List of directors of the La Monnaie

This page is a list of directors and ballet masters of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels.

Years Directors Ballet masters Composition of the companies (seasons)
1700
Gio Paolo Bombarda Pierre Deschars
1702
Domenico Lorenzoni and Giuseppe Contri
1704
Gio Paolo Bombarda
1705
Jean Barrier, stage name Fonpré ?
1705–1706
1706
Joseph de Pestel Pierre Dubreuil ?
1708
Francesco-Paolo D'Angelis
1710
Jean-Baptiste Grimberghs ?
1715
Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis
1715
1716
Bruno-Emmanuel de Beaulieu
1721
Louise Dimanche
1722
Thomas-Louis Bourgeois Reymond
1724
Marianne Dujardin ?
17241725
1727
Antonio Maria Peruzzi
1728
Joachim Landi
1730
Jean-Richard Le Roux, dit Durant
1731
Joseph Bruseau de La Roche
1733
François Moylin, stage name Francisque
1734
Nicolas Huau
1736
Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, stage name Dugazon
1738
Louis Desjardins, stage name Beaupré / François-Hyacinthe Ribon
1740
Pierre-Jacques Ribou de Ricard
1743
Joseph Uriot / Charles Plante and Jeanne Belhomme
1744
Jean-Baptiste Grimaldi, stage name Nicolini
1745
Jean-Nicolas Servandoni, stage name D'Hannetaire
1746
Charles-Simon Favart Billioni
1746–1748
1749
Jean-Benoît Leclair / Giovanni Francesco Crosa / Hus frères
1750
Duc d'Arenberg, duc d'Ursel and marquis de Deynze
1752
Jean-François Fieuzal, stage name Durancy François La Comme / Julien / Lemaire
1753–17541754–1755
1755
Jean-Nicolas Servandoni, stage name D'Hannetaire Louis Devisse / Jean-Claude Lescot / Jean-Baptiste Pitrot
1759
Léopold-Ignace Gourville Joubert / Felicini / Jean-Baptiste Hus
1761–17621762–1763
1763
Charliers de Borchgravenbroeck, Pierre Gamond and Van Maldere Charles Bernardy / Billioni
1766–1767
1767
D'Hannetaire and the "Comédiens associés" Saint-Léger
1767–1768
1772
Ignaz Vitzthumb and Louis Compain Laurent Bocquet
1772–17731773–17741774–17751775–1776
1776
Ignaz Vitzthumb Auguste Fisse
1776–1777
1777
Louis-Jean Pin, Alexandre Bultos and Sophie Lothaire Auguste Fisse / Louis Baland / Pierre-Jean Gambu
1779–17801780–17811781–17821782–1783
1783
Alexandre and Herman Bultos Jean Malter, stage name Hamoir / Devos / Le Fèvre
1783–17841784–17851785–17861786–1787
1787
Herman Bultos Jacques-Philippe Ledet
1787–17881789–1790
1791
Herman Bultos and Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam
1791–17921792–1793
1793
Marguerite Brunet, stage name Mlle Montansier (no ballet)
1794
Herman Bultos & Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam (no ballet)
1796
Jean-Joseph Galler (no ballet)
1798
Marc d'Oberny & J.-F. Cussy dit Champmêlé (no ballet)
1799
Louis-François Ribié (no ballet)
1801
Joseph-Auguste Dubus (no ballet)
1801–18021802–18031803–18041804–18051805–18061806–18071807–18081808–18091809–18101810–1811
1811
Gilles-Jean-Benoît Lecatte, stage name Folleville (no ballet)
1815
Pierre-Louis Stapleton, stage name Eugène Hus Eugène Hus
1816
Joseph-Auguste Dubus Eugène Hus / Jean-Louis Oudart
1818
Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan
1819
Claude Wolf, called Bernard Jean-Antoine Petipa
1823
Joseph Langle
1831
Charles Laffillé Victor Bartholomin
1833
Claude-Charles Cartigny
1835
Bernard-Léon jeune, stage name Bernard Pierre-Joseph Degreef / Pierre-Jean Aniel
1838
Pierre Lemoigne Albert
1840
Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Louis Jansenne, Charles Guillemin & Louis Van Caneghem Pierre-Joseph Degreef / Jean-Antoine Petipa / Antoine Appiani
1847
Auguste Nourrit Hippolyte Barrez
1848
Édouard Duprez & Eugène Massol Adrien-Julien Renoux, stage name Adrien
1849
Adolphe Grognier, stage name Jean-Baptiste Quélus Henri Desplaces
1850
Charles-Louis Hanssens
1852
Théodore-C.-A. Bauduin, stage name Letellier Victor Bartholomin / Adrien
1858
Adolphe Grognier, stage name Jean-Baptiste Quélus Henri Desplaces
1861
Théodore-C.-A. Bauduin, stage name Letellier Henri Justamant / Hippolyte Monplaisir / Adolphe Vincent / Joseph Mazilier / Alfred Lamy
1869
Jules-Henry Vachot Pierre Hus / Eugène Chapuis / Joseph Hansen
1872
François-Hippolyte Avrillon Lucien Petipa
1873
Auguste Deloche, stage name Campocasso Joseph Hansen
1875
Oscar Stoumon & Édouard-Fortuné Calabresi Alfred Lamy / Joseph Hansen / Oscar Poigny
1885
Camille-Henry-Joseph Verdhurdt Joseph Hansen
1886
Joseph Dupont & Alexandre Lapissida Gaetano Saracco
1889
Oscar Stoumon & Édouard-Fortuné Calabresi Lafont
1889–1900
1900
Maurice Kufferath Gaetano Saracco / François Ambrosiny
1900–1901-1901–19021902–19031903–19041904–19051905–19061906–19071907–19081908–19091909–19101910–1911
1920
Maurice Corneil de Thoran, Jean Van Glabbeke & Paul Spaak
1943
Maurice Corneil de Thoran Marthe Coeck
1953
Joseph Rogatchewsky Nicolas Zverev / Jean-Jacques Etchevery
1959
Maurice Huisman Paul Goubé / (Maurice Béjart)

After 1981, La Monnaie ceased to have Ballet masters, but took on choreographers in residence.

Years Directors Choreographers in residence
1981
Gérard Mortier Maurice Béjart / Mark Morris
1992
Bernard Foccroulle Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker[1]

After 2007, La Monnaie ceased to take on choreographers in residence. Yet, Rosas and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker continue to occupy an important part of La Monnaie's dance programme.[1]

Years Directors
2007
Peter de Caluwe

References

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  1. ^ a b Pouget, Isabelle (2017), Les Mots de la Monnaie, Brussels: MARDAGA