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Management

General Director

 Bogdan Roščić

Music director

 Philippe Jordan

Director of the Vienna State Ballet

 Martin Schläpfer

Financial Director

Dr. Petra Bohuslav

 

  

GENERAL DIRECTOR

 Dr. Bogdan Roščić

Head of Artistic Administration

 Sabine Hödl-Weinberger → Head
Magdalena Kheder, MAS

Artistic Administration

 Renate Dönch
Annemarie Leitner

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

 Mag. Stephanie Wippel
Marie-Theres Zauner, MAS
Linda Tazzioli
Mag. Caroline Urban-Gries → NEST

Staff of the Artistic Management

 Mag. Laura Reinthaller-Thelen → Assistant to the General Director
Helena Bilgeri, MA
Thomas Riedlsperger, MA
Mag. Gertrud Renner → Head NEST

Casting

 Robert Körner

Dramaturgy

 Sergio Morabito → Chief dramaturge
Dr. Andreas Láng
Dr. Oliver Láng
Mag. Nikolaus Stenitzer

Outreach

 Krysztina Winkel, MA → Head
Mag. Margarete Krenn-Arnold
Katharina Augendopler, BA
M.Mag. Carlos Chamorro

Young Artist Program OF THE VIENNA STATE OPERA

 Dr. Michael Kraus → Artistic direction
Mag. Uta Sander, MAS → Organisational management

HR, Legal and Organisation

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANT TO THE PROcURIST

Dr. Florian Schulz, LL.M (Procurist) → Head
Fabiola Simek, BSc

HR ART

M. Binder, MA → Head
M. Balogh
S. Karall
M. Lutnik, LL.B.
N. Praiczer → Apprentice

HR Technical DEPARTMENT

 G. Gelbmann → Head
Mag. A. Berger
A. Schönhofer
P. Aichhorn → Lehrling

LEGAL

Mag. Katharina Sedivy → Head (Deputy Head of Department)
MMag. Thomas Barthol
Dr. Daphne Frankl-Templ, M.A.
MMag. Markus Grundtner
Mag. Sophie Lohnert-Menapace, LL.M.
Mag. Constanze Lösch

Marketing & PRESS

 Susanne Athanasiadis → Head of Department

PRESS

 Mag. Maria Wiesinger → Head
Doris König, BA
Antonia Perko, BA MSc

Marketing

Carmen Wieninger, BA → Head
Maria Gruber, BA Msc

DIGITAL Marketing

Mag. Hemma Gritsch → Head
Jakob Gellermann, BA MA

Eventmarketing & GUIDED TOURS

Anna Mager → Head
Paulina Eichinger, BA

Ticketing Opera Ball, Service & VIP support

Susanna Wiesner, MA → Head
Raphael Grascher
Gunnar Khünl-Brady
Ornella Urban

GRAPHICS & PHOTOGRAPHY

Irene Neubert → Head Graphic
Robert Krainzmayer
Michael Pöhn 

SPONSORING, OFFICIAL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS & RENTALS

 Martin J. Bonhard, MBA → Head 

SPONSORING

 Veronika Preisinger, MA MAS

Rentals

 Mag. Liina Anger 

OFFICIAL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

Mag.(FH) Szilvia Csóka
Yuliya Draganova, MA

DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT

 DI Markus Kreuzbauer

DIRECTORATE HELPER

 Christian Huber
   
   

SCENIC DEPARTMENT

  

HEAD OF SCENIC DEPARTMENT

 Mag. Katharina Strommer

ASSISTANT 

 Mag. Alexander Edtbauer
Natalie Ortner-Menconi
Emily Hehl
Niv Hoffman
Peter Pacher
Lisa Padouvas, MA
Mag. Wolfgang Schilly

INSPICIENTS

Maximilian Kurz, MA → Head
Dr. Johannes Cehak
Andreas Fischer
Christoph Nechvatal
Elisabeth Pelz-Stein
Elisa Lewisch
Mag.a. Ulla Wentenschuh → NEST

DANCE REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
→ CHORUS & STATISTRY

 Christian Herden

STATISTRY

 Sebastian Kerssenbrock → Head
Christof Hartmann
Katrin Roschangar

MusiC DIRECTOR

 Philippe Jordan

MUSICAL ASSISTANT TO THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

 Jendrik Springer

ASSISTANT TO THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

 Andrea Dunst

MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF STUDIES

 Stephen Hopkins

Deputy MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF STUDIES

 Rita Kaufmann

ASSISTANT OF THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF STUDIES

 Magdalena Kheder

SOLOCORREPETITION

 Hans-Otto Ehrström
Annemarie Herfurth
Dan Kurland → NEST
Tommaso Lepore
Kristin Okerlund
Cécile Restier
Richard Schwennicke
Julia Simonyan
Anton Ziegler

Maestri Suggeritori

 Andreas Abegg → Head
Mag. Lucio Golino
Mario Perktold
Mag. Art. Jera Petricek Hrastnik

ADMINISTRATION

 Igor Chomča → Head
Larissa Weidler, BA

STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA Manager

 Christine Honolke

STAGE ORCHESTRA Managers

 Michael Kahlig
Leonhard Waltersdorfer

STAGE MUSIC CONDUCTORS

 Markus Henn → Head
Stephen Hopkins
Eric Melear

MUSIC ARCHIVE

 Dr. Katharina Hötzenecker → Head
Thomas Heinisch
Mona Lisa Kress
Johannes Dorfmeister
Milena Steinhauer

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Ing. Peter Kozak

 

deputy technical director

 Ing. Michael Wilfinger       

assistants to the technical director

 Mag. Alexa Koch
Bernhard Geosits

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT /
TECHNICAL DRAWING OFFICE

 Christoph Oefner
Markus Oberecker

technical assistants

 Jaqueline Krummel, M.Eng.
DI Elisabeth Stiedl
DI Eva Swoboda

constructor

 Alexander Spyra, B.Eng.
Dipl. Ing. Nino Petuelli, BSc

OPERATING ENGINEER

 Ing. Markus Vesecky

STAGE INSPECTOR

 Dietmar Prokschy

DEPUTY STAGE INSPECTORS

 Andreas Richter
Harald Mühlbachler

HEAD OF LIGHTING

 Ing. Rudolf Fischer
Robert Eisenstein

HEAD OF SOUND & VIDEO

 DI (FH) Athanasios Rovakis 
Francesco Valentini

SET SUPERVISORS

Stefania Compagni, MA
Florentina Moser, BA

COSTUME DIRECTOR

 Mag. Vera Richter

COSTUME SUPERVISORS

 Maria Mader
Christian Plabensteiner

WIGS & MAKE-UP MANAGER

 Mag. Beate Krainer

FACILITY MANAGEMENT

 Ing. Alexander Hainka → Head
Harald Gepp
Ing. Rafal Szwidke
Thomas Lenhard
Gino Castagnola

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR NEST

 Marco Polukord

Deputy TECHNICAL DIRECTOR NEST

 Stephan Kugler

Administrative Director

 Dr. Petra Bohuslav

ASSISTANT TO THE Administrative Director

 Kerstin Koller, BA, MA

ACCOUNTING

 A. Baumgartner → Head
T. Alushaj
Mag. G. Heller
E. Lautner, BSc
M. Wimmer, MSc
K. Wielosinski, MSc

Ticketing

 Linda-Yvonne Werdan, BA → Head
Michael Borg
Eva Bucek
Megi Godaj
Karin Haszonits
Rebecca Lilly
Viktoria Listabarth, BA
Laura Loacker
Sebastian Neubauer
Fabian Zimmermann
Eva Bucek
Claudia Szalay
Michele da Silva

IT

Oliver Zenner → Head
Thomas Chadt
Dominik Rath
Matthäus König

SAFTY EXPERT

 Ing. Manfred Lenz BSC

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER

 Christian Hauer, MSc

Medical Officer

 Dr. Elisabeth Szedenik

COMPANY FIRE BRIGADE COMMANDER & FIRE SAFETY OFFICER

 Horst Hackl

Ballet Director & Chief Choreographer

Martin Schläpfer

MANAGING Director of the Vienna State Ballet

Mag. Simone Wohinz

DEPUTY BALLET DIRECTOR

Louisa Rachedi

PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE BALLET DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF THE ARTISTIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Mag. Verena Kögler

ADMINISTRATION

State Opera 
Mag. Helga Isak
→ Assistant to the financial director & HR
Sonia Setien → Assistant to the Artistic Operations Management & Organisation of Guest Performances
Franziska Wallner-Hollinek → Shoe Management
  Volksoper
Elisabeth Bolius

production contracts

Mag. Cornelia Nonhoff

ADMINISTRATION & ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT

Mag. Elisabeth Schubert

Dramaturgy

Mag. Anne do Paço → Chief Dramaturge
Nastasja Fischer MA
Mag. Iris Frey

Public Relations

Mag. Gerald C. Stocker

SALES MARKETING & EVENT MANAGEMENT

Sarah Bikeev MA

PHOTOGRAPHER

Ashley Taylor

VIDEOGRAPHER

Jakob Plattner

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

State Opera
Lukas Gaudernak
  Volksoper
Elisabeth Bolius

REHEARSAL DISPOSITION

State Opera
Ismenia Keck
  Volksoper
Vesna Orlić

BALLET MASTERS

State Opera
Lukas Gaudernak
Barbora Kohoutková
Julie Thirault
Cédric Ygnace
  Volksoper
Vesna Orlić → 1. Ballet Master
Samuel Colombet
Sergey Ignatiev

PIANISTS

State Opera
Giovanni Curreli
Jiří Novák
Shino Takizawa
Igor Zapravdin
  Volksoper
Jozef Bezak
Béla Fischer

MASSAGE

Stefan Pettermann → Physiotherapy
Rainer Heizinger
Peter Hledik

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS VIENNA STATE BALLET

 Adrian Cunescu

 

  

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CHOIR DIRECTOR

 Johannes Mertl

VOICE FORMATION

 Mag. Ulrike Bancher
Marlis Birkner

MUSICAL SUPERVISION

 Kerem Sezen
Florian Schwarz
Georg Stangelberger

STAGE PRESENCE TRAINING

 Karl Wenninger

Solo Singing
→ Gifted and Talented

 Alexander Kaimbacher 
Ileana Tonca

Administration

 Kathrin Schulz 

ADMINISTRATION

 Parviz Yahyavi

GOVERNESSES FOR REHEARSALS & PERFORMANCES → OPERA

 Regina Barowski
Vanja Kugler Trajković
Lone Rasmussen

Child-welfare TEAM

 Dr. Friederike Michlmayr → Head
Karl Wenninger
Kathrin Schulz 

SCHOOL MAINTENANCE

 Gianpiero Russo

MANAGEMENT

ARTISTIC DIRECTor

 Martin Schläpfer

MANAGING Director

 Mag. Simone Wohinz

DireCtor

 Christiana Stefanou

 

  

PEDAGOGICAL TEAM

BALLET MASTER YOUTH COMPANY

 Callum Hastie 

TEACHERS

Mag. Ulrike Amon
Matilde Ceron, MA MA
Annkathrin Dehn
Mag. Zsolt Tibor Elek
Robert Gabdullin
Zdenko Galaba,MA
Caterina Mantovani
Alice Necsea
Lucian Necsea
Diliana Nikiforova, PhD
Vladimir Shishov
Alena Weber
Jed O’Grady Weiss

PIANISTS

Cristian Axt
Frantisek Drafi
Aya Kaukal
Seul Lee
Anna Resch
Noriko Schmidt-Kawase
Yen-Ting Wang, MA
Yasuhito Watanabe

REHEARSAL MANAGER/CARE GIVER

 Matilde Ceron, MA MA

CARE GIVER

Dagmar Bald
Lisa Wallner

HEALTH COORDINATOR

Sarah-Maria Hartl, BSc

CHILD WELFARE TEAM

 Dr. Friederike Michlmayr → Head
Mag. Konstantinos Diminakis

 

  

ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATION & CONTROLLING

Mag. Ariane Rindle

COORDINATOR

Bostjan Ivanjsic, MA

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

 Mag. Konstantinos Diminakis

ASSISTANT TO THE MANAGEMENT
Wendy Maurer-Menzel

FACILITY MANAGEMENT

Parviz Yahyavi

PORTER

Gianpiero Russo

 

  

MEDICAL-THERAPEUTIC TEAM

OPERATING DOCTORS

 Dr. Elisabeth Szedenik

Paediatrician

 Dr. Sophia Brandstetter

HEALTH AND CONFIDENCE PSYCHOLOGIST

 Hannah Schatz, MSc

EXTERNAL POOL MEDICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT

in cooperation with Leistungssport Austria

EXTERNAL COOPERATION PARTNERS

BRG Wien III Boerhaavegasse  
NMS Renngasse
BSPA - Bundessportakademie
LEISTUNGSSPORT AUSTRIA – Bundesinstitut für Leistungs- und Spitzensport
die möwe - Kinderschutzzentrum
   

SUPERVISORY BOARD

 Mag. Christian Kircher → Chairman
Dr. Andreas Treichl → Deputy
Prof.in Elke Hesse
RA Dr. Johannes Honsig-Erlenburg
Prof. Dr. Clemens Jabloner
Ruth Schuster
BRV Christoph Biebl
BR KS Hans Peter Kammerer

Works Council of the Performing Arts Staff

 Karl Nebenführ → Works Council Chairman & Secretary
KS Hans Peter Kammerer → 1st deputy
Céline Janou Weder → 2nd deputy
Christian Herden → Treasurer
Trevor Hayden → Secretary
Wolfram Igor Derntl 
KS Wolfgang Bankl
Igor Miloš
Alaia Rogers-Maman
Mag. Martina Eichinger, MA → Secretariat

WORKS COUNCIL OF THE NON-PERFORMING ARTS STAFF

 Wilfried Hedenborg → Chairman
Martin Zalodek → 1st deputy
Wolfgang Lintner  → 2nd Deputy and Treasurer
Mark Gaal → Secretary
Wolfgang Härtel → Ticketing management
Mag. Regina Schmallegger → Secretariat

WORKS COUNCIL OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF

 Christoph Biebl → Chairman
Thomas Ossowsky → 1st deputy
Koran Wolfgang → Treasurer
Werner Pockberger → Secretary
Michael Dittrich
Zorica Nowotny
Christoph Krejsa
Johann Schidak

WORKS COUNCIL FOR THE STAGE ORCHESTRA

 Wolfgang Zuser → Chairman
Stefan Neubauer  → Deputy
Beatrix Kiss → Deputy & Treasurer

EQUAL TREATMENT OFFICER

 Mag. Astrid Berger
MMag. Markus Grundtner  → Deputy

Compliance

Mag. Katharina Sedivy
MMag. Thomas Barthol  → Deputy

Data Protection Officer of the Federal Theatres

 Silvia Schauer, MSc MBA

DATA PROTECTION COORDINATOR OF THE VIENNA STATE OPERA HOUSE

 Mag. Sophie Lohnert-Menapace, LL.M.