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

→ a*n 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 or 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
• 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,...)
• 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 technician or 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
• 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

Please note: due to the theater vacations, we may not be able to process your application until the end of August.

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

Solo Viola

Main audition: December 19, 2025
Orchestra round: December 22, 2025

Application deadline: October 23, 2025

Please send applications exclusively via the muvac.com platform

The Vienna State Opera aims 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.

The following position is vacant in the Vienna State Opera Chorus:

1. Tenor

End of the application period now 31.07.2025

Audition date remains 22.09.2025

Please send applications to: bewerbungen.chor@wiener-staatsoper.at

The following position is vacant in the Vienna State Opera Chorus:

2. Tenor

End of the application period now 31.07.2025

Audition date remains 22.09.2025

Please send applications to: bewerbungen.chor@wiener-staatsoper.at

The Vienna State Opera is looking for a person of short stature (m/f/d) for a production in the 2025/26 season.

Prerequisite for participation is a general availability for the entire rehearsal and performance period and the willingness to be available for rehearsals and performances at the usual theater times. A love of acting and the ability to fit in well in a group with numerous participants.

The work is remunerated. Information and registration with the extras management of the Vienna State Opera

by e-mail to: komparserieleitung@wiener-staatsoper.at

The Vienna State Opera is looking for androgynous-looking persons (m/f/d), 180 cm or taller, for a production in the 2025/26 season.

Prerequisite for participation is a general availability for the entire rehearsal and performance period and the willingness to be available for rehearsals and performances at the usual theater times. A love of acting and the ability to fit in well in a group with numerous participants.

The work is remunerated. Information and registration with the extras management of the Vienna State Opera

by e-mail to: komparserieleitung@wiener-staatsoper.at