Kasper Holten

Who is Kasper Holten?

Kasper Holten is a Danish stage director and Artistic Director. He was appointed in 2000, at age 27, to succeed Elaine Padmore, as Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Opera, and six years later he was still the youngest person running a European opera house.

By summer 2011 Holten took over, once again from Elaine Padmore, as Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House in London. His successor in Copenhagen would be the British director, Keith Warner.

He became internationally known for his production of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Royal Danish Opera.

He is the director and writer of Juan, a movie based on Mozart's Don Giovanni, shot in 2009 and starring Christopher Maltman and Mikhail Petrenko. The film opened in Copenhagen in April 2011

Kasper Holten is Vice President of the Board of the European Academy of Music Theatre.