Royal Ballet and Opera Patrons

The Royal Ballet and Opera is extremely grateful for the generous and loyal support of the Royal Ballet and Opera Patrons. Patron membership offers individuals and companies the highest level of priority to the best seats and all dining facilities, and the maximum flexibility and convenience via an exceptional personal service.

Season Patrons
  • Mrs Alfiya Askar Abulkhair 
  • Berkeley Psychiatrists 
  • Lady Gavron 
  • Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE 
  • Rolex 
  • Rothschild and Co 
  • Sir Brian Williamson, CBE and Mrs Caroline Hoare 
  • Anonymous (3) 
First Night Patrons
  • DMGT plc
  • Dr Genevieve and Mr Peter Davies
  • Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis
  • The Dow Clewer Foundation
  • Charles Holloway OBE
  • Anonymous (2)
CORPORATES
  • Aimwell Charitable Trust
  • The Anson Charitable Trust
  • The Archie Sherman Charitable Trust
  • Athora
  • Boston Consulting Group UK LLP
  • Christian Dior Couture
  • Cockayne
  • Lord and Lady Chadlington
  • Estates and Agency Group
  • Firmdale Hotel PLC
  • Global Mentors Group
  • Kenneth and Susan Green
  • Hanover Acceptances Ltd
  • Hamish Leng and Co Ltd
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • The Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation
  • Longcliffe Calcium Carbonates
  • The Marguiles Family
  • Mirlesse Foundation
  • Mitsui & Co Europe plc
  • Orion Capital Managers
  • The Rubin Foundation
  • Sacher Family Charitable Trusts
  • Didier Tandy
  • Ten Lifestyle Group plc
  • The Garfield Weston Foundation
  • Van Cleef & Arpels
  • Mrs Melanie Vere Nicoll
  • The Verity Family, Stanhope Seta
  • Watford AFC
  • Waverton Investment Management
  • Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
  • Anonymous donors (5)
Individuals
  • Aubrey Adams, OBE
  • Bill Ainsworth
  • Spindrift Al Swaidi
  • Frances Alderson
  • Charles Alexander & Kasia Starega
  • Juha and Phi Anjala
  • Sir Martyn & Lady Arbib
  • Anna Armitage
  • Mrs Nancy Austin
  • Christopher & Cynthia Bake
  • Richard Baker
  • The Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust
  • Torunn and David Banks
  • Mr and Mrs Baha Bassatne
  • Mrs Howard Bellm
  • Mrs Christina Benn
  • Sam and Rosie Berwick
  • Nicholas Berwin
  • The Hon Anna Birkett
  • Janice and David Blackburn
  • Ingemo and Karl Otto Bonnier
  • Mrs John Boyden
  • Jack Boyer OBE and Isabel Boyer
  • Mrs Sheila Gay Bradley
  • Mr and Mrs James Brice
  • Mrs Rosamond Brown
  • Mrs Victoria Bruhn
  • Mrs Myrna Bustani
  • Sue Butcher
  • Clive Butler
  • Jim Carroll and Dycella Cummings-Palmer
  • Mrs Ronda Cassidy
  • Tom and Ruth Chapman
  • Xiaomeng 'Cherry' Cheng
  • John and June Chichester
  • Sir David and Lady Clementi
  • Mr and Mrs Paul Collins
  • Leigh & Helena Collins
  • Carole Conrad
  • Richard and Janet Cooper
  • Miss Ann Copsey
  • Nicholas and Kate Coulson
  • Mercedes and Matthew Courey
  • Michael and Angela Cronk
  • Dr Ian Jones and Ms Virginia Crum-Jones
  • Stephen and Anne Curran
  • Christian and Béatrice Schlumberger
  • Geoffrey and Caroline de Jager
  • Noel De Keyzer
  • Miss Ondine de Rothschild
  • Jessica de Rothschild
  • Tony Dean
  • Bastien and Clémentine Declercq
  • Ms Shawn M Donnelley and Professor Christopher M Kelly
  • Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman OBE
  • Brendan and Nicola Doyle
  • Miss Anne Drakeford and Professor Richard Leigh
  • Kate Dugdale
  • Robyn Durie
  • Mr Mark Dwyer and Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer
  • Peter and Annette Ellis
  • Cristina Teychenne and Malcolm Fallen
  • Nicholas and Jane Ferguson
  • Christabel Flannery & Cosette Flannery Farren
  • Duncan and Jayne Ford
  • Jane Formby MBE
  • Sophie and Hamish Forsyth
  • Sarah Fransen
  • Paul Friedman and Diane Manley
  • Galvin Bracken Foundation
  • Mr and Mrs Gonzalo and Maria Garcia
  • Alex and Elena Gerko
  • Sybille and Lionel Giacomotto
  • Dr Julio Grau
  • Odile Griffith & John Connolly
  • Nigel Grimshaw
  • Jacques and Michele Gunsbourg
  • Sherry and Mike Guthrie
  • Charles and Kaaren Hale
  • Michael and Barbara Haringman
  • Mrs Annemarie Harvey and Mr Marc Harvey
  • Charles Haswell
  • Lynda and Albert Hay
  • Rick and Janeen Haythornthwaite
  • Malcolm Herring
  • Lady Hester
  • Lady Heywood (Suzanne)
  • Marina Hobson OBE
  • Simon and Tracey Holden
  • The Houston Family
  • Alan and Caroline Howard
  • Philip Hughes
  • Janet Hurton
  • Harry Hyman and Melanie Meads
  • Nancy Miller and Glen Ireland
  • Mr Stephen Ivermee
  • Mr and Mrs Philippe Jabre
  • Roderick and Elizabeth Jack
  • Raymonde Jay & Kathrine Palmer
  • Aud Jebsen
  • Sarah and Jonathan Jempson
  • The Kalbassi Family Foundation
  • Lord Kalms & Lady Kalms MBE
  • Joyce Kan
  • Kanafani, Talal & Lina
  • Ralph and Yolande Kanza
  • Dr Costas and Dr Evi Kaplanis
  • S Karageorgis Family
  • Julian and Julie Keanie
  • Mrs Carol Anne Kennedy
  • David and Clare Kershaw
  • George Kessler CBE
  • Karen Khan
  • Doug and Ceri King
  • N.G.A. King KC
  • Maryline and Flavien Kulawik
  • Jane and Peter Leaver
  • Jim and Carole Leng
  • Colette Levy
  • Charles and Pippa Lewington
  • Laura Lindsay
  • Ruth and Stuart Lipton
  • William Lock
  • Sir Frank Lowe
  • Chris and Jane Lucas
  • Lyon Family Charitable Trust
  • Rafi Manoukian
  • Sir John and Lady Mactaggart
  • Frederic Marguerre
  • Mrs Judy Marsh
  • McBain Family Foundation
  • Dr Robert McHenry and Professor Sally Lloyd-Bostock
  • Suling Mead
  • Isabelle and Adrian Mee
  • Martha Mehta
  • Elizabeth Mellows
  • David and Jane Metter
  • Dr L Mikheev and N Mikheev
  • Francis and Marie-France Minkoff
  • Dame Marit Mohn DBE
  • Mr Enrico Monfrini
  • Stephen Moss CBE and Joy Moss MBE
  • Odile and Marc Mourre
  • JS Murdoch
  • Mr and Mrs Charles H Murphy III
  • Anthony Newman
  • Dr Jakob Nielsen
  • Mr Barry and Baroness Noakes
  • Lord Offord of Garvel
  • Liz and Paul O'Hanlon
  • Mrs Simon Oliver
  • Terry and Valerie Osborne
  • Tina & Gordon Owen CBE
  • Yukiko Pajot
  • Francisco Peña and Ksenia Sedova
  • Fondation PETERS
  • Nicholas and Suzanne Peters
  • Diana and David Pilling
  • Graham Pimlott
  • Lady Pitman
  • Andrew Pitt
  • Mr and Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers
  • Madeleine and Timothy Plaut
  • Vanessa and Vincent Ponsonaillle
  • Gabriela and David Porges
  • Miss Judith Portrait OBE
  • Basil and Maria Postan
  • Dr and Mrs Theophilos Priovolos
  • Melinda and Donald Quintin
  • Simon Rainey KC
  • The Rayne Trust
  • Janine Rensch
  • Martine and Guy Reyniers
  • The Sir John Ritblat Family Foundation
  • Victoria K and Stewart M Robertson
  • Sir Simon and Lady Robertson
  • Sarah Robson
  • Myrto and Christian Rochat
  • Bianca and Stuart Roden
  • Kristina Rogge
  • Anne and John Roques
  • Roland Rudd and Sophie Hale
  • Ginny and Richard Salter
  • Sir Anthony and Lady Salz
  • Bryan and Sirkka Sanderson
  • Sir Hector and Lady Sants
  • Baroness Shackleton & Mr Ian Shackleton
  • Mr Jake Shafran and Mrs Hélène Marie Shafran
  • John and Tita Shakeshaft
  • Louise Sheaves
  • The Lady Slynn of Hadley
  • Mr Michael Smith
  • Kay and David Smith CBE
  • Richard and Louise Smith
  • Christopher and Sarah Smith
  • Mrs Lynne Smitham
  • Mrs Lorraine Spencer
  • Mr N.J. Squibb and Dr L. Mansfield
  • Fiona P Squire
  • Lady Henrietta St George
  • Christian and Jennifer Stahl
  • Christopher and Juliet Stainforth
  • Rachael Stearns
  • Stuart and Jill Steele
  • Lord and Lady Stirrup
  • Tim and Joanne Stone
  • Janis Susskind OBE
  • Joan Jarvis and Mrs Trevor Swete
  • Dame Tina Taylor DBE
  • Bernard and Sarah Taylor
  • Allen Thomas and Jane Simpson
  • Fiona and Simon Thomas
  • Alison and Malcolm Thwaites
  • Laura Tomlinson
  • Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson
  • Eric Tomsett
  • Professor Michael Trimble
  • Graham and Margery Turner
  • Evren Ucok
  • Kathryn Uhde
  • Jane van Ammel
  • Elsbeth and Rijnhard van Tets
  • Ms Elizabeth Vega OBE
  • Gerard Versteegh and Claudio Rocha
  • Charlotte and Simon Warshaw
  • Adrienne Waterfield
  • Sir William and Lady Wells
  • Anna and Paul White
  • Mr R G Willicombe
  • Sir Robert and Lady Wilson
  • Iain and Pat Woods
  • Danny and Lillan Wyler
  • Chizuko Yashiro
  • Professor Stephen and Mrs Sybille Young
  • Jean-David Zorbibe
  • Anonymous (67)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation 

The Royal Ballet and Opera’s aim is for many more people to enjoy and engage in exceptional ballet and opera. Every donation you make plays an essential role in supporting the future of ballet and opera. The Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation (registered charity – no 211775) acknowledges with gratitude the generosity and commitment of individuals, foundations and companies who, since our re-opening in 1999, have made an exceptional contribution to our work, in and beyond this building, especially the following: GRoW @ Annenberg Foundation, Lady Ashcroft, Dianne and Michael Bienes, Celia Blakey, Peter Borender, The Bunting Family, The Derek Butler Trust, The Clore Duffield Foundation, Coutts & Co., The Peter Cruddas Foundation, The Dalriada Trust, The Danish Research Foundation, Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis, Dr Genevieve and Mr Peter Davies, Deloitte, Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman OBE, Dunard Fund, The Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund, Aline Foriel-Destezet, Hamish and Sophie Forsyth, Garfield Weston Foundation, Alex and Elena Gerko, Roselle Godeaux, Sir Donald Gordon, Kenneth and Susan Green, Baron and Baroness de Gunzburg, The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Ronald and Marina Hobson, Charles Holloway OBE, Alan and Caroline Howard, Aud Jebsen, Mrs Philip Kan, Doug and Ceri King, Frances Kirsh, Mrs Alfiya Askar Abulkhair and Timur Kuanyshev, Lord and Lady Laidlaw of Rothiemay, The Linbury Trust, Tamar and Bob Manoukian, Bertrand and Elisabeth Meunier, Dame Marit Mohn DBE, The Mohn Westlake Foundation,The Monument Trust, Oak Foundation, Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE, Mr Stefan Sten Olsson, Julia Rausing Trust, Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber, Sir Simon and Lady Robertson, Sir Simon and Lady Robey, The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation, Rolex, Edmond J. Safra Foundation, Mrs Lily Safra, The Jean Sainsbury Royal Opera House Fund, Ian and Dame Tina Taylor DBE, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson and Van Cleef & Arpels. We would also like to thank those who have made an exceptional contribution and wish to remain anonymous.

Last updated on 9 December 2023

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Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, a charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales (Company number 480523) Charity Registered (Number 211775)