Covent Garden chief takes new job

Covent Garden chief takes new job

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norman lebrecht

April 10, 2017

The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen has named John Fulljames as its next head of opera.

John has been Associate Director of Opera for the Royal Opera in London since 2011. He was beaten by Oliver Mears to the artistic director job last year when Kasper Holten moved back to Denmark.

Copenhagen is a swing-door house where directors resign every two or three years over the next round of cuts.

John needs to watch Borgen.

photo © ROH / Stephen Cummiskey 2014

Comments

  • Juli Emmarti says:

    John Fulljames will be a disaster. The man has no drive or talent.

  • Cynical Bystander says:

    Maybe someone who knows about these things could share with us what he has actually done at ROH in his time there aside from his poor roster of productions.

  • DESR says:

    Blimey, risen without trace… despite a few years at the ROH.

  • Adrian Nimmo says:

    His recent production of The Snow maiden for Opera North was inventive and effective.

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