La Péniche Opéra is a small French opera company which performs on a

barge A barge is typically a flat-bottomed boat, flat-bottomed vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. Original use was on inland waterways, while modern use is on both inland and ocean, marine water environments. The firs ...

. When performing in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, the barge is moored opposite of No.46, quai de Loire, in the 19th district of Paris. It was founded by director Mireille Larroche, Ivan Matiakh, Béatrice Cramoix and Pierre Danais in 1982, and became recognised, and subsidised as a ''Compagnie Lyrique Nationale'' in 1998. The "barge opera" was in residence at the Paris

Opéra Comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...

from 1998 to 2007 but has travelled by canal to be associated artist of the Opéra de Toulon from 2003 to 2007. Since 9 March 2016, it's being managed by Geoffroy Jourdain and Olivier Michel, who changed the institution's brand to POP.

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French opera companies Floating theatres Musical groups established in 1982 1982 establishments in France {{opera-company-stub