Opera for all
The Copenhagen Opera Festival lives, breathes and thrives in the heart of our beautiful city. Each summer, world-class artists take over the streets, canals, halls and homes with the ultimate combinations of song, theatre, film, drama, dance and storytelling: OPERA!
The Festival seeks out inspiring, passionate and bold artists and visionary spaces for Opera to flourish as well as keeping our much-loved traditions alive. The story first began in 2009, and in 2019, more than 40,000 people attended our events.
In 2020, due to Covid-19, the Festival that we know and love must be cancelled, but we will not be silent and we will not stay "on pause". Instead, the city will ring out with 100 performances over 7 days, where live Opera will be brought directly to your doorstep and 2021 will see the most glorious re-union with artists and audience alike, when we return in full bloom.
In 2021, we commence presenting plans and productions that will grow and evolve with us over the next three years and so, a new chapter begins.
The Copenhagen Opera Festival is for you, whether you are an Opera aficionado, or if you are someone who is simply curious about what Opera is and how it might feel to attend. Our programme is a dynamic, vibrant and enticing menu that you can pick from and there are productions, concerts and events for the whole family. We seek to push the boundaries, to discover new talents, to showcase the brilliance of already established World Class Artists and to let the city shine in a thousand forms through the miracle of the human voice.
Welcome to the website of the Copenhagen Opera Festival - we look forward to seeing you in the summer!
Management
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR &
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Amy Lane
al@operafestival.dk
Secretary
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
Camilla van Norde
cvn@operafestival.dk
FRIVILLIGKOORDINATOR
Nanna Ruus
FESTIVAL LIGHT CONSULTANT
Charlie Morgan Jones
Board
CHAIRPERSON: SØREN BOJER NIELSEN
Role: Senior Advisor
Joined the Board: March 2018, reelected 2020
Skills: Experience with management of cultural institutions, economics, music.
Additional Roles: Board Member (appointed by the Ministry of Culture) for Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir
VICE CHAIRWOMAN: ULLA TOFTE
Role: Director, Maritime Museum of Denmark
Joined the Board: March 2016, reelected 2019 and 2020
Skills: Experience with Cultural Festival Management
Additional Roles: Vice Chairperson VisitDenmark's Board of Directors, Vice Chairperson, Artcenter Spritten, member of Aalborg University's Board of Directors
MEMBER OF THE BOARD: TUE BYSKOV BØTKJÆR
Role: Chairperson, adm. manager and investor
Joined board: March 2017, reelected 2019 and 2020
Skills: Managing, fundraising, HR, communications, strategy development etc.
Additional roles: CEO for Kuma Holding, CEO for Apollo Bar & Kantine, CEO, for Atelier September, CEO for Kafeteria, CEO for Babylon, chairperson Fashion Society A/S, chairperson for Jane Kønig A/S, chairperson for LEBA Innovation A/S, board member i Vanførefonden, board member in Hans Knudsen Instituttet, chairperson for Tue Invest
MEMBER OF THE BOARD: JEPPE BROGAARD CLAUSEN
Role: Lawyer (H), Partner
Date for joining the board: November, 2019
Skills: Law, Intellectual Copyright Law
Additional Roles: Honorary Member of the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Member of the Association for Industrial Law Protection.
MEMBER OF THE BOARD: CHRISTIANE VEJLØ
Role: Direktor, Elektronista Media
Joined the Board: March 2018, reelected 2020
Skills: Digital Strategy, Audience Development, Conceptualization and Social Media.
Additional Roles: Board Member for CBS Executive and Conferize A/S
