Personalia

DirectorDr. Bogdan Roščić
Music DirectorPhilippe Jordan
Ballet DirectorMartin Schläpfer
Commercial directorDr. Petra Bohuslav

Who we are - departments and teams

DirectorDr. Bogdan Roščić
Operations management

Sabine Hödl-Weinberger

Management

Magdalena Kheder, MAS

Director's office

Renate Dönch

Annemarie Leitner

Production management

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

NEST

Staff of the artistic management

Laura Reinthaller-Thelen

Advisor to the Director

Helena Bilgeri, MA
Thomas Riedlsperger, MA

Gertrud Renner, MA

Head of NEST

CastingRobert Körner
Opera dramaturgy

Sergio Morabito

Chief dramaturge

Dr. Andreas Láng
Dr. Oliver Láng
Nikolaus Stenitzer

Mediation & Outreach

Krysztina Winkel, MA

Management

Margarete Krenn-Arnold, MA
Katharina Augendopler, BA
M.Mag. Carlos Chamorro

Studio of the Vienna State Opera

Dr. Michael Kraus

Artistic Director

Uta Sander, MAS

Organizational Management

Personnel, Law & Organization

Organizational development, authorized signatory

Dr. Florian Schulz, LL.M

(authorized signatory) Management

Fabiola Simek, BSc

Human Resources Art

M. Binder, MA

Management

M. Balogh
S. Karall
M. Lutnik, LL.B.
N. Praiczer

Apprentice

Personnel Technology

G. Gelbmann

Management

Mag. A. Berger
A. Schönhofer
P. Aichhorn

Apprentice

Legal department

Katharina Sedivy

Management (Deputy Head of Department)

MMag. Thomas Barthol
Dr. Daphne Frankl-Templ, M.A.
MMag. Markus Grundtner
Mag. Constanze Lösch

Dr. MMag. Victoria E. Tschiedl

Marketing & Press

Susanne Athanasiadis

Head of Department

Press Office

Maria Wiesinger

Management

Doris König, BA

Antonia Perko, BA MSc

Marketing

Carmen Wieninger, BA

Management

Maria Gruber, BA MSc

Digital Marketing

Mag. Hemma Gritsch

Management

Jakob Gellermann, BA MA

Event Marketing & Guided Tours

Anna Mager

Management

Paulina Eichinger, BA

Cesar Pérez

Ticketing Opera Ball, Service & VIP Support

Susanna C. Wiesner, MA

Management

Raphael Grascher
Gunnar Khünl-Brady
Ornella Urban

Graphics and photography

Irene Neubert

Head of Graphics

Robert Kainzmayer
Michael Pöhn

Sponsoring, Official Circle of Friends & Rentals

Martin J. Bonhard, MBA

Head of

SponsoringVeronika Preisinger, MA MAS
RentalsLiina Anger
Official circle of friends

Mag.(FH) Szilvia Csóka

Yuliya Draganova, MA

Digital DevelopmentDI Markus Kreuzbauer
Management assistantChristian Huber
Scenic Service
Stage managerKatharina Strommer
Assistant directorAlexander Edtbauer
Natalie Ortner-Menconi
Emily Hehl
Niv Hoffman
Peter Pacher
Lisa Padouvas, MA
Wolfgang Schilly, MA
Stage manager

Maximilian Kurz, MA

Management

Dr. Johannes Cehak
Andreas Fischer
Christoph Nechvatal
Elisabeth Pelz-Stein
Elisa Lewisch
Mag.a. Ulla Wentenschuh

NEST

Dance rehearsal director (choir & extras)Christian Herden
Extras

Sebastian Kerssenbrock

Conductor

Christof Hartmann
Katrin Roschangar

Music DirectorPhilippe Jordan
Musical assistant to the music directorJendirk Springer
Assistant to the Music DirectorAndrea Dunst
Musical Director of StudiesStephen Hopkins
Deputy Musical Director of StudiesRita Kaufmann
Advisor to the Director of Studies

Magdalena Kheder

Hans-Otto Ehrström

Solo accompanist

Annemarie Herfurth

Dan Kurland

NEST

Tommaso Lepore

Kristin Okerlund

Cécile Restier

Richard

Schwennicke

Julia Simonyan

Anton Ziegler

Maestri Suggeritori

Andreas Abegg

Management

Lucio Golino
Mario Perktold
Mag. Art. Jera Petricek Hrastnik

Administration musical area

Igor Chomča

Management

Larissa Weidler, BA

Inspection State Opera OrchestraChristine Honolke
Inspection Stage OrchestraMichael Kahlig
Leonhard Waltersdorfer
Stage music conductor

Markus Henn

Conductor

Stephen Hopkins
Eric Melear

Music Archive

Dr. Katharina Hötzenecker

Director

Thomas Heinisch
Mona Lisa Kress
Johannes Dorfmeister
Milena Steinhauer

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

Alexa Koch

Bernhard Geosits

Inventory management / Technical drawing office

Julian Aichhorn

Markus Oberecker

Technical assistantsChristoph Oefner
Jaqueline Krummel, M.Eng.
DI Elisabeth Stiedl
DI Eva Swoboda
Design engineerAlexander Spyra, B.Eng.
Dipl. Ing. Nino Petuelli, BSc
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
Decoration supportStefania Compagni, MA
Florentina Moser, BA
Costume DirectorVera Richter
Wardrobe managementMaria Mader
Christian Plabensteiner
Head of make-upBeate Krainer
Building management

Engineer Alexander Hainka

Management

Harald Gepp
Engineer Rafal Szwidke
Thomas Lenhard
Gino Castagnola
Simon Pesendorfer

Technical Manager NESTMarco Polukord
Deputy Technical Manager NESTStefan Kugler

Commercial managementDr. Petra Bohuslav
Assistant to the Commercial ManagementKerstin Koller, BA, MAS
Accounting

A. Baumgartner

Management

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

Card sales

Linda-Yvonne Werdan, BA

Management

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

Information Technology

Oliver Zenner

Management

Thomas Chadt
Dominik Rath
Matthew King

Security expertEngineer Manfred Lenz BSC
Environmental and sustainability managerChristian Hauer, MSc
Occupational medicineDr. Elisabeth Szedenik
Commander of the company fire department & fire safety officerHorst Hackl

Ballet Director & Chief ChoreographerMartin Schläpfer
Commercial DirectorSimone Wohinz
Deputy Ballet DirectorLouisa Rachedi
Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director & Chief Choreographer and Head of the Artistic DirectorateVerena Kögler
Administration

State Opera
Helga Isak

Assistant to the Commercial Director & Personnel

Cornelia Nonhoff

Production contracts

Sonia Setien

Assistant to the Operations Director

Franziska Wallner-Hollinek

Shoe administration

Volksoper

Elisabeth Bolius

Administration & Organizational DevelopmentElisabeth Schubert
Dramaturgy

Anne do Paço

Chief dramaturge

Nastasja Fischer MA
Mag. Iris Frey

CommunicationsGerald C. Stocker
PhotographerAshley Taylor
VideographerJakob Plattner
Production management

State Opera

Lukas Graudernak

Volksoper

Elisabeth Bolius

Rehearsal scheduling

State Opera

Ismenia Keck

Volksoper

Vesna Orlić

Ballet Mistresses

State Opera

Lukas Gaudernak
Barbora Kohoutková
Julie Thirault
Cédric Ygnace

Folk opera

Vesna Orlić

1. Ballet Mistress

Samuel Colombet
Sergey Ignatiev

Corepetitors

State Opera

Giovanni Curreli
Jiří Novák
Shino Takizawa
Igor Zapravdin

Folk opera

Jozef Bezak
Béla Fischer

Massage

Stefan Pettermann

Physiotherapy

Rainer Heizinger
Peter Hledik

Friends of the Vienna State BalletAdrian Cunescu

Artistic Director & Choir ConductorJohannes Mertl
Voice trainingUlrike Bancher
Marlis Birkner
Musical teamKerem Sezen
Florian Schwarz
Georg Stangelberge
Stage presence trainingKarl Wenninger
Solo singing - promotion of gifted singersAlexander Kaimbacher
Ileana Tonca
AdministrationKathrin Schulz
AdministrationParviz Yahyavi
Governesses for rehearsals & performances (Opera)Regina Barowski
Vanja Kugler Trajković
Lone Rasmussen
Child welfare team


Dr. Friederike Michlmayr

Management

Karl Wenninger
Kathrin Schulz

School caretakerGianpiero Russo

ManagementMartin Schläpfer

Artistic Director

Simone Wohinz

Commercial management

Christiana Stefanou

Director

Christiana Stefanou
Pedagogical team

Ballet Master Youth Company

Callum Hastie

Teachers

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

Pianists

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

Rehearsal director / supervisor

Matilde Ceron, MA MA

Supervisors

Dagmar Bald
Lisa Wallner

Health Coordinator

D.O. Barbara Jurcsa

Child welfare team

Dr. Friederike Michlmayr

Management

Konstantinos Diminakis

Administration

Administration & Controlling

Ariane Rindle

Coordinator

Bostjan Ivanjsic, MA

Employee of the school administration

Konstantinos Diminakis, MA

Assistant to the management

Wendy Maurer-Menzel

Administration

Parviz Yahyavi

School caretaker

Gianpiero Russo

Porter

Katrin Firlinger
Medical-therapeutic team

Company doctor / school doctor

Dr. Elisabeth Szedenik

Pediatrician

Dr. Sophia Brandstetter

Health and trust psychologist

Hannah Schatz, MSc

External pool Medical and therapeutic care

in cooperation with Leistungssport Austria

External cooperation partners / collaboration

BRG 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

Christian Kircher

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Andreas Treichl

Deputy Chairman

Elke Hesse
Dr. Johannes Honsig-Erlenburg
Dr. Clemens Jabloner
Ruth Schuster
BRV Christoph Biebl
BR Hans Peter Kammerer

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 Administration Department

Maximilian Kurz MA

Secretary (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

1. Deputy Chairman

Wolfgang Lintner

2. Deputy Chairman and Treasurer

Mark Gaal

Secretary

Wolfgang Härtel

Card administration

Regina Schmallegger

Secretariat

Works council of the technical staff

Christoph Biebl

Chairman

Thomas Ossowsky

Deputy Chairman

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 Chairman

Beatrix Kiss

Deputy & Treasurer

Equal Treatment Officer

Astrid Berger
MMag. Markus Grundtner

Deputy

Compliance Officer


Katharina Sedivy
MMag. Thomas Barthol

Deputy

Data Protection Officer of the BundestheaterSilvia Schauer, MSc MBA
Data Protection Coordinator of the Vienna State OperaDr. Victoria E. Tschiedl

Team

Dr. Friederike Michlmayr

Management

Karl Wenninger

Opera School

Kathrin Schulz

Opera School

Konstantinos Diminakis

Ballet Academy

Katharina Augendopler, MA

Mediation & Outreach