130 Info Dutch National Opera & Ballet Board of directors Louise O. Fresco – chairperson Gaby Allard Jacobina Brinkman Rochdi Darrazi Bernard Foccroulle Maarten Gelderman Sadik Harchaoui Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi Monique Vogelzang Management Stijn Schoonderwoerd – general director and chairman of the management team Sophie de Lint – director Dutch National Opera Ted Brandsen (until 1 August 2026) Ernst Meisner (from 1 August 2026) – director Dutch National Ballet Strategy & policy Hanna Marije Booij – head Naomi Teekens – coordinator diversity and inclusion Julie Fuchs – coordinator sustainability Executive secretariat Marieke Groeneveld – executive assistant to general director Ida Marie Pettersen – executive assistant to Director Dutch National Opera Josefine Janse – assistant executive secretary Dutch National Opera Ties Evers-Zwemmer – executive assistant to director Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Opera Management Sophie de Lint – director Dutch National Opera Business management Jaap van Hellenberg Hubar – business manager Kennard Reinders – assistant Maartje van Eijndhoven – manager audiovisual operations Artistic affairs Damià Carbonell Nicolau – head Lisa Verhey Ruud Burgering – assistants Kathinka Hamburg – orchestra affairs assistant Emma Becker Sonja Heyl Anne Slothouwer – artistic planning Ineke D’Hont Marjan Hoekstra – contract managers Jan-Paul Grijpink Ernst Munneke – répétiteurs Aldert Vermeulen Boudewijn Jansen – assistant conductors Meisje Barbara Hummel Astrid van den Akker – assistant directors International collaborations Imogen van Santvoort – manager Dramaturgy Wout van Tongeren – head Niels Nuijten Laura Roling Jasmijn van Wijnen – dramaturgs Eveline Karssen – surtitles director Irina Trajkovska Maxim Paulissen – surtitles operators Opera Forward Festival Niels Nuijten – deputy artistic director Music library Rudolf Weges – senior music librarian Johan Ausma Joukje de Boer – assistants Chorus Edward Ananian-Cooper – artistic director Ad Broeksteeg Irina Sisoyeva – assistant chorus masters Marieke Steenhoek – chorus manager Anja Polstra Jacqueline Serry Rosalie van der Wolf – chorus management assistants Chorus members see page 63 Dutch National Opera Studio Rosemary Joshua – artistic leader Jesper Nass – assistant William Kelley – répétiteur/musical coach Dutch National Opera Studio members (as of January 2026) Madison Horman Eva Rae Martinez – sopranos Aaike Nortier – mezzo-soprano Steven van der Linden – tenor Ismael Correa Ulriksen – bariton Joe Chalmers – bass-baritone Jasurbek Khaydarov – bass Leonardo Moyano Ortiz – répétiteur Dutch National Ballet Management Ted Brandsen (until 1 August 2026) Ernst Meisner (from 1 August 2026) – director Dutch National Ballet Rachel Beaujean (until 1 August 2026) – associate artistic director Business management Anne Douqué – business manager Evelyn Prohn – assistant Senior choreographer Hans van Manen † Associate Artists David Dawson Alexei Ratmansky Creative Associates Kalpana Raghuraman Milena Sidorova (until 1 August 2026) Artistic staff Freek Damen Guillaume Graffin Michele Jimenez Larisa Lezhnina Judy Maelor Thomas (until 1 August 2026) Jozef Varga – ballet masters Sandrine Leroy – choreologist/répétiteur Rinat Gizatulin – senior ballet teacher Wiard Havenaar – artistic logistics coordinator Samira Ouazine Tara Richard – artistic staff assistants Priya Shriemissier – coordinator tableau affairs Ramy Tadrous – creative filmmaker/content coordinator Junior Company Christopher Powney (from 1 August 2026) – artistic director Caroline Sayo Iura – ballet master Samira Ouazine – assistant Priya Shriemissier – coordinator tableau affairs Planning & production Lydia Buisman – head Sterre Haverkamp Donald van der Zwan – production administrators Music staff Koen Kessels – music director Dutch National Ballet/ chief conductor Dutch Ballet Orchestra Matthew Rowe – principal guest conductor Aiske Fonda – coordinator music Dutch National Ballet, Dutch Ballet Orchestra Ryoko Kondo – senior pianist Elena Kim Clément Rataud Viktoriya Ryapolova Minjung Seo – pianists Staff an
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