
Dutch National Opera & Ballet and Houthoff extend their sponsorship agreement for three years
Dutch National Opera & Ballet and Houthoff have extended their successful relationship for another three years. Houthoff has been the main sponsor of Dutch National Opera & Ballet since 2018. The partnership’s continuation enables Houthoff to contribute significantly to making opera and ballet more accessible to a wide audience, and to the shared ambition of offering high-quality performances.
This decision comes at a crucial time for the cultural sector, which is under pressure from government spending cuts. By continuing its sponsorship, Houthoff emphasises the importance of private investment in arts and culture.
Lucas Louwerier, Managing Partner of Houthoff: “Our sponsoring has been hugely rewarding to us in the past few years, which is why we are continuing. The ambition to make our people successful is what binds us. We have collaborated extensively and effectively on initiatives, including our joint sustainability ambitions, training programmes, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Over the years, thousands of our employees, colleagues and clients have enjoyed the wonderful performances at Dutch National Opera & Ballet. Especially now that the cultural sector is under pressure, we find it important to reconfirm our sustained commitment to Dutch National Opera & Ballet, as we believe in the binding force of culture.”
Stijn Schoonderwoerd, General Director of Dutch National Opera & Ballet: “Houthoff’s financial support is very important to us. It allows us, for instance, to continue making new productions at this level and to invest more in nurturing talent. The fact that we also share knowledge and expertise makes Houthoff a greatly valued and inspiring partner. I therefore look forward to continue building this beautiful partnership together with Houthoff over the next three years, and to continually enhancing its added value.”
Houthoff is an independent, leading full-service Dutch law firm with 300 lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax advisers. Making our clients and our people successful is our driving force. We help national and international listed companies, financial institutions, private equity investors and public authorities address today’s challenges, seize tomorrow’s opportunities and mitigate risks. We have offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, London and New York, and a representative in Tokyo. We strongly focus on talent development and are involved in numerous social initiatives, also outside the cultural sector.
Dutch National Opera & Ballet is the largest theatre production house in the Netherlands. We aim to enrich the lives of as many people as possible with the beauty and magic of opera and ballet. With creativity and craftmanship, we create experiences that transcend everyday life. We wish such experiences for everyone, far beyond the walls of our theatre. We therefore actively visit schools and various communities with our performances and inspiring workshops. In addition, our special talent programmes offer young dancers and singers a stepping stone to a professional future.