List of directors of the Théâtre de la Monnaie


This page is a list of directors and ballet masters of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels.
YearsDirectorsBallet mastersComposition of the companies
1700
Gio Paolo BombardaPierre Deschars
1702
Domenico Lorenzoni and Giuseppe Contri
1704
Gio Paolo Bombarda
1705
Jean Barrier, stage name Fonpré?
1705–1706
1706
Joseph de PestelPierre 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 BourgeoisReymond
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 FavartBillioni
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 DurancyFrançois La Comme / Julien / Lemaire
1753–17541754–1755
1755
Jean-Nicolas Servandoni, stage name D'HannetaireLouis Devisse / Jean-Claude Lescot / Jean-Baptiste Pitrot
1759
Léopold-Ignace GourvilleJoubert / Felicini / Jean-Baptiste Hus
1761–17621762–1763
1763
Charliers de Borchgravenbroeck, Pierre Gamond and Van MaldereCharles Bernardy / Billioni
1766–1767
1767
D'Hannetaire and the "Comédiens associés"Saint-Léger
1767–1768
1772
Ignaz Vitzthumb and Louis CompainLaurent Bocquet
1772–17731773–17741774–17751775–1776
1776
Ignaz VitzthumbAuguste Fisse
1776–1777
1777
Louis-Jean Pin, Alexandre Bultos and Sophie LothaireAuguste Fisse / Louis Baland / Pierre-Jean Gambu
1779–17801780–17811781–17821782–1783
1783
Alexandre and Herman BultosJean Malter, stage name Hamoir / Devos / Le Fèvre
1783–17841784–17851785–17861786–1787
1787
Herman BultosJacques-Philippe Ledet
1787–17881789–1790
1791
Herman Bultos and Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam
1791–17921792–1793
1793
Marguerite Brunet, stage name Mlle Montansier'
1794
Herman Bultos & Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam'
1796
Jean-Joseph Galler'
1798
Marc d'Oberny & J.-F. Cussy dit Champmêlé'
1799
Louis-François Ribié'
1801
Joseph-Auguste Dubus'
1801–18021802–18031803–18041804–18051805–18061806–18071807–18081808–18091809–18101810–1811
1811
Gilles-Jean-Benoît Lecatte, stage name Folleville
1815
Pierre-Louis Stapleton, stage name Eugène HusEugène Hus
1816
Joseph-Auguste DubusEugène Hus / Jean-Louis Oudart
1818
Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan
1819
Claude Wolf, called BernardJean-Antoine Petipa
1823
Joseph Langle
1831
Charles LaffilléVictor Bartholomin
1833
Claude-Charles Cartigny
1835
Bernard-Léon jeune, stage name BernardPierre-Joseph Degreef / Pierre-Jean Aniel
1838
Pierre LemoigneAlbert
1840
Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Louis Jansenne, Charles Guillemin & Louis Van CaneghemPierre-Joseph Degreef / Jean-Antoine Petipa / Antoine Appiani
1847
Auguste NourritHippolyte Barrez
1848
Édouard Duprez & Eugène MassolAdrien-Julien Renoux, stage name Adrien
1849
Adolphe Grognier, stage name Jean-Baptiste QuélusHenri Desplaces
1850
Charles-Louis Hanssens
1852
Théodore-C.-A. Bauduin, stage name LetellierVictor Bartholomin / Adrien
1858
Adolphe Grognier, stage name Jean-Baptiste QuélusHenri Desplaces
1861
Théodore-C.-A. Bauduin, stage name LetellierHenri Justamant / Hippolyte Monplaisir / Adolphe Vincent / Joseph Mazilier / Alfred Lamy
1869
Jules-Henry VachotPierre Hus / Eugène Chapuis / Joseph Hansen
1872
François-Hippolyte AvrillonLucien Petipa
1873
Auguste Deloche, stage name CampocassoJoseph Hansen
1875
Oscar Stoumon & Édouard-Fortuné CalabresiAlfred Lamy / Joseph Hansen / Oscar Poigny
1885
Camille-Henry-Joseph VerdhurdtJoseph Hansen
1886
Joseph Dupont & Alexandre LapissidaGaetano Saracco
1889
Oscar Stoumon & Édouard-Fortuné CalabresiLafont
1889–1900
1900
Maurice KufferathGaetano 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 ThoranMarthe Coeck
1953
Joseph RogatchewskyNicolas Zverev / Jean-Jacques Etchevery
1959
Maurice HuismanPaul Goubé /

After 1981, La Monnaie ceased to have Ballet masters, but took on choreographers in residence.
YearsDirectorsChoreographers in residence
1981
Gérard MortierMaurice Béjart / Mark Morris
1992
Bernard FoccroulleAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker

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.
YearsDirectors
2007
Peter de Caluwe