna, London, Paris and New York early in 2014, six winners were selected.

During the Academy, the six prize-winners work with a team that includes some of the most eminent professionals in the Baroque arena (singers, directors, music historians, artistic staff, language specialists, etc.) who share theoretical and practical knowledge in their field.

At the end of a fortnight of intensive work, the singers, accompanied by the orchestra of Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie and of Paul Agnew, demonstrate their mastery of this repertoire to audiences at leading international concert halls, with the program Un Jardin à l'italienne.