We are looking to strengthen our legal department with immediate effect

→ a lawyer (all-rounder / full-time)

Tasks / main focus:

• Legal support for ticket sales (including the Opera Ball, complaints management, general terms and conditions and dunning)
• Preparation of various contracts (sponsoring, circles of friends, rental and lease agreements, work contracts, marketing cooperations, ballet guest performances and co-productions, etc.), preparation of sample contracts
• Contact person for various departments such as ballet management, ballet academy, opera studio and opera school
• Legal support for child welfare issues
• Legal handling of (special) projects
• Supervision of legal disputes and arbitration proceedings
• Processing various legal inquiries, depending on experience or interest

Requirements

• completed studies in law
• Professional experience as a lawyer in a law firm or legal department
• Experience in or affinity with the cultural sector is an advantage, in particular an interest in opera and/or ballet
• excellent written and spoken German and English skills
• independent, careful and structured way of working
• quick comprehension and solution-oriented work
• Ability to work in a team

The minimum salary according to the collective agreement is € 2,738.99 gross per month based on full-time employment (40 hours per week). There is a willingness to overpay from € 4,000 gross per month, depending on qualifications and experience.

We offer you an interesting and challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and letter of motivation by December 31, 2025 by e-mail to jobs@wiener-staatsoper.at

We are looking for stage technicians (full-time) to strengthen our technical departments with immediate effect

Tasks:

• Supervision of rehearsals and performances of musical theater productions
• Set-up, conversion and dismantling of decorations for rehearsals and performances

Required training (or comparable qualification):

• Completed vocational training in a woodworking profession or
• Completed vocational training as a painter and coating technician or
• Completed vocational training as an upholsterer/decorator
• Completed vocational training in a metalworking profession

Requirements:

• Technical understanding and manual dexterity
• Absolute freedom from vertigo and a head for heights
• Ability to work in a team, reliability and the ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to work irregular hours (evenings, weekends, public holidays and split shifts)
• As a male applicant: completed military or civilian service
• Fundamental interest in musical theater and good manners
• Very good knowledge of German
• Willingness to work overtime and take part in guest performances abroad

We offer:

• A secure job in one of the most renowned opera houses in the world
• Vienna public transport annual pass
• Supported canteen with daily changing menus and à la carte
• Opportunity to purchase director's tickets for the houses of the Bundestheaterholding
• Fresh fruit several times a day
• Company doctor
• Shopping discounts at various companies (pharmacies,...)
• Theater vacations in July and August

The collectively agreed starting salary is at least EUR 2,683.95 gross per month (full-time basis) 14 times a year, plus various allowances and overtime pay. A higher salary is possible with proof of completed vocational training or by crediting previous periods of service.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. Please send your detailed application with CV by e-mail to personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

To strengthen our stage/wallpaperers department, we are looking for the following with immediate effect

→ a stage wallpaperer (f/m/d)

The following tasks await you:

• Laying the floor coverings (dance flooring for ballet performances)
• Covering the stage floor with floor cloths
• Assembly of all textile decoration parts attached in the stage design area
• Repair work on these decorative elements

You should have the following qualities:

• Manual skills and technical understanding
• Completed apprenticeship as an upholsterer is an advantage

• High level of commitment

• Very good physical condition and resilience

• Absolutely no fear of heights and a head for heights

• Ability to work in a team, reliability and the ability to work under pressure

• Willingness to work irregular hours (evenings, weekends and public holidays as well as split shifts)

• As a male applicant: completed military or civilian service

• Fundamental interest in musical theater and good manners

• Very good knowledge of German

• Willingness to work overtime and take part in guest performances abroad

We offer:

• A secure job in one of the most renowned opera houses in the world
• Vienna public transport annual pass
• Supported canteen with daily changing menus and à la carte
• Opportunity to purchase director's tickets for the houses of the Bundestheaterholding
• Fresh fruit several times a day
• Company doctor
• Shopping discounts at various companies (pharmacies,...)
• Theater vacations in July and August

The collectively agreed starting salary is at least EUR 2,683.95 gross per month (full-time basis) 14 times a year, plus various allowances and overtime pay. A higher salary is possible with proof of completed vocational training or by crediting previous periods of service.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. Please send your detailed application with CV by e-mail to personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

To strengthen our Machinists/Displacement department, we are looking for the following with immediate effect

→ Stage technicians (f/m/d), full-time

The following tasks await you:
- Operation of the entire understage machinery as well as turntables, functional special constructions and curtains in the stage portal, during rehearsals and performances
- Maintenance and control of the technical stage equipment on the lower stage
- Operating hydraulic and pneumatic systems in decoration parts
- Screwing steel structures and stage elements to the floor and to mounted decorative elements
- Making and repairing stage props
- Designing performances: you enable the appearance and disappearance of people, props and stage sets by using lifting floors and lowering people
- Implementation of stage effects such as stage fog, steam, wind, foam and water

You should have the following qualities:
- Craftsmanship and technical understanding
- Completed apprenticeship as a metalworker, metal technicianor tinsmith is an advantage
- Workshop experience in a metalworking company
- Experience of working independently in a metalworking shop (cutting, drilling, bending, welding, etc.)
- High level of commitment
- Very good physical condition and resilience
- Absolutely no fear of heights and a head for heights
- Ability to work in a team, reliability and the ability to work under pressure
- Willingness to work irregular hours (evenings, weekends, public holidays and split shifts)
- As a male applicant: completed military or civilian service
- Fundamental interest in musical theater and good manners
- Very good knowledge of German
- Willingness to work overtime and take part in guest performances abroad

We offer:
- A secure job in one of the most renowned opera houses in the world
- Wiener Linien annual ticket
- supported canteen with daily changing menus and à la carte
- Opportunity to purchase director's tickets for the houses of the Bundestheaterholding
- Fresh fruit several times a day
- Company doctor
- Shopping discounts at various companies (pharmacies, etc.)
- Theater vacations in July and August

The collectively agreed starting salary is at least EUR 2,683.95 gross per month (full-time basis) 14 times a year, plus various allowances and overtime pay. A higher salary is possible with proof of completed vocational training or by crediting previous periods of service.

We offer you a challenging job in one of the largest cultural institutions in Austria. Please send your detailed application with CV by e-mail to personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

Make-up artists

We are looking to strengthen our make-up department with immediate effect
→ Make-up artists - occasionally as temporary helpers

Tasks:

• Supporting our make-up team during rehearsals and performances

• Professional and role-appropriate make-up for stage and television according to artistic specifications
• Professional and role-appropriate hairdressing and styling of hair according to artistic specifications
• Professional application, adjustment, removal and cleaning of wigs, hairpieces, facial hair as well as bald heads, partially bald heads, plastic facial parts, wounds, etc.

Your profile:

• Completed apprenticeship as a make-up artist or hairdresser and wig maker or

• Training as a qualified make-up artist or make-up artist

• Experience in theater, film or television is an advantage

• High level of craftsmanship and creativity

• Resilience and composure in stressful situations

• Team spirit, sense of responsibility, reliability and enjoyment of working with artists

• Willingness to work irregular hours (evenings, weekends, public holidays)

• Very good knowledge of German

We offer:

• A varied job in an artistically challenging environment

• Collaboration in a committed and collegial team

• Insights into the exciting everyday life of an internationally renowned opera house

Remuneration is in accordance with the 1999 collective agreement for technical staff.
For one shift (4 to max. 6 hours) the pay is € 69.92 gross, on public holidays € 101.79 gross.
This is a daily, marginal employment that is subject to income tax, but is only covered by accident insurance.

Note: From January 1, 2026, marginal employment in addition to unemployment benefit is only permitted in a few exceptional cases.

We look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV and letter of motivation by e-mail to: personal.technik@wiener-staatsoper.at

The Vienna State Opera Chorus has an immediate vacancy in tenor 1.

Please send applications with CV by Sunday, 28.12.2025 at the latest to: bewerbungen.chor@wiener-staatsoper.at

Remuneration according to CHOR KV (Austrian Federal Theater KV 2004).

In the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

(Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

the following position is vacant: Solo Double Bass

Audition: March 30, 2026

Main audition: March 31, 2026

Application deadline: February 01, 2026

Please send applications exclusively via the muvac.com platform !

The Vienna State Opera strives to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply.
We reserve the right to make an initial selection based on the applications.
Payment according to the orchestra collective agreement.

The Vienna State Opera will not cover any travel and accommodation costs incurred as a result of participation in the audition.

Please note that German bowing is required.

The Vienna State Opera Choral Academy is offering training places for academy members in all vocal ranges for the 2026/27 season.

Participation in the Vienna State Opera Choral Academy is open to young singers from all over the world who have completed their vocal studies as well as vocal students in their final year of study. Through intensive rehearsals, individual coaching and regular appearances as a chorister in performances at the State Opera, the Choir Academy serves as intensive preparation and qualified specialization for a professional career as an opera chorister. Members of the Choir Academy receive a flat-rate training allowance of EUR 1,020.00 gross per month. An extension for a second season is possible.

We look forward to receiving your application (PDF) by e-mail by 31.01.2026 at the latest to

chorakademie@wiener-staatsoper.at

A link to a sound or video file is welcome, but not required. An initial selection will be made on the basis of the application documents. The audition - by invitation only - is expected to take place at the Vienna State Opera at the end of March 2026.

The Vienna State Opera will not cover any travel and accommodation costs or other costs incurred in connection with the application or audition.
As an employer, we stand for equal opportunities. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability status.

The following position is vacant in the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera (Vienna Philharmonic):

Concertmaster

Main audition: May 19, 2026

Orchestra round: May 20, 2026

Application deadline: March 17, 2026

Please send applications exclusively via the muvac.com platform !

The Vienna State Opera strives to increase the proportion of women and therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply.
We reserve the right to make an initial selection based on the applications.
Payment according to the orchestra collective agreement.
The Vienna State Opera will not cover any travel and accommodation costs incurred as a result of participation in the audition.