Philanthropists and Sponsors

The Royal Ballet and Opera wants to open up the world of ballet and opera to many more people. Thanks to the exceptional generosity and commitment of Arts Council England, individual philanthropists, Patrons, Friends, trusts and foundations, legacies and companies we can create thrilling performances that transport you and audiences across the globe to new worlds.

The Royal Ballet and Opera Principals

Julia Rausing Trust

Principal Partner, The Royal Opera

Rolex

Season Principals

Tim and Sarah Bunting
The Clore Duffield Foundation
Dunard Fund
Aline Foriel-Destezet
Alex and Elena Gerko
Aud Jebsen
Oak Foundation
David and Molly Lowell Borthwick
Dame Marit Mohn DBE
The Mohn Westlake Foundation
Mr Stefan Sten Olsson and Mr John Tierney
Garfield Weston Foundation

Chairman’s Circle

Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman OBE
Kenneth and Susan Green
The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation
Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE and Graham W. Hampson
Bob and Tamar Manoukian

Sir Simon and Lady Robey
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation
Dame Tina Taylor DBE and The Taylor Family Foundation

Ambassadors

Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis
Paul Hamlyn Education Fund
The Foyle Foundation
Sofia Kalpenidou & Dimitris Maris

The Thompson Family Charitable Trust
Doug and Ceri King
The Linbury Trust
Anonymous (1)

Director’s Circle

Lady Ashcroft
Christopher and Cynthia Bake
Mikhail Bakhtiarov
Mercedes T. Bass
John and Susan Burns
David Fransen
Philipp Freise
Ricki Gail and Robert Conway
Sandra and Anthony Gutman
Charles and Kaaren Hale
The Helen Hamlyn Trust

Charles Holloway OBE
Marina Hobson OBE and The Hobson Charity
Huo Family Foundation
The John Browne Foundation
The London Community Foundation
Lord and Lady Laidlaw
Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber
The Eranda Rothschild Foundation
The Jean Sainsbury Royal Opera House Fund
Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson
Anonymous (1)

Principal Benefactors

Fondation Socindec
The Derek Butler Trust
Cockayne
Hamish and Sophie Forsyth
Simon and Meg Freakley
The Goldhammer Foundation
John McGinn and Cary Davis
Peter Harrison and Fiona Willis

Crevan O’Grady and Jane McClenahan
Michael and Joanna Richards
Sir Simon and Lady Robertson
Rothschild Foundation
Kim Samuel
John G. Turner & Hango G. Fischer
Vogue World Fund

In loving memory of Maria, Marina & Alex

Benefactors

Aubrey Adams OBE
Mr and Mrs Edward Atkin CBE
Richard Baker
Mr and Mrs Baha Bassatne
Pat and Dirk Bister
Celia Blakey
Ingemo and Karl Otto Bonnier
The Karin Brass Memorial Fund
Jonathan Caplan
Max and Nicole Cartellieri
Stefan Dandl & Cecilia Oungre
Peggy Czyzak Dannenbaum
Ms Shawn M Donnelley and Professor Christopher M Kelley
Eggardon Trust
Dr Michael Engel
The Fidelis Foundation
Jay Franke and David Herro
Malcolm and Rosalind Gammie
Emma Gilbey Keller
Beth W. Glynn
GRoW @ Annenberg Foundation
Emily and Jan Hammer
Francesca Storey‑Harris in memory of Judy Harris
Richard Hayden
Malcolm Herring
Simon and Tracey Holden
Alan and Caroline Howard
Lady Joan Jarvis CBE

Claire Jeffs
Mr and Mrs Christopher W.T. Johnston
Mrs Philip Kan
Kristina Kloberdanz
Athena P S Ko
Alan G. Levin
Ida Levine
Catherine Lewis Foundation
Stephen and Dina Lucas
Beth Madison
Nicholas and Suzanne Peters
The Sargent Charitable Trust
Peter Simon
Susan and John Singer
Christopher and Sarah Smith
Ina De and James Spicer
Tim and Joanne Stone
The Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust
John Sunderland and George Shishkovsky
Mrs Trevor Swete
Kathryn Uhde
TIOC Foundation
Mr R G Willicombe
Anonymous (2)

In loving memory of Dr Richard Phillips

Principal Supporters

Ian and Helen Andrews
Geoff and Judith Batchelar
Carolin and Dietrich Becker
Greg and Marianne Bethel
The Boltini Trust
Sally and Simon Borrows
Lorna and Christopher Bown
Cecilia and Stuart Boyd
Lady Buchanan
Mr Paul Burbidge
Sue Butcher
Professor Paul Cartledge and Judith Portrait OBE
CHK Foundation
The John S Cohen Foundation
Matt and Pia Cohler
The Colwinston Charitable Trust
Mercedes and Matthew Courey
Culture Ireland
Hanzade Doğan
Mathias Döpfner
Gracia and Jake Donavan
Rob and Vanessa Enserro
Fiona Espenhahn
Ailsa and Jonathan Feroze
Graham S Fletcher
Nicky Fletcher
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
The Robert Gavron Charitable Trust
Nicholas and Sylvia Gee
Whitney Gore and Pierre Chaboussant
Karen Green
Joan Granlund
Harry and Rachael Hampson
The Maurice Hatter Foundation
Georgia Hayley
The Headley Trust
Jane Hemstritch AO
Martin and Jane Houston
Hannah Hulton and Georgina Robbins
Yan Huo
Jennifer Ison & Daniel Dayan
Clare Jakeman
The Karlsson Jativa Charitable Foundation
Alan and Christine Jay
Christopher Jonas CBE and Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE
Christopher Jones
Aliya Kanji
David and Clare Kershaw

Dame Zarine Kharas DBE
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation (UK)
The Kirby Laing Foundation
Mrs Latifa Kosta
Pippa Lewington
Dr and Mrs Peter James Linden – Faith Golding Foundation
Yuanbo Liu
Mimi and Alistair Macrae‑Yan
The Margulies Family
Isabelle and Adrian Mee
The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Trust
Mrs Brooke Metcalfe
The Mila Charitable Organisation
Amanda and David Milne KC
Alexandra and Sam Morgan
Rebecca Morse
Dr Patrick Mueller
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Christos Nifadopoulos
Allison and Niall O’Keeffe
Orinoco Foundation
Hamish Parker
Sir Antonio and Lady Pappano
Marian and Gordon Pell
Penny and Richard Peskin
The Portal Trust
The Porter Foundation UK
Alexis and Frances Prenn
The Radcliffe Trust
Kathryn Raphaël
Sarah Robson
Royal Academy of Dance
Benoît and Catherine Savoret
David and Jane Shalders
Mark and Lee Shanker
John Vladimir Slamecka
The Lady Slynn of Hadley
Peter and Jane Smith
Rachael Stearns
The Steel Charitable Trust
Stuart and Jill Steele
Malcolm Strong
Jennifer Taylor MBE
Fiona and Simon Thomas
Eric Tomsett
The Constance Travis Charitable Trust
Professor Michael Trimble
Stephanie and Dan Tyrer
Adrienne Waterfield
Derek and Sheila Watson
Helen Webb
Simon and Glenda Weil
The Yulia Rudko and Igor Tikhturov Foundation
Anonymous (2)

Supporters

Spindrift Al Swaidi
Olga Allen
Peter Allen & Alexandra Stuart
Amar-Franses and Foster-Jenkins Trust
The Anson Charitable Trust
Kon Asimacopoulos
Brendan Barns
Ksenia Bulgina & Manuel Klohe
Jennifer Bryant-Pearson and Leslie Perrin
Anna Byrne
Helen Calcraft
Mrs Andrea Medeiros Castro
Emma Chamberlain OBE
Tanya and Manus Costello
Anne-Marie Craven
Hannah Crawford
Donald R. Crawshaw and Matthew D. Hoffman
Melissa Disney
Julia Dixon
André Duminy
Essex Youth Trust
Mia Fenwick
Emma Flett
Louise Fluker
Annie Frankel
Francesca Fremantle
Gini Gabbertas

Howard Gatiss
Andrea Gawn
Charles Glanville and James Hogan
The Gordon Foundation
Baron and Baroness de Gunzburg
Sherry and Michael Guthrie
Guy and Julia Hands
Harold William Sanderson Art in Industry Fund
Andrew Hay and Nicola Kitching
Charles and Rosie Hayes
Rick and Janeen Haythornthwaite
Marlies Hensel
Nicholas Hirschi and Emilie Wells
Stephen Ivermee
The JP Jacobs Charitable Trust
The Katie Bradford Arts Trust
John and Debbie Keffer
Dr Gwen Lewis and Dr Jonathan Holliday
David Maclean
David and Margaret Prior
The Marchus Trust

David McNaughtan
Alvaro Membrillera
Sylvia Mills
Paul and Shirlie Morrell
Caroline Nickerson
The Mark Nickerson Charitable Settlement
Sabrina von Moos and Massimiliano Ruggieri
Harry and Leda Nelis
Kirsteen Nicol
Idan and Batia Ofer
Astrid and Ulf Pagenkopf
Sara Pickersgill
Ms Maria Park
Cressida Pollock and Daniel Luhde‑Thompson
Sonia Ponnusamy
Carolyn and Michael Portillo
Francesca Puccinelli
Valeria Rebulla
The Regatta Foundation
The Max Reinhardt Charitable Trust
Bonnie Robinson
Derek Robinson

Gisbert Ruehl
Ana Doria Sarbu
Abigail Sargent
Christian and Béatrice Schlumberger
Nick and Barbara Scholes
Dr Ralf Schremper
John and Tita Shakeshaft
Christopher Shield
Christian and Jennifer Stahl
Elsbeth and Rijnhard van Tets
The Thistle Trust
Clare Todd
Anna and Paul White MBE
Amalaswintha Wolfsdorf
Evgeny Zborovsky
Anonymous (8)

Royal Ballet and Opera Young Philanthropists

Mr and Mrs Erik Berggren
Mrs Keeli Brantl
Elly Brindle
Ksenia Bulgina & Manuel Klohe
Leeann Chen
Rosie Fetherstonhaugh
Claire Fitzpatrick
Michael Forrester
Moritz Grimm
Umberto Hassan and Isabel de Carvalho e Silva
The Jasmine Foundation

Yuanbo Liu
Ana Carolina M. Freitas
Isabelle Pratt
Samuel and Nicholas Ritchie
Ana Doria Sarbu
Margaret Squires
Charlotte Sutherell
Anonymous (3)

The Royal Ballet and Opera also thanks the many donors not listed who support its work.

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE CAPITAL APPEAL

Dame Vivien Duffield DBE Chairman

The Royal Opera House remains extremely grateful for the substantial support that was given to the Capital Appeal through the unique partnership between public and private sources: Arts Council England with National Lottery funds, The Floral Trust, The Linbury Trust, The Clore Foundation and The Vivien Duffield Foundation. The Royal Opera House is also grateful to the many thousands of others for their donations, which together enabled this new building in 1999.

Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation

The Royal Opera House’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 creating the art, artists, performance, learning and sharing that make the Royal Opera House what it is today. The Royal Opera House (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, David and Molly Lowell Borthwick, 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 and Hans Rausing, 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.

GIFTS IN WILLS AND PHILANTHROPY TO THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND

Every gift helps us to create and stage new works, revive heritage favourites and nurture future generations of talented performers and craftspeople.

Legacy Supporters of the ROH

Royal Ballet and Opera Candelabra Appeal

The Royal Ballet and Opera are grateful to all the Friends, Patrons and Baton Associates whose generosity made possible the essential upgrade works to the house lights in our main auditorium. Their generosity has ensured that generations of audiences to come will continue to feel that unmistakable magic as the lights gently dim and a performance begins.

Candelabra Appeal Supporters

PATRONS OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE

The Royal Opera House is extremely grateful for the generous and loyal support of the Patrons of the Royal Opera House. 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. For more information please telephone +44 (0)20 7212 9269 or email patronsofcoventgarden@roh.org.uk.

Patrons of the ROH

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

Since 1969, the American Friends of Covent Garden have supported the work of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, including productions, education activities and tours around the world, fostering goodwill between the USA and UK.

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FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN

Since their founding in 1962 as the Friends of Covent Garden, our Friends have shown exceptional generosity and loyalty in their ongoing philanthropic support of the Royal Opera House. We wish to thank especially our Premium and Supporting Friends.

Friends of the ROH

The Royal Opera House also thanks the many donors not listed who support its work.

Last updated on 1 April 2025