Lukas Gaudernak
Lukas Gaudernak has been working at the Vienna State Opera since 1987 – first as a dancer, today as production manager and ballet master of the State Ballet. Born in Vienna, he studied at the ballet school of the Austrian Federal Theatres and completed his training in Cannes, Monte Carlo, London, Berlin and New York. In 1987 he became a member of the Vienna State Opera Ballet, where he danced numerous roles in the classical and contemporary repertoire and distinguished himself especially in character roles such as Coppélius in Harangozó’s Sen. »Coppélia«, Wilfrid in Tchernichova’s »Giselle«, Tutor of the Prince in Nureyev’s »Swan Lake«, Galifron in Wright’s »The Sleeping Beauty«, Mercutio and Duke of Verona in Crankoʼs »Romeo and Juliet«, Emperor Franz Joseph I. in MacMillan’s »Mayerling«, Squenz/Wand in Neumeier’s »A Midsummer Night’s Dream«, Monsieur Arnaud in Zanella’s »Aschenbrödel«, Factotum in Hassreiterʼs »Die Puppenfee«, Corregidor in Massine’s »The Tricorned-Hat« as well as parts in Kyliánʼs »Symphony in D« and »Six Dances«. Renato Zanella created roles for Lukas Gaudernak in »Wolfgang Amadé«, »The Nutcracker« and »Spartacus«, Jorma Elo in »A Midsummer Night’s Dream«. In 2010 he retired as a dancer but occasionally appears in productions of the Vienna State Ballet, such as Auctioneer in John Neumeierʼs »Lady of the Camellias«.
After gaining initial experience as a choreographic assistant in opera productions at the Vienna State Opera, Lukas Gaudernak has worked as a rehearsal director since 2006. Since 2009, he has been also production manager for the Vienna State Ballet.
With his first own choreography »1994 – In the Year of the Family« Lukas Gaudernak won the International Choreographers Competition »Prix Volinine 95« in Paris. Further works were created for the series »off ballet« of the Vienna State Opera Ballet and the Young Choreographers series »choreo.lab«, for opera and operetta productions of the Vienna State Opera, Volksoper Vienna and Zurich Opera as well as for productions in the WUK and dietheater Künstlerhaus, for the Ballet School of the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Conservatory and the Szene Bunte Wähne.
As choreographic assistant, Lukas Gaudernak has been in charge of the ballet interludes for the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concerts since 2008. For the 2009 New Year’s Concert, he also designed the choreography for the students of the Vienna State Opera Ballet School at the Musikverein. He regularly creates the openings for the Ball of the Viennese Coffee Makers and the New Year’s Eve Ball at the Vienna Hofburg, in 2017 he choreographed the ballet interlude for the opening of the Vienna Opera Ball.
Performances with Lukas Gaudernak
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Timoor Afshar, Milda Luckuté, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Thursday 23. April 2026
Abo 17
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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
with Liudmila Konovalova, Masayu Kimoto, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Saturday 2. May 2026
with Margarita Fernandes, Kentaro Mitsumori, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Friday 8. May 2026
Abo 6
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 10. Oktober 2025 | Fin de partie |
| 14. November 2025 | Falstaff |
| 09. Jänner 2026 | Manon |
| 08. Mai 2026 | Giselle (Ballett) |
| 29. Mai 2026 | Les Pêcheurs de perles |
| 18. September 2026 | Living Legacies |
| 20. November 2026 | Madama Butterfly |
| 08. Jänner 2027 | Die verkaufte Braut |
| 05. März 2027 | Un ballo in maschera |
| 25. Juni 2027 | I Capuleti e i Montecchi |