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A glimpse into an elegant theater interior, showcasing ornate balconies with plush red seats. The image captures warm lighting fixtures and richly decorated walls, creating a cozy and inviting atmosphere, emphasizing the grandeur of a cultural space.

Personalia

DirectorDr. Bogdan Roščić
Ballet DirectorAlessandra Ferri
Commercial directorDr. Petra Bohuslav

Who we are - departments and teams

Director GeneralDr. Bogdan Roščić
Head of Artistic Administration

Sabine Hödl-Weinberger

Head

Mag.a Gertrud Renner

NEST

Artistic Administration

Annemarie Leitner

Cade Roberts

Production Management

StephanieWippel 
Marie-Theres Zauner, MAS
LindaTazzioli 
 

NEST

Mag.a Margarete Krenn-Arnold

Director's Office

Anna Maria Honeck, MAS

Advisor to the Director

Helena Bilgeri, MA
Sabrina Künig, MA
Thomas Riedlsperger, MA

CastingRobert Körner
Opera DramaturgyDr. Andreas Láng
Dr. Oliver Láng
Dr. Janine Ortiz
Rebecca Mayr, MA
Education & Outreach

Katharina Augendopler, BA MAS

Head

Ivan Beaufils
M.Mag. Carlos Chamorro

Young Artist Program of the Vienna State Opera

Adrian Eröd, KS

Artistic Director

Mag.a Liina Anger

Organizational management

Human Resources, Legal & Organization

Dr. Florian Schulz, LL.M

Head

Organizational Development, Assistant to the ProkuristFabiola Simek, BSc
HR Artists

Marlies Binder, MA

Head

Marco Balogh
Stefan Karall
Monique Lutnik, LL.B. MA
 

Philip Aichhorn

Apprentice

HR Technical

Mag.a Susanne Schwaiger

Head

Mag.a Astrid Berger
Andreas Schönhofer

Luisa Pialek

Apprentice

Legal

Mag.a Katharina Sedivy

Head (Deputy Head of Department)

MMag. Thomas Barthol
Alxia Gangl, LL.M.
MMag. Markus Grundtner
Mag.a Constanze Lösch

Marketing & Communications, Management of the Opera Ball

Susanne Athanasiadis

Head of Department

Press

Mag.a Maria Wiesinger

Head

Doris König, BA

Sabine Haberl, MA MAS

Sales Marketing, Campaigns & Cooperations

Carmen Wieninger, BA

Head

Maria Gruber, BA MSc

Digital Marketing

Mag.a Hemma Gritsch

Head

Jakob Gellermann, BA MA LL.M.

Event, Opera Ball & Guided Tours

Anna Mager

Head

Paulina Eichinger, BA

Mag.a Stefanie Berger

Sophia Annette Garcia

Cesar Pérez

Opera Ball Offices & VIP Support, Guest Service

 

Susanna C. Wiesner, MA (Parental leave)
Mag. Sarah Tuleweit
 

Management


Gunnar Khünl-Brady
Gina-Maria Young, BSc
Thimo Keilitz

Graphics & Photography

Irene Neubert

Head of Graphics

Robert Kainzmayer
Marcel Urlaub

Sponsoring, Official Circle of Friends & Rentals

Martin J. Bonhard, MBA

Head

Backoffice SponsoringVeronika Preisinger, MA MAS (Parental leave)
Lina Platzgummer
Official Circle of Friends

Mag.a(FH) Szilvia Csóka

Yuliya Draganova, MA MBA

RentalsBrigitte Gauss
Digital DevelopmentDI Markus Kreuzbauer
Management AssistantChristian Huber

Scenic Department

Stage ManagerMag.a Katharina Strommer
Assistant Directors

Alexander Edtbauer
Natalie Ortner-Menconi
Niv Hoffman
Peter Pacher

Emily Hehl

Guest

Lisa Padouvas, MA
Wolfgang Schilly, MA

Stage Managers

Maximilian Kurz, MA

Management

Dr. Johannes Cehak

Andreas Fischer

Christoph Nechvatal

Elisabeth Pelz-Stein

Elisa Lewisch

Khrystyna Kachmar

Ulla Wentenschuh

NEST

Extras

Sebastian Kerssenbrock

Director

Christof Hartmann
Katrin Roschangar

Emily Cardi

Dance Captain

Musical Service

Director of Music StudiesThomas Lausmann
Musical AssistantJendrik Springer
Assistant to the Director of Music StudiesMagdalena Kheder, MAS
Solo CorrepitionHans-Otto Ehrström
Annemarie Herfurth
Stephen Hopkins
Rita Kaufmann
Tommaso Lepore
Kristin Okerlund
Marco Rizzello
Alexander Soloway
Anton Ziegler
Music Coordinator NESTDan K. Kurland
Maestri Suggeritori

Andreas Abegg

Conductor

Lucio Golino

Mario Perktold

Jera H. Petriček

Maintenance State Opera OrchestraChristine Honolke
Maintenance Stage Orchestra

Michael Kahlig

Leonhard Waltersdorfer

Administration State Opera Orchestra & Extra ChorusLarissa Weidler
Stage Music Conductors

Markus Henn

Conductor

Stephen Hopkins
Marco Rizzello

Music Library

Dr. Katharina Hötzenecker

Director

Thomas Heinisch

Mona Lisa Kress

Milena Steinhauer

NEST

Technical DirectorEngineer Peter Kozak
Technical Direction NESTStephan Kugler
Deputy Technical DirectorIng. Michael Wilfinger
Assistants to the Technical Director

Mag.a Alexa Koch

Bernhard Geosits

Inventory management / Technical drawing office

Julian Aichhorn

Markus Oberecker

Technical assistants

Christoph Oefner
DI Elisabeth Stiedl
DI Eva Swoboda

Frederic Bötsch, DI

Design engineer

DI Nino Petuelli

Emil Petzenberger, D.Eng.

Production EngineerEngineer Markus Vesecky
Stage inspectorDietmar Prokschy
Deputy stage inspectorsAndreas Richter
Harald Mühlbachler
Lighting ManagerEngineer Rudolf Fischer
Robert Eisenstein
Audio & video technologyDI (FH) Athanasios Rovakis
Francesco Valentini
Technical production managementFlorentina Moser, BFA
Tabea Walla
Costume Director

Vera Richter

Saskia Schneider

Costume Magazine & LogisticsGertrude Hrdlicka-Gabriel
Head of costume rehearsal supervisionDanny Zeljkovic
Costume Management BalletKatrin Böge
Costume Director NESTNina Paireder
Head of WardrobeMaria Mader
Petra Blaschek
Head of make-upBeate Krainer

Financial DirectorDr. Petra Bohuslav
Assistant to the Financial DirectorKerstin Koller, BA, MAS
Accounting

A. Baumgartner

Head

T. Alushaj
G. Heller
E. Lautner, BSc
M. Wimmer, MSc
K. Wielosinski, MSc

Ticketing

Linda-Yvonne Werdan, BA

Head

Michele da Silva
Mert Demir
Karin Haszonits

Viktoria Lessiak, BA
Rebecca Lilly
Sebastian Neubauer
Albertina Ritter
Claudia Szalay
Fabian Zimmermann
Jil Eva Bösiger

Maximilian Hassler

Information

Information Technology

Oliver Zenner

Head

Thomas Chadt
Dominik Rath
Matthäus King

Environmental and sustainability managerChristian Hauer, MSc
Facility management

Engineer Alexander Hainka

Head

Harald Gepp

Engineer Rafal Szwidke

Thomas Lenhard

Gino Castagnola

Simon Pesendorfer

Ballet DirectorAlessandra Ferri
Managing DirectorMag.a Simone Wohinz
Head of the Artistic Operations Management & Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director Mag.a Medea Chiabotti
Head Ballet Master (Vienna State Opera)Marcelo Gomes
Production ContractsMag.a Cornelia Nonhoff
Administration & Organisational DevelopmentMag.a Elisabeth Schubert
Assistant to the Managing Director & PersonnelMag.a Helga Isak
Assistant to the Artistic Operations ManagementSonia Setien
Assistant to the Artistic ManagementJeremy Gubman
Rehearsal Disposition (Vienna State Opera)Ismenia Keck
Shoe ManagementFranziska Wallner-Hollinek
Production Management & Ballet Master (Vienna State Opera)Lukas Gaudernak
Planning Coordinator & Ballet MasterLouisa Rachedi
Ballet Masters (Vienna State Opera)

Pino Alosa

Barbora Kohoutková

Rehearsal Disposition & Head Ballet Master (Vienna Volksoper)Vesna Orlić
Administration & Production Management (Vienna Volksoper)Elisabeth Bolius
Ballet Master (Vienna Volksoper)Sergey Ignatiev
Assistant to the Ballet Master (Vienna Volksoper)László Benedek
Pianists (Vienna State Opera)

Seika Ishida

Jiří Novák

Shino Takizawa

Igor Zapravdin

Pianists (Vienna Volksoper)

Jozef Bezak

Béla Fischer

Dramaturgy

Nastasja Fischer, MA

Regina Genée, MA

Public RelationsMag. Gerald C. Stocker
Sales Marketing & Event Support

Sarah Bikeev, MA

Megi Godaj (Leave of absence replacement)

PhotographerAshley Taylor
VideographerJakob Plattner
MasseursRainer Heizinger
Circle of Friends Vienna State BalletAdrian Cunescu

Artistic Head & Chorus MasterJohannes Mertl
Vocal TrainingUlrike Bancher
Marlis Birkner
Musical TeamKerem Sezen
Georg Stangelberger
Stage Presence TrainingKarl Wenninger
Solo Singing Teaching (Gifted & Talented Program)Alexander Kaimbacher
Ileana Tonca
AdministrationKathrin Schulz
Office/Music LibraryParviz Yahyavi
SupervisorsRegina Barowski
Kathrin Leiwe-Missios
Lone Rasmussen
PorterKathrin Leiwe-Missios

Artistic DirectorAlessandra Ferri
Managing DirectorMag.a Simone Wohinz
DirectorPatrick Armand
Head of AdministrationAndrea Yannone

Pedagogical Team

Ballet Master Youth CompanyCallum Hastie
TeachersAna Jojic-Begovic TTPPD (dip)-NBS
Oscar Córdoba
Patricia Friza
Elena Iglesias Galán, BA
Caterina Mantovani
Lucian Necsea
Magdalena Lucia Puschnig, BA MA
Kt. Flávio Salamanka, MA
Vladimir Shishov, MA
Jed O'Grady Weiss, BA
PianistsCristian Axt
Frantisek Drafi
Aya Kaukal
Seul Lee
Anna Resch
Yen-Ting Wang, MA
Yasuhito Watanabe, MA

Administration

Assistant to the managementWendy Maurer-Menzel
Administration & ControllingMag.a Ariane Rindle
CoordinatorBostjan Ivanjsic, MA
Employee of the school administrationDespina Ilieva, MA
Health CoordinatorD.O. Barbara Jurcsa
Rehearsal director / supervisorMatilde Ceron, MA MA
SupervisorsValeria Pliger, MA
Employee School Administration, Legal and Organizational DevelopmentMag. Victoria Huf
School caretakerGianpiero Russo
PortersDaria Klimenkova, BA MA
Kathrin Leiwe-Missios
Child welfare team

Dr. Friederike Michlmayr

Head of

Andrea Yannone

Medical-therapeutic team

Company doctor / school doctorDr. Elisabeth Szedenik
PediatricianDr. Sophia Brandstetter
Mental Performance Coach (sports)psychologistDipl.- Psych. Dr. Friederike Michlmayr
External pool Medical and therapeutic carein cooperation with Leistungssport Austria
External cooperation partners / collaborationBRG Vienna III Boerhaavegasse
NMS Renngasse
BSPA - Federal Sports Academy
LEISTUNGSSPORT AUSTRIA - Federal Institute for Competitive and Elite Sports
die möwe - child protection center

Supervisory Board

Dr. Sonja Hammerschmid

Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board

Ruth Schuster

Hon. Prof. Dr. Sieglinde Gahleitner

Dr. Clemens Jabloner

RA Mag. Michael Pilz

KS Hans Peter Kammerer

Christoph Biebl

Michael Wuerges

Works Council of the performing arts staff

Karl Nebenführ

Chairman

Céline Janou Weder

1. Deputy Chairman (Ballet Department)

KS Hans Peter Kammerer

2. Deputy (Soloists Department)

Martina Eichinger MA

Treasurer, Secretary (Administration Department)

Parviz Yahyavi

Divisional Works Council (Dept. Scenic Service)

Wolfram Igor Derntl

Divisional Works Council (Choir Dept.)

Mag. Art. Irene Hofmann

Divisional Works Council (Choir Dept.)

Stephanie Houtzeel

Divisional Works Council (Soloists department)

Gunnar Khünl-Brady

Divisional Works Council (Administration Department)

Igor Milos

Divisional Works Council (Ballet Department)

Works Council of the non-performing artistic staff

Wilfried Hedenborg

Chairman

Martin Zalodek

Deputy Chairman

Wolfgang Lintner

Treasurer

Thomas Hajek

Secretary

Wolfgang Härtel

Card administration

Works council of the technical staff

Christoph Biebl

Chairman

Thomas Ossowsky

deputy Chairman

Werner Pockberger

Secretary

Manuela Kolb

deputy Secretary

Treasurer

Mario Bocanek

treasurer

Patrick Winkler

deputy treasurer

Johann Schidak

Dragan Banjas

Works council for the stage orchestra

Maximilian Thummerer

Chairman of the board

Matthias Hink

Deputy Chairman

Johannes Kafka

Secretary

Accessibility Officer

Fabiola Simek, BBSc

Kerstin Koller, BA, MAS

Company Fire Department & Fire Protection Officer

Horst Hackl

Commander

Compliance Officer

Mag.a Katharina Sedivy

MMag. Thomas Barthol

Data Protection Coordinator of the Vienna State OperaMag. Matija Pfefferkorn, BA
Data Protection Officer of the BundestheaterSilvia Schauer, MSc MBA
Equalities Treatment Officer

Mag.a Astrid Berger

Monique Lutnik, LL.B

Medical Officer/School DoctorDr. Elisabeth Szedenik
PediatricianDr. Sophia Brandstetter
Child Welfare Team

Dr. Friederike Michlmayr

Head

Andrea Yannone

Karl Wenninger

Carlos Chamorro

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