Franziska Wallner-Hollinek
Franziska Wallner-Hollinek was born in Vienna. She received her education at the Ballet School of the Austrian Federal Theatres as well as at the Royal Ballet School and at the National Hungarian Institute of Ballet. In 1995 she joined the Vienna State Opera Ballet. From 2000 to 2002 she was a member of the Royal Danish Ballet, after that she returned to Vienna State Opera Ballet. In 2011 she was appointed demi-soloist of the Vienna State Ballet. In 2018 she retired as a dancer, but occasionally appears as a guest, such as the Amme in John Cranko's »Onegin« and Berthe in Elena Tchernichova's »Giselle«. In addition, she has been working in the administration of the Vienna State Ballet since the 2018/19 season.
Her most important roles in her dancing career include Berthe in Elena Tschernischova's »Giselle«, Countess Capulet and Gipsy in John Cranko's »Romeo and Juliet«, Amme in Cranko's »Onegin«, Åse, Peer Gynts mother, in Edward Clug's »Peer Gynt«, Carlotta in Renato Zanella's »Kadettenball«, Kitri's friend and gipsy in Rudolf Nureyev's »Don Quixote«, Noblewoman, Polish and Hungarian Dance (soloist) in Nureyev's »Swan Lake«, Mother and Russian Dance in Nureyev's »The Nutcracker«, Grand Pas in Vladimir Malakhov's »La Bayadère«, Fairy of Vivacity and Pas de quatre in Peter Wright's »Sleeping Beauty«, Lise's friend in Frederick Ashton's »La Fille mal gardée«, Phebe in John Neumeier's »As you like it«, Ms Stahlbaum in Gyula Harangozó's »The Nutcracker«, Spain in Renato Zanella's »The Nutcracker«, Summer in Zanella's »Cinderella«, Pemba in Zanella's »Spartacus«, Hungarian in Josef Hassreiter's »Die Puppenfee«, Pas de Forbans in Manuel Legris’ »Le Corsaire«, Maid in Frederick Ashton's »Marguerite and Armand« and parts in Léonide Massine's »The Tricorn«, George Balanchine's »Serenade«, »La Valse«, »Themes and Variations«, »Rubies«, »Symphony in C« et al., Serge Lifar's »Suite en blanc«, Renato Zanella's »Empty Place« and »Alles Walzer«, Jerome Robbins’ »The Concert« and »The Four Seasons«, John Neumeier's »Bach Suite III«, »Le Pavillon d’Armide« and »Verklungene Feste«, Jiří Kylián's »Six Dances«, William Forsythe's »The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude«, Jean-Christophe Maillot's »Vers un Pays Sage«, Stephan Thoss’ »Blaubarts Geheimnis«, Alexander Ekman's »Cacti« and Edwaard Liang's »Murmuration«. Furthermore, she created roles in Ivan Cavallari's »Tchaikovsky Impressions« and Andrey Kaydanovskiy's »The Firebird«.
For the serial »Young Choreographers« in 1999 she created her first choreography »Der Weg ist das Ziel«. Another choreography was created in Copenhagen.
Performances with Franziska Wallner-Hollinek
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Timoor Afshar, Milda Luckuté, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Thursday 23. April 2026
Abo 17
Ticket information
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 11. September 2025 | Otello |
| 20. November 2025 | Dialogues des Carmélites |
| 26. Februar 2026 | Luisa Miller |
| 26. März 2026 | Die verkaufte Braut |
| 23. April 2026 | Giselle (Ballett) |
| 10. September 2026 | Don Carlo |
| 08. Oktober 2026 | Eine florentinische Tragödie/Herzog Blaubarts Burg |
| 28. Jänner 2027 | Don Giovanni |
| 08. April 2027 | Tristan und Isolde |
| 20. Mai 2027 | Lulu |
with Cassandra Trenary, Davide Dato, Giorgio Fourés, Ioanna Avraam, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Sunday 26. April 2026
with Laura Fernandez Gromova, António Casalinho, Alessandro Cavallo, Rosa Pierro, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Sunday 26. April 2026
Abo 24
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 21. September 2025 | Tannhäuser |
| 25. Jänner 2026 | Idomeneo |
| 22. Februar 2026 | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| 22. März 2026 | Le Grand Macabre |
| 26. April 2026 | Giselle (Ballett) |
| 04. Oktober 2026 | Macbeth |
| 27. Dezember 2026 | La Damnation de Faust |
| 25. April 2027 | Die tote Stadt |
| 16. Mai 2027 | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| 13. Juni 2027 | Woolf Works |
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Milda Luckuté, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Thursday 30. April 2026