Personalia

DirectorDr. Bogdan Roščić
Music DirectorPhilippe Jordan
Ballet DirectorAlessandra Ferri
Commercial directorDr. Petra Bohuslav

Who we are - departments and teams

Director GeneralDr. Bogdan Roščić
Head of Artistic Administration

Sabine Hödl-Weinberger

Head

Magdalena Kheder, MAS

Mag.a Gertrud Renner

NEST

Artistic Administration

Renate Dönch

Annemarie Leitner

Production Management

StephanieWippel 
Marie-Theres Zauner, MAS
LindaTazzioli 
CarolineUrban

NEST

Mag.a Margarete Krenn-Arnold

Director's Office

Anna Maria Honeck, MAS

Advisor to the Director

Helena Bilgeri, MA
Andrea Dunst
Thomas Riedlsperger, MA

CastingRobert Körner
Opera DramaturgyDr. Andreas Láng
Dr. Oliver Láng
Education & Outreach

Katharina Augendopler, BA MAS

Head

Ivan Beaufils
M.Mag. Carlos Chamorro

Young Artist Program of the Vienna State Opera

Dr. Michael Kraus

Artistic Director

Mag.a Liina Anger

Organizational management

Audrey Saint-Gil

Musical Consultant

Human Resources, Legal & Organization

Dr. Florian Schulz, LL.M

Head

Organizational Development, Assistant to the ProkuristFabiola Simek, BSc
HR Artists

Marlies Binder, MA

Head

Marco Balogh
Stefan Karall
Monique Lutnik, LL.B. MA
Nils Praiczer

Apprentice

HR Technical

Mag.a Susanne Schwaiger

Head

Mag.a Astrid Berger
Andreas Schönhofer

Philip Aichhorn

Apprentice

Legal

Mag.a Katharina Sedivy

Head (Deputy Head of Department)

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

Marketing & Communications, Management of the Opera Ball

Susanne Athanasiadis

Head of Department

Press

Mag.a Maria Wiesinger

Head

Doris König, BA

Sales Marketing, Campaigns & Cooperations

Carmen Wieninger, BA

Head

Maria Gruber, BA MSc

Digital Marketing

Mag.a Hemma Gritsch

Head

Jakob Gellermann, MA

Event, Opera Ball & Guided Tours

Anna Mager

Head

Paulina Eichinger, BA

Mag.a Stefanie Berger

Anja Krimsky

Cesar Pérez

Opera Ball Offices & VIP Support, Guest Service

 

Susanna C. Wiesner, MA

Management

Raphael Grascher
Gunnar Khünl-Brady
Ornella Urban

Graphics & Photography

Irene Neubert

Head of Graphics

Robert Kainzmayer
Michael Pöhn

Sponsoring, Official Circle of Friends & Rentals

Martin J. Bonhard, MBA

Head

Backoffice SponsoringVeronika Preisinger, MA MAS
Official Circle of Friends

Mag.a(FH) Szilvia Csóka

Yuliya Draganova, MA

RentalsBrigitte Gauss
Digital DevelopmentDI Markus Kreuzbauer
Management AssistantChristian Huber

Scenic Department

Stage ManagerMag.a Katharina Strommer
Assistant Directors

Alexander Edtbauer
Natalie Ortner-Menconi
Niv Hoffman
Peter Pacher

Emily Hehl

Guest

Lisa Padouvas, MA
Wolfgang Schilly, MA

Stage Managers

Maximilian Kurz, MA

Management

Dr. Johannes Cehak

Andreas Fischer

Christoph Nechvatal

Elisabeth Pelz-Stein

Elisa Lewisch

Khrystyna Kachmar

Ulla Wentenschuh

NEST

Extras

Sebastian Kerssenbrock

Director

Christof Hartmann
Katrin Roschangar

Musical Service

Director of Music StudiesStephen Hopkins
Deputy Director of Music StudiesRita Kaufmann
Musical AssistantJendrik Springer
Assistant to the Director of Music StudiesMagdalena Kheder, MAS
Solo Correpition

Hans-Otto Ehrström

Annemarie Herfurth

Tommaso Lepore

Kristin Okerlund

Richard Schwennicke

Julia Simonyan

Alexander Soloway

Anton Ziegler

Music Coordinator NESTDaniel Kurland
Maestri Suggeritori

Andreas Abegg

Conductor

Lucio Golino

Mario Perktold

Jera H. Petriček

Administration

Mag. Igor Chomča

Conductor

Maintenance State Opera OrchestraChristine Honolke
Maintenance Stage Orchestra

Michael Kahlig

Leonhard Waltersdorfer

Administration State Opera Orchestra & Extra ChorusLarissa Weidler
Stage Music Conductors

Markus Henn

Conductor

Stephen Hopkins

Richard Schwennicke

Music Library

Dr. Katharina Hötzenecker

Director

Thomas Heinisch

Mona Lisa Kress

Milena Steinhauer

NEST

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

Mag.a 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.
DI Nino Petuelli
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, BFA
Costume Director

VeraRichter

Saskia Schneider

Costume Magazine & LogisticsGertrude Hrdlicka-Gabriel
Head of costume rehearsal supervisionDanny Zeljkovic
Costume Management BalletKatrin Böge
Costume Director NESTNina Paireder
Head of WardrobeMaria 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

Leitung

Michael Borg
Eva Bucek

Michele da Silva
Mert Demir
Karin Haszonits

Viktoria Lessiak, BA
Rebecca Lilly
Sebastian Neubauer
Albertina Ritter
Claudia Szalay
Fabian Zimmermann

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 DirectorAlessandra Ferri
Managing DirectorMag.a Simone Wohinz
Head of the Artistic Operations Management & Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director Mag.a Medea Chiabotti
Head Ballet Master (Vienna State Opera)Marcelo Gomes
Production ContractsMag.a Cornelia Nonhoff
Administration & Organisational DevelopmentMag.a Elisabeth Schubert
Assistant to the Managing Director & PersonnelMag.a Helga Isak
Assistant to the Artistic Operations ManagementSonia Setien
Assistant to the Artistic ManagementJeremy Gubman
Rehearsal Disposition (Vienna State Opera)Ismenia Keck
Shoe ManagementFranziska Wallner-Hollinek
Production Management & Ballet Master (Vienna State Opera)Lukas Gaudernak
Planning Coordinator & Ballet MasterLouisa Rachedi
Ballet Masters (Vienna State Opera)

Pino Alosa

Barbora Kohoutková

Rehearsal Disposition & Head Ballet Master (Vienna Volksoper)Vesna Orlić
Administration & Production Management (Vienna Volksoper)Elisabeth Bolius
Ballet Masters (Vienna Volksoper)Samuel Colombet
Sergey Ignatiev
Pianists (Vienna State Opera)Giovanni Curreli
Jiří Novák
Shino Takizawa
Igor Zapravdin
Pianists (Vienna Volksoper)Jozef Bezak
Béla Fischer
DramaturgyNastasja Fischer, MA
Mag.a Iris Frey
Public RelationsMag. Gerald C. Stocker
Sales Marketing & Event SupportSarah Bikeev, MA
PhotographerAshley Taylor
VideographerJakob Plattner
MasseurRainer Heizinger
Circle of Friends Vienna State BalletAdrian Cunescu

Artistic Head & Chorus MasterJohannes Mertl
Vocal TrainingUlrike Bancher
Marlis Birkner
Musical TeamKerem Sezen
Georg Stangelberger
Stage Presence TrainingKarl Wenninger
Solo Singing Teaching (Gifted & Talented Program)Alexander Kaimbacher
Ileana Tonca
AdministrationKathrin Schulz
Office/Music LibraryParviz Yahyavi
GovernessesRegina Barowski
Kathrin Leiwe-Missios
Lone Rasmussen
PorterGianpiero Russo

Management 

Artistic Director

Alessandra Ferri

Commercial management

Simone Wohinz

Director

Patrick Armand
Pedagogical team 

Ballet Master Youth Company

Callum Hastie

Teachers

Ulrike Amon, MA
Matilde Ceron, MA MA
Annkathrin Dehn, BA
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
Dominik Burgstaller

Health Coordinator

D.O. Barbara Jurcsa

Child welfare team

Dr. Friederike Michlmayr

Management

Konstantinos Diminakis

Administration 

Administration & Controlling

Ariane Rindle

Coordinator

Bostjan Ivanjsic, MA

School management, legal and organization development

Mag.a  Liliane Leißer

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

Werner Pockberger

Secretary

Manuela Kolb

deputy Secretary

Wolfgang Koran

Treasurer

Mario Bocanek

deputy treasurer

Patrick Winkler

Johann Schidak

Works council for the stage orchestra

Wolfgang Zuser

Chairman of the board

Stefan Neubauer

Deputy Chairman

Beatrix Kiss

Deputy & Treasurer

Equal Treatment Officer

Astrid Berger
Monique Lutnik, LL.B.

Deputy

Compliance Officer

Mag.a Katharina Sedivy

MMag. Thomas Barthol

Deputy

Compliance Officer

Katharina Sedivy, Mag
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

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