Festen

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Lee Hall

Premiere: 11 February 2025
A co-production with Finnish National Opera and Ballet

DIRECTOR  Richard Jones
SET DESIGNER  Miriam Buether
COSTUME DESIGNER  Nicky Gillibrand
LIGHTING DESIGNER  Lucy Carter
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR  Lucy Burge

CHRISTIAN  Allan Clayton
MICHAEL  Stéphane Degout
HELGE  Gerald Finley
ELSE  Rosie Aldridge replaces Eva-Maria Westbroek 
HELENA  Natalya Romaniw
HELMUT  Thomas Oliemans
METTE  Philippa Boyle replaces Sophie Bevan
GRANDMA  Susan Bickley
GBATOKAI  Peter Brathwaite
LINDA  Marta Fontanals-Simmons
CHEF  Aled Hall
LARS  Julian Hubbard
PIA  Clare Presland
GRANDPA  John Tomlinson
MICHELLE  Kitty Whately
POUL  Jeremy White
CHRISTINE  Ailish Tynan
BENT  Luke Price
LENE  Kiera Lyness
STIG  Andrew O'Connor
TRINE  Miranda Westcott
RENÉE  Elizabeth Weisberg
LASSE  Patrick Ashcroft
LEIF  Eugene Dillon-Hooper
BJORN  Dawid Kimberg
KITCHEN PORTER 1  Nicholas Sharratt
KITCHEN PORTER 2  Jonathan Fisher

CHORUS  Royal Opera Chorus
CHORUS DIRECTOR  William Spaulding
ORCHESTRA  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONCERT MASTER  Magnus Johnston
Dates
Main Auditorium
Tue, 11 Jun 2025, 7:30 PM
Sat, 22 Jun 2025, 7:30 PM
Running time: 1 hours 40 minutes (No Interval)
Sung in English with English surtitles

Ticket
Amphitheatre Lower Slips / Door 4B / Row A Seat 18 / 16.00 GBP
Stalls Circle / Door 1B / Row C Seat 36 / 70.00 GBP