Gala Jovanovic

© Andreas Jakwerth

Gala Jovanovic was born in Belgrade and educated in her hometown by Milica Bezmarević, among others, as well as at the Ballet School of the Vienna State Opera. She joined the Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper und Volksoper in 2007/08 where she first danced in the ensemble of the Volksoper Wien. In 2012/13 she changed to the Vienna State Opera and in 2015 she was promoted to demi-soloist of the Vienna State Ballet.

Her repertoire comprises Myrtha in Elena Tschernischova’s »Giselle«, Queen of the Dryads and Street dancer in Rudolf Nureyev's »Don Quixote«, Big swan und Spanish dancer in Nureyev's »Swan Lake«, Solo-Snowflake and Spanish dance in Nureyev’s »The Nutcracker«, Carabosse in Martin Schläpferʼs »The Sleeping Beauty«, Fairy of the Joy of Life in Peter Wright's »The Sleeping Beauty«, gipsy in John Cranko's »Romeo and Juliet«, The gipsy in Michael Corder’s »The Snow Queen«, Bluebeard's mother in Stephan Thoss' »Bluebeard's Secret«, Hippolyta in Jorma Elo's »A Midsummer Night's Dream«, Vasilissa in Andrey Kaydanovskiy’s »The Firebird «, Queen Mab in Davide Bombana’s »Roméo et Juliette«, Maria Theresia in Patrick de Bana’s »Marie Antoinette«, the wife in Jerome Robbins' »The Concert«, Pas de Bottes in Pierre Lacotte’s »Coppélia« and Pas des Forbans in Manuel Legris’ »Le Corsaire«. Furthermore, she danced in works by George Balanchine such as solo in »Rubies« (»Jewels«) and »Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet«, Maurice Béjart's »Le Concours«, Helen Pickett's »Eventide«, Nils Christe's »Before Nightfall«, Christopher Wheeldon's »Fool’s Paradise«, Thierry Malandain's »Mozart à 2«, Trevor Hayden's »Double Date«, Edward Clug's »Peer Gynt«, Edwaard Liang's »Murmuration«, Manuel Legris’ »Sylvia«, William Forsythe's »Artifact Suite«, Jiří Kylián's »Symphony of Psalms«, Wayne McGregor's »EDEN|EDEN«, Heinz Spoerliʼs »Goldberg-Variationen«, John Neumeierʼs »Lady of the Camellias« as well as in world premieres of Martin Schläpfer's »4«, »Sinfonie Nr. 15« and »The Seasons«.

Performances with Gala Jovanovic

Saison 2024-25
Fri
03 Jan
18:30 — 22:00
Marius Petipa, Martin Schläpfer
Ballett Main Stage

with Kiyoka Hashimoto, Alexey Popov, Elena Bottaro, Timoor Afshar, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Gala Jovanovic, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Friday 3. January 2025

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Elena Bottaro * *instead of Sonia Dvořák

Prinz Désiré

Timoor Afshar * *instead of Davide Dato

La Fée des Lilas

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Friday 3. January 2025

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27
Sun
05 Jan
19:00 — 22:30
Martin Schläpfer, Marius Petipa
Ballett Main Stage

with Kiyoka Hashimoto, Alexey Popov, Elena Bottaro, Timoor Afshar, Alaia Rogers-Maman, Gala Jovanovic, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Sunday 5. January 2025

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Elena Bottaro * *instead of Sonia Dvořák

Prinz Désiré

Timoor Afshar * *instead of Davide Dato

La Fée des Lilas

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Sunday 5. January 2025

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27