Ensemble & Employees

Chief Dramaturg

Anna Melcher

Dramaturgs
Katie Campbell, Julia Schinke, Juliane Schunke, Heili Schwarz-Schütte

Guest Dramaturgs
Bettina Auer

Assistant Dramaturgy
Svenja Söhnchen

Director Communication, Marketing & Sales
Jens Breder

Assistant
Julia Zitzke

Staff
Carina Grün (Deputy Head of Marketing Düsseldorf)
Katrin Schmidt (Marketing Duisburg)

Press Officers
Tanja Brill, Monika Doll

Online Editor / Social Media / Photography
Daniel Senzek

Digital Content and Marketing
Johanna Komescher

Graphic and media designer
Kristina Kasperczyk

Voluntary Year of Social Service
Lea Moll

JUNGE OPER AM RHEIN

Director
Michaela Dicu

Education Officers
Jörg Behr, Nadja Görts, Zoe Köppen

Voluntary Year of Social Service
Emma Pohle


KINDERCHOR AM RHEIN

Director
Sabina López Miguez


UFO – JUNGE OPER URBAN

Project director
Theresa von Halle, Elise Schobeß

Project assistant
Lisa Kanthack

Event technology
Christian von der Heide


TANZ MIT!

Leiter und Tanzpädagoge
Michael Foster

Chief Conductor
Vitali Alekseenok

Conductors
Patrick Francis Chestnut, Katharina Müllner, Ralf Lange, Harry Ogg, Christoph Stöcker

Principal Guest Conductor
Antonino Fogliani

Guest Conductors
Marco Alibrando, Jordan de Souza, Killian Farrell, Péter Halász, Dmitry Matvienko, Benjamin Reiners, Hendrik Vestmann

Assistant to the Chief Conductor
Ralf Lange

Personal Assistant to the Chief Conductor & Orchestra Office
Angelika Ruhland

Orchestra Director, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Gina Ries

Consultant to the Opera and Ballet Directorate with repetition duties
Dr. Christian Dammann

Head of Music Staff
Dr. Dan Raţiu, Ville Enckelmann

Repetiteurs
Dr. Christian Dammann, Andrea D’Alonzo, Ville Enckelmann, Sebastian Ludwig, Laura Ann Poe, Christoph Stöcker, Cécile Tallec, Dagmar Thelen, Anastasiya Titovych, Jason Tran

Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski

Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
N.N.

Orchestra Technicians
Karsten Etz, Piotr Glowacki, Aleksander Ringas

Directors / Premieres
1927, Vasily Barkhatov, David Bösch, Cordula Däupner, Daniel Kramer, Maria Kwaschik, Julia Langeder, Ilaria Lanzino, Nanine Linning, Marthe Meinhold, Tobias Ribitzki, Marius Schütz, Felix Seiler, Elisabeth Stöppler, Haitham Assem Tantawy, Michael Thalheimer, Neville John Tranter

Directors / Revivals
Vasily Barkhatov, Michaela Dicu, Johannes Erath, Karoline Gruber, Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, Andreas Homoki, Barrie Kosky & 1927, Maurice Lenhard, Christof Loy, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Carlos Wagner
Principal Staff Director
N.N.

Staff Directors & Assistant Directors
Dorian Dreher, Julia Langeder, Mara Ludwig, Francesco Rescio, Haitham Assem Tantawy, Lotte Zuther, Ferdinand Berzdorf (as guest)

Stage Management
Annegret Frübing, Bruno Narnhammer, Eva Padjen, Svenja Söhnchen, Egmont Unger

Prompters
Irina Benkowski, Stefanie Bertram, Dagmar Elsenheimer

Supernumerary Performers Düsseldorf
Michal Matys

Supernumerary Performers Duisburg
Philipp Vorjohann

Stage and Costume Designers / Premieres
Henrik Ahr, Patrick Bannwart, Michaela Barth, Kirsten Dephoff, Sophie du Vinage, Friedrich Eggert, Silke Fischer, Annika Haller, Falko Herold, Dorota Caro Karolczak, Florian Kiehl, Natalie Krautkrämer, Matthias Kronfuss, Justin Nardella, Shalva Nikvashvili, Stefan Riekhoff, Sarah Rolke, Lena Scheerer, Christian Schmidt, Irina Shaposhnikova, Su Sigmund, Carola Volles, Nikolaus Webern
Stage and Costume Designers / Repertoire
Henrik Ahr, Rifail Ajdarpasic, Michaela Barth, Esther Bialas, Inge Diettrich, Patrick Dutertre, Christina Geiger, Annika Haller, Gabriela Jaenecke, Johannes Leiacker, Zinovy Margolin, Herbert Murauer, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Malina Reißfeld, Dieter Richter, Heike Scheele, Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Renate Schmitzer, Mechthild Seipel, Olga Shaishmelashvili, Roy Spahn, Isabell Unfried, Heinrich Wendel, Gerda Zientek
Choreography / Opera
Danny Costello, Kati Farkas, Ana Garcia, Michal Matys, Lin Verleger
Lighting Designers
Sebastian Alphons, Stefan Bolliger, Thomas Diek, Nicol Hungsberg, Fabrice Kebour, Diego Leetz, Friedrich Rom, Kevin Schröter, Alexander Sivaev, Volker Weinhart

Video / Animations
Bibi Abel, Andreas Etter, Falko Herold, Franz-Xaver Schaffer, Fabio Stoll

Choral Director
Gerhard Michalski

Deputy Choral Director
Patrick Francis Chestnut

Secretary
N.N.

1st Soprano
Bogdana Bevziuk, Mirjana Burnaz-Kremshovski, Sandra Michaela Diehl, Chieko Higashi, Silke Hillebrecht, Chorong Kim, Simone Klostermann, Ulrike Mertens, Jiyeon Park, Martina Ramin

2nd Soprano
Victoria Demkina, Helena Günther, Birte Hopstein, Diana Klee, Ruth Mauderer, Silvia Mauer, Izabella Turhan, N.N.

1st Alto
Anna Baran, Sibylle Eichhorn, Angela Froemer, Cornelia-Maria Orendi, Sylwia Siwak, JiSyong Weiß, Ming Yu, N.N.

2nd Alto
Alina Grzeschik, Susanne Hofmann-Babinetz, Britta Korte, Manuela Kunze, Anna Neufeld, Franziska Orendi, Karolin Zeinert

1st Tenor
Sookwang Cho, Jonas Gudmundsson, Dong Hoon Kim, Bo-Hyeon Mun, Dae-Il Park, Luis Fernando Piedra, Andreas Schönberg, Zheng Xu, Apostolos Zoidis

2nd Tenor
César Dima, Gürkan Gider, Ingmar Klusmann, Eduardo Koch-Buttelli, Mamuka Manjgaladze, Dr. Roland Steingießer, Klaus Walter

1st Bass
Gerd Büker, Thomas Boldt, Dong-In Choi, Emanuel Fluck, Attila Fodre, Zhive Kremshovski, Franz-Martin Preihs

2nd Bass
Clemens Begritsch, Junho Jung, Jwa-Kyeom Kim, Volker Philippi, Igor Radushynskyi, Romualdas Urbonas

Ballet Director
Raphaël Coumes-Marquet

Chief Choreographer
Bridget Breiner


Adminstrative Director
Oliver Königsfeld

Dramaturgs
Julia Schinke
Juliane Schunke

Personal Assistant to the ballet management
Daniela Matys

Rehearsal Scheduler
Bertram Richter

Production Manager Ballett
Vanessa Weber

Ballet Masters/Mistresses
Camille Andriot, Mariana Dias, Jaime Roque de la Cruz, Uwe Schröter

Repetiteurs
Eduardo Boechat, Juan-Pedro Godoy Gonzalez, Aleksandr Ivanov

Assistants (Dramaturgy and Production)
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer

Secretary
Sabine Chaumet, Sabine Dollnik

Ballet Shoe Management
Carly Jarosch

Caretaker Balletthaus
Heiko Gerd Oberpichler

Choreographers
Iratxe Ansa, Igor Bacovich, George Balanchine, Bridget Breiner, David Dawson, William Forsythe, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Hans van Manen, Mthuthuzeli November, Richard Siegal, Demis Volpi

Stage and Costume Designers
Keso Dekker, Dominique Drillot, William Forsythe, Leticia Gañán, Oliver Haller, Karinska, Jürgen Franz Kirner, Jean-Michel Lainé, Pepe Leal, Jean-Christoph Maillot, Helena du Mesni, Mthuthuzeli November, John Otto, Jean-Marc Puissant, Stefanie C. Salm, Yann Seabra, Katharina Schlipf, Kurt Sobotka, Yumiko Takeshima, Jean Paul Vroom, Curt Allen Willmer

Composers
Greg Haines, Mthuthuzeli November, Thom Willems, Alex Wilson

Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Thomas Herzog, Katharina Müllner, Benjamin Pope, Christoph Stöcker

Lighting / Sound / Video / Arrangement
Bonnie Beecher, Joop Caboort, Bert Dalhuysen, Nicolás Fischtel, Patrick Fuchs, Penny Jacobus, Ingo Joos, Marko Kassl, Christoph Kirschfink, Volker Weinhart, Martin Yates

Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Rachel Beaujean, Lynne Charles, Bernice Coppieters, Feline van Dijken, Rebecca Gladstone, Sayaka Ichikawa

Libretto & Dramaturgy
Vivien Arnold, Anna Grundmeier, Florian König

Visiting Trainers
Lynne Charles, Jerri Kumery, Christiane Marchant, Aymeric Mosselmans, Renato Paroni de Castro, Stéphane Phavorin, Alexis Renaud, Paola Vismara

Physiotherapists
Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Andreas Stommel

Tanz mit!

Director & dance teacher
Michael Foster

Ballet school

Director
Eva Zamazalová

Artistic advisor
Raphaël Coumes-Marquet

Ballet teachers
Marlúcia do Amaral, Valentina Restrepo Giraldo, Daniel Smith, Eva Zamazalová

Personal Assistant to the Managing Director
Eva Gaertner

Assistant to the Managing Director
Claudia Kruppe

Head of IT
Michael Volbers

IT Department
Stefan Kamm

Sustainability Officer
Uta Gardemann

Head of Human Resources and Legal Services
Jürgen König

Assistant to the Head of Human Resources and Legal Services
Floria Bilsing

Human Resources Department
Ulrike Garstecki, Uwe Stommel

Payroll Manager
Rachida Mussa

Payroll Department
Semra Kilavuz, Maria Krohn, Karoline Nickel, Gertrud Pusch, Diane Reinicke, Volker Schirp

Accounts Manager
Annette Ley

Accounts Department
Beata Bieniek, Urszula Chanko, Tanja Graßmann, Oliver Kluth, Sandra Schulze, Sandra Stenzel (Duisburg)

Technical Direction
Uwe Kocur / Philip Rabe

Technical Manager Theater Duisburg
Oded Huberman

Assistant to the Technical Direction
Simon Sassin

Secretary
Maria Krauß

Head of Design
Jenny Wolf

Technical Purchasing Manager
Teuta Mavriqi

Chief of Electrics
Mario Zeibig

Trainee Electrics
Christos Efstathiadis

Assistant Stage Designers
Marialena Chrysogonidou, Lisa Fahr, Natalie Krautkrämer


Stage Düsseldorf

Stage Inspectors
Dirk Franz Busse, Sebastian Ehlert, Jannik Speetgens

Scene Change Leaders
Jörg Bievor, Sven Pfeiffer

Senior Stage Technicians
Andreas Albrecht, Francesco Bardolatzi, Jennifer Sewerin, Christian Tretau, Ruben Weber

Stage Technicians
Ümran Bacak, Lukas Bahlman, Anton Bechthold, Dirk Bonnes, Bouchta Chadli, Sven Erbslöh, Murat Erdogan, Giess Reimund, Andrè Gräßner, Benedikt Hinz, Aram Karganyan, Jonas Kettner, Maurice Korioth, Ralf Maury, Raphael Ochocki, Christian Parusel, Marcel Peters, Gaetano Pietropaolo, Britta Schäfer, David Schuy, Falk Zacher-Kierdorf

Senior Machinist
Norbert Prügel, Sebastian Stadler

Machinists
Oliver Busse, Istvan Marcell Csuka, Stefan Dehnhardt, Sven Grabowski, Adrian Köhler, Adrian Roller, Oliver Schwenk

Senior Decorator
Zeno Faller

Decorators
Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider

Trainee Events Technicians
Mario Dekow, Florentin Kirchner (Düsseldorf/Duisburg), Laurin Nellessen, Julius Scheiner, Max Voigtländer, Arne Zielinski


Stage Duisburg

Stage Inspectors
Claudio Cappelli, Torsten Szyszka

Scene Change Leaders
Dirk Gräfen, Josef Florian Welusciak

Senior Stage Technicians
Dieter Ort, Robert Szczodrowski

Stage Technicians
Marco Ahrendt, Marius Behrens, Domenic Bräuer, Alexander Hinze, Christoph Hinze, Dirk Kliewe, Michael Kowalski, Kevin Küppers, Stefan Lützow, Lothar Raffel, Andreas Schlapat, Joshua Sprenger, Michael Ufermann, Frank Willjung

Senior Machinist
N.N.

Machinists
Boris Beuten, Björn Endruscheit, Tatjana Freywald, Thomas Rasch, Philip Renz

Senior Decorator
Peter Trappmann

Decorators
Sebastian Vogtner, Simon Wagner


Properties Manager
Maik Claßen

Senior Properties Assistant
Heike Mackert

Properties Staff
Silke Grau, Stephanie Schierhorn, Melissa Sonnat, Georg Winterholler

Armourers
Rolf Pietzsch, Amrei Vollmerhaus

Volunteer
Sophie Köcke


Head of Lighting and Video
Volker Weinhart

Chief Lighting Inspectors
Thomas Diek, Petra Steinberg

Lighting Inspectors
Stephan Krimpert, Andreas Nitz, Benedict Flath

Senior Electricians
Robin Fieber, Sven Freywald, Ralf Schmedding, Thomas Schweizer, Thomas Wierutsch

Electricians
Jiri Bodeux, Jürgen Czilinski, Joel Luis Engels, Maximilian Fehn, Hendrik Freier, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Mohamed Rheda Hafid, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Uwe Hoffmann, Markus Kempken, Hanne Lämmel, Nicolas Orlowski, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Brian Thate


Senior Operators
Thomas Meier, Arne Sellheim

Operators
Alexander Heine, Siegfried Jabusch, Blas Sanchez Carmona, Martin Schuchardt, Julian Schröder


Head of Sound Department (Sound Manager)
Thomas Gabbert

Sound Manager Duisburg
Dina Pohl

Sound Department
Thorsten Franzen, Mahir Köroglu, Gordon Prieditis, Eugene Smith


Transportation Manager
Thomas Büsch

Senior Transportation Officer
N.N.

Transportation Department
Kiriakos Arvanitidis, Carlos Goncalves-Bento, Heiko Kautz, Piotr Klimko, Francesco Moccia, Rafal Ochman, Vladimir Ort, Vito Sabatelli, Peter Sosgornik, Zoran Stankovic


PRODUKTIONSZENTRUM

Head of Design Workshops
Christian Acht

Head Production Manager
Katarzyna Belker

Production Managers
Jakob Winter, Manuel Gräf

Trainee
Janez Gert


Carpentry Manager
Oliver Neill

Deputy Carpentry Manager
Kathrin Wingerter

Carpenters
Hendrik Altermann, Ludger Dickhoff, Kevin Gesierich, Andreas Krause, Tabea Lommes, Annika Schmitter, Jonathan Lumme,Sascha Steinfatt, Kathrin Wingerter



Paintshop Manager
Susanne Beck

Painters
Franz Birükov, Daniela Hein, Ewe Klausmann, Patrick Westermann, N.N.

Trainees
N.N.

Theatrical Sculptors
Stefanie Becker, Maya Bongard, Finn Schneiders

Trainees
N.N.


Metalwork Manager
Nicolai Blüggel

Metalworkers
Markus Exner, Wassilios Kioroglou, Andrei Rosca, Joshua Stennes, Bernd Weißer


Decor Manager
Brigitte Möller

Decorators
Jennifer Dahmen, Ron Kiewenat

Trainee Decorator
Ronja Clausius, Antonia Koch


Caretaker Rehearsal Centre
Jürgen Meinertz

Canteen Rehearsal Centre
N.N.

Rehearsal Room
Marcel Ellissen, Abdelaziz Kharzouz, Michael Maaßen, Ingo Möllhoff


OPERNHAUS DÜSSELDORF

Building Services Manager
Winfried Storch

Senior Building Services Officer
Christian Fonat

Secretary
Sarah Augustin

Building Services Department
Rafiq Boussaida, Roland Keller, Uwe Reiners

Switchboard Operators / Stage Doorkeepers
Mohamed Arian, Mirco Cikoja, Rolf Paaßen, Martin Thiel, Katharina Vogel


Mail Department
Carsten Raschkowski, Peter Theisen

Air conditioning management
Wolfgang Sperling

Air conditioning foreman
Vincenzo-Marco Banic

Air conditioning technician
Sean Banic, Dionysios Satrasanis, Jeremy Schulz


THEATER DUISBURG*

Building Services Manager
Christian Bevers, Andreas Klein, Dennis Welters

Stage Door
Martina Diehm, Udo Kranz, Catherine Wallrafen
(*employed by the City of Duisburg)

Head of Costumes
Stefanie C. Salm

Production Manager / Deputy Head of Costumes
Inga Gürle-Rieger

Costume Assistant
Lara Janecek-Siek, Eliza Kokeyan, Lilly Kopka

Principal Tailor Ladies
Guido Reinhold, Tania Schwedler

Principal Tailor Gentlemen
Frank Bloching, Ramona Rößler

Wardrobe Manager
Córinne Wojan

Buyer
Wolfgang Schindel

Manager of Costume Stores
Frank Schlöder

Assistant in Costume Stores
Andrea Feldberg

Dye Room
Christina Ladda-Dias da Silva

Applied Artist and Colourist
Anna Ignatieva

Millinery
Simone Dali

Trainee
Lara Marx

Ladies’ Tailoring
Andrea Busch (Werkstattleitung Düsseldorf);
Ursula Dichant, Silke Freyschmidt, Michaela Grießer, Theres Höller, Nicole Kleffken, Martine-Michelle Labréze, Christa Oelze, Elke Probst, Karin Schulz, Anya Spieker, Petra Tschurer

Trainee
Lea Kröner

Ladies’ Wardrobe / Dressers
Marlene Graumann (Werkstattleitung Duisburg); Lara Balster, Andrea Esch, Romina Full-Sporkmann, Janina Garden, Christin Herzberg, Ulrike Jahnke, Stella Käpper-Gillen, Katja Schwabe, Katrin Totzeck, Annette Willems-Weck

Gentlemen’s Tailoring
Miriam Fechner (Werkstattleitung Düsseldorf); Anna-Lena Hüwelhans, Birgitt Korth, Nina Look, Baffy Paleka, Kerstin Rodenbeck, Astrid Schmider, Barbara Ziegenhardt

Trainee
Joshua Engelhardt

Gentlemen’s Wardrobe / Dressers
Martin Kötter (Werkstattleitung Duisburg); Markus Birkner-Brzoskowski, Hedwig Ferati, Jonas Hinzen, Roberto Jimenez-Fabian, Thomas Kantner, Wibke Ufermann, Thomas Vorhagen, Karola Wittenburg

Dressers
Filiz Dana, Anja Decher, Dariusz Domin, Bettina Donnerstag, Laura Klahold, Mouna Kutlu, Beatrice Krüger-Naumann, Johannes Schepers, Marie Schmiedchen, Masha Schmitt, Gudrun Magnus-Jacques

Shoemaking / Dressing Room Service
Stephan Knops, Heinz-Benno Ludorf, Volker Schadow, Peter Schemken

Laundry
Petra Küpper

*sowie 30 freie Mitarbeiter*innen

Head of Make-Up
Bernd Staatz

Deputy Head of Make-Up
Alexander Schier

Assistant to the Head of Make-Up
Holger Staatz-Nehrig

Workshop Manager
Veronika Bente, Sabrina Schäfer, Sybille Schaller

Make-Up Artists
Mylene Breyer, Daniel Bros, Jonas Dittmar, Bettina Fremmer, Lynette Göhrmann, Alexandra Heyse, Sandra Kaczmarek, Anette Kleineick, Verena Martens, Vesna Méduric, Caroline Rabanus, Rouven Roske, Theresa Reitz, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Yasmin Sobhy, Christina Stübiger, Natsumi Watanabe, Helen Wichern

Trainees
Sandra Neuwald, Katleen Marie Nikolaou, Leon Schönberner, Edina Vámos

OVERALL WORKERS' COUNCIL

Chair
René Lozynski

Vice-Chair
Tim Franke

Members
Thomas Hardt, Martin Kötter, Stephanie Schierhorn, Karola Wittenburg, Christian Wozniak, N.N.


WORKERS' COUNCIL DÜSSELDORF

Chair
Christian Wozniak

Vice-Chair
Thomas Hardt

Members
Gerd Büker, Fabian Clasen, Diana Kellenberger, Ron Kiewenat, René Lozynski, Vesna Méduric, Simone Messmer, Elke Probst, Julia Staudt, Martin Thiel, Karola Wittenburg

Secretary
Diana Kellenberger


WORKERS' COUNCIL DUISBURG

Chair
Tim Franke

Vice-Chair
N.N.

Members
Thorsten Franzen, Christian Hildering, Martin Kötter, Friedemann Pardall, Philip Renz, Rocco Resigno, Stephanie Schierhorn

Youth Training Representatives
Mario Dekow

Substitute
Arne Zielinski

Axel Kober, Prof. Dr. Dieter H. Vogel, Ks. Wolfgang Schmidt, Ks. Linda Watson, Hans van Manen, Stephen Harrison, Oleg Bryjak (†), Karl Diekmann (†), Alberto Erede (†), Helmut Fehn (†), Kurt Gester (†), Manfred Graff, Gertrud Hanke (†), Gerd Högener (†), Ks. Eugene Holmes (†), Ks. Alfons Holte (†), Monique Janotta, Falco Kapuste, Ks. Gwendolyn Killebrew (†), Josef Krings (†), Ingeborg Lasser (†), Martha Mödl (†), Fritz Ollendorff (†), Ks. Helmut Pampuch (†), Arnold Quennet (†), Claire Rothe (†), Edel von Rothe (†), Ks. Prof. Peter-Christoph Runge (†), Robert Schaub (†), Rudolf Staude (†), Hans Wallat (†), Hubert Werder

Chair
Sören Link (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Duisburg)

Vice-Chair
Dr. Stephan Keller (Oberbürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf)

Members representing the City of Düsseldorf
Jörg-Thomas Alvermann (Bü90/Grüne), Kerstin Terhardt (CDU), Miriam Koch (Kulturdezernentin), Dr. Frederike Möller (Ratsfrau, Bü90/Grüne), Marcus Münter (Ratsherr, CDU), Manfred Neuenhaus (Ratsherr, FDP), Markus Raub (Ratsherr, SPD/Volt), Dorothée Schneider (Stadtkämmerin)

Members representing the City of Duisburg
Frank Albrecht (FDP), Frank Heidenreich (Ratsherr, CDU), Daniela Hoffmann (Ratsfrau, SPD), Edeltraut Klabuhn (Ratsfrau, SPD), Martin Murrack (Stadtdirektor/Stadtkämmerer), Parisa Najafi Tonekaboni (Ratsfrau, Bü90/Grüne), Linda Wagner (Beigeordnete für Umwelt und Klimaschutz, Gesundheit, Verbraucherschutz und Kultur), Dirk Wasilewski (Ratsherr, AfD)

Workers' Council
René Lozynski, Katrin Zeinert

Circle of Friends
Monika Lehmhaus

Representative of the State of NRW
Ina Brandes (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)