Kasper Holten
CEO of the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen at Aalto University School of Business
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- Aalto University School of Business
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Biography
Aalto University School of Business
From September 2018, Kasper Holten is CEO of the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen (Denmark’s national home for opera, ballet, drama and symphonic music). Kasper Holten (born 1973 in Copenhagen) was Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Opera 2000-2011 and Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden 2011-2017.
Holten has directed opera, drama, musicals and operetta in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Latvia, Germany, UK, France, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Israel, Argentina, Russia, China, Australia, Japan and USA.
Kasper Holten made his feature film debut in 2009 directing and co-writing Juan – a radical, fast-paced contemporary take on Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, which was praised at film festivals from Korea to Germany and the US.
Kasper Holten has directed more than 70 productions, including many at leading opera houses such as Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Opera Berlin and Teatro Real. His productions include: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Copenhagen), Carmen (Bregenz Festival), Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni and Meistersinger (Covent Garden), Der Rosenkavalier (Lyon), Idomeneo (Vienna) and Lohengrin (Berlin), as well as a number of new commissions. Several of his productions are available on DVD.
He is a sought-after motivational speaker on leading and developing extraordinary talents, and he has worked as a teacher at schools and Young Artists Programmes in Denmark, Sweden and the UK.
He is former Vice President of Opera Europa, has been a member of the Danish Radio and TV Board and the Danish Arts Council, and is an honorary professor at Copenhagen Business School. He has received a Knighthood and the medal ”Ingenio et Arti” from HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and is a Commander of Romania.
Videos
Kasper Holten on his production of Eugene Onegin (The Royal Opera)
Kasper Holten and Steffen Aarfing discuss the set for Król Roger (The Royal Opera)
Director Kasper Holten on Król Roger (The Royal Opera)
Kasper Holten on Rusalka
Antonio Pappano and Kasper Holten Interview - Royal Opera LIVE
Branschdagar 2016: Kasper Holten, Future of public funding?
Director Kasper Holten discusses Don Giovanni (Juan)
Kasper Holten on Miss Fortune
OPERA LOUNGE #3 // Chen Reiss - Kasper Holten
Kasper Holten and the cast discuss the characters and music in Don Giovanni (The Royal Opera)
Inside Opera: Kasper Holten on the state of opera in the 21st century
Is Kasper Holten's latest opera about Brexit? - BBC Newsnight
INTERVIEW | Kasper Holten, director of Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN at Finnish National Opera
Kasper Holten on La bohème
Future of Work - Inspirational Interview with Kasper Holten
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