The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concert Masters
Peter Manning
Vasko Vassilev
Co-Concert Master
Sergey Levitin
Associate Concert Masters
Ania Safonova
Peter Schulmeister
Assistant Concert Master
Melissa Forshaw
First Violins
Jenny Nickson††
Adrian Reed††
Helen Briscoe
Ailsa Hunter
Judy Mayhew
John Lovell
Katherine Wilson
David Hanesworth
David Butler
Stephen Bettaney
Mark Greensill
Deborah Green
Jonathan Hartley
Louis Rutland
Second Violins
Jan Schmolck*
Sophia Durrant†
Robert Chew†
Marion McGowan††
Stephen Dudley
John Montague
Kirsten Shlomowitz
Caroline Clarke
Simon Horsman
Kathryn Spencer
Liz Williams
Florence Garel-Schoeman
Violas
Stephen Broom*
Andriy Viytovych*
Konstantin Boyarsky†
Andrew Staples††
Richard Peake††
Richard Pugh
Christopher Goldscheider
Lucy Yendole
Nigel Bielby
Andrew Haxell
Angela Bonetti
Rebecca Brown
Cellos
George Ives*
Christopher Vanderspar*
David Jones**
Mary Mundy††
Rhydian Shaxson††
Naomi Williams
Colin Walker
Timothy Hewitt-Jones
Mark Bethel
Philip Johnston
Basses
Tony Hougham*
Paul Kimber*
Keith Hartley†
David Peller††
Simon Hetherington
Simon Hallett
Martin Vigay
Ian Eyres
Flutes
Sarah Brooke*
Margaret Campbell*
Katharine Constable††
Christopher Green
Philip Rowson
Piccolo
Christopher Green†
Philip Rowson†
Oboes
Julia Girdwood*
David Thomas*
David Presly††
Margaret Tindale††
Alan Garner
Cor Anglais
Alan Garner†
Clarinets
John Payne*
Nicholas Rodwell*
Fergus Morrison
Marina Finnamore
E-flat Clarinet
Fergus Morrison†
Bass Clarinet
Marina Finnamore†
Bassoons
Andrea de Flammineis*
Miriam Gussek*
Andrew Stowell††
Martin Field
Contrabassoon
Martin Field†
Horns
Richard Bissill*
Simon Rayner*
Huw Evans†
Roger Montgomery†
Christopher Davies††
Jonathan Durrant††
Richard Kennedy††
Trumpets
Ian Balmain*
Ian Brown*
David Carstairs††
John Shaddock††
Trombones
Eric Crees*
Lindsay Shilling*
Michael Hext††
Patrick Jackman
Keith McNicoll†
Bass Trombones
Patrick Jackman†
Keith McNicoll†
Timpani
Russell Jordan*
Christopher Ridley**
Simon Archer†
Percussion
Rachel Gledhill*
Simon Archer†
Nigel Charman†
Nicholas Ormrod†
Harp
Emma Granger†
Lucy Wakeford†
Orchestra Administrative Director
Sally Mitchell
Orchestra Manager
Helen Dunne (Maternity leave)
Lucy Leddington-Wright (Acting)
Financial Controller
Kevin Hargreaves
Assistant Orchestra Manager
Tim Davy (Acting)
Orchestra Administrative Assistant
Debbie Hannaway (Acting)
Orchestra Operations Manager
Matthew Downes
Music Library Manager
Tony Rickard
Music Librarians
Julie Davies
Rob Summers
Emma Syrus
Education Manager
Hannah Elder (maternity leave)
Natalie Ellis (maternity cover)
*Section Principal
**Associate Principal
† Principal
†† Sub-principal
