Staff of The Royal Opera

Patron

HM The King

Oliver Mears
Director of Opera

Oliver Mears

Jakub Hrůša
Music Director

Jakub Hrůša

Peter Mario Katona
Director of Casting

Peter Mario Katona

Cormac Simms
Administrative Director

Cormac Simms

Artistic Administrator

Melanie Allmendinger

Company Manager

Rebecca Nathan

Assistant Company Manager

Mercedes Ashman

Senior Producer, Main Stage

Hugo Pattinson

Production Coordinator 

Nell Cox 

Deputy Head of Music

Nick Fletcher

Répétiteurs

Patrick Milne, Susanna Stranders, Christopher Willis

Staff Directors

Dan Dooner, Simon Iorio

Surtitles

Andrew Kingsmill, James Ling-Locke, Katy Reader

Senior Producer

Rachel Caccia

Senior Producer

Jonas Georgsson

Producer

Grace Cook

Producer (Maternity Cover)

Catherine Chibnall

Assistant Producer

Darragh Kelly

Contracts Manager

Anneliese Graham

Contracts and Music Coordinator

Alex McGaughrin Cross

EA to the Directors of Opera

Jack Blue

Jette Parker Artists Programme

Head of Programme

Elaine Kidd

Stage Director

Talia Stern

Conductors/Répétiteurs

Avishka Edirisinghe, Marta Misztal

Ballet Conductor

Giovanni Fanizza

Administrative, Company and Events Manager

Thomas Marshall

Administrative Assistant and Project Co-ordinator

Edward Cherrie

Programme generously supported by Oak Foundation

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