Ensemble & Employees

Chief Dramaturg / Deputy Artistic Director
Anna Melcher

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

Guest Dramaturg
Bettina Auer

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
Martha Maasackers

JUNGE OPER AM RHEIN

Director
Michaela Dicu

Team
Jörg Behr, Nadja Görts, Zoe Köppen

Voluntary Year of Social Service
Magnus Gangey

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!

Administration
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer

Chief Conductor
Vitali Alekseenok

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

Guest Conductors
Paolo Arrivabeni, Mariano Chiacchiarini, Marco Alibrando, Attilio Cremonesi, Asher Fisch, Antonino Fogliani, Christoph Gedschold, Péter Halász, Axel Kober, Stefano Ranzani, Koen Schoots, Hendrik Vestmann


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, Shuman Luo, Ralf Lange
Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski

Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
Sofia Castro Ferreira

Orchestra Technicians
Fabian Beltz, Karsten Etz, Piotr Glowacki, Aleksander Ringas

Directors / Premieres
Michaela Dicu, Johannes Erath, Tatjana Gürbaca, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Yaroslavia Kalesidis, Stephan Kimmig, Daniel Kramer, Ilaria Lanzino, Marthe Meinhold & Marius Schötz, Louisa Proske

Directors / Revivals
Michael Hampe, Stefan Herheim, Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, Axel Köhler, Barrie Kosky & 1927, Huan-Hsiung Li, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Felix Seiler, Michael Thalheimer, Carlos Wagner

Staff Directors & Assistant Directors
Nils Braun, Irina Makarova, Martin Petschan, Francesco Rescio, Haitham Assem Tantawy, Sarah Wittazscheck

Stage Management
James Michael Atkins, Annegret Frübing, Bruno Narnhammer, Egmont Unger

Prompters
Irina Benkowski, Stefanie Bertram, Dagmar Elsenheimer

Extras Management Düsseldorf
Michal Matys

Extras Management Duisburg
Philipp Vorjohann

Stage and Costume Designers / Premieres
Henrik Ahr, Rifail Ajdarpasic, Ansgar Baradov, Sven Bindseil, Katrin Connan, Barbara Drosihn, Daniel Gantz (Mitarbeit Bühne)m Katja Haß, Momme Hinrichs, Jorge Jara, Dorota Caro Karolczak, Florian Kiehl, Justin Nardella, Wicke Naujoks (Mitarbeit Kostüm), Shalva Nikvashvili, Anja Rabes, Sarah Rolke, Johannes Schütz, Ariane Isabell Unfried, Carola Volles, Hsuan-Wu Lai

Stage and Costume Designers / Repertoire
Henrik Ahr, Rifail Ajdarpasic, Michaela Barth, Esther Bialas, Inge Diettrich, Patrick Dutertre, Germán Droghetti, Christoph Hetzer, Johannes Leiacker, Ronja Reinhardt, Dieter Richter, Sarah Rolke, Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Renate Schmitzer, Roy Spahn, Niklaus Webern, Gerda Zientek

Choreography / Opera
Danny Costello, Kati Farkas, Ana Garcia, Mirko Maar, Michal Matys, Lin Verleger, Marie-christin Zeissert

Lighting Designers
Stefan Bolliger, Thomas Diek, Michael Kantrowitsch, Fabrice Kebour, Diego Leetz, Hendrik Möschler, Phoenix (Andreas Hofer), Friedrich Rom, Kevin Schröter, Thomas Tarnogorski, Manfred Voss, Volker Weinhart

Video / Animations
Bibi Abel, Andreas Etter, fettFilm, Falko Herold, Nicol Hungsberg, Florian Kiehl, Chris Kondek, Lisa Reutelsterz, Franz-Xaver Schaffer, Ulrike Schild (Live-Video), Fabio Stoll, Jun-Jiuh Wang, Gretchen fan Weber

Choral Director
Albert Horne

Deputy Choral Director
Patrick Francis Chestnut

Assistant to the Choir Director
Luke Pan

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, Mariam Gagloshvili, Helena Günther, Birte Hopstein, Diana Klee, Ruth Mauderer, Silvia Mauer, Izabella Turhan

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

2nd Alto
Alina Grzeschik, Susanne Hofmann-Babinetz, Britta Korte, 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

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

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

2nd Bass
Sangyun Bak, Clemens Begritsch, Boris Duric, 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

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, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Goyo Montero, Hans van Manen, John Neumeier, Mthuthuzeli November, Stina Quagebeur, Richard Siegal, Lesley Telford, Glen Tetley
Stage and Costume Designers
Salvador Mateu Andújar, David Dawson, Dominique Drillot, Louise Flanagan, Leticia Gañán, Alex Gahr, Oliver Haller, Jürgen Franz Kirner, Hans van Manen, Jean-Michel Lainé, Jean-Christoph Maillot, Helena du Mesnil de Rochemont, John Neumeier, Mthuthuzeli November, John Otto, Jean-Marc Puissant, Stefanie C. Salm, Yann Seabra, Yoko Seyama, Irina Shaposhnikova, Richard Siegal, Yumiko Takeshima, Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Curt Allen Willmer
Composers
Jeremy Birchal, Greg Haines, Niels Lanz, Mthuthuzeli November, Tom Smith, Alex Wilson
Conductors
Thomas Herzog, Katharina Müllner, Benjamin Pope, Valtteri Rauhalammi, Christoph Stöcker, Yura Yang
Lighting / Sound / Video / Arrangement
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, Bert Dalhuysen, Eric Domenech, Dominique Drillot, Nicolás Fischtel, Patrick Fuchs, Ingo Joos, Marko Kassl, John Neumeier, John B.Read, Volker Weinhart, Martin Yates
Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Rachel Beaujean, Laura Cazzaniga, Lynne Charles, Bernice Coppieters, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet, Bronwen Curry, Feline van Dijken, Clemens Reinhard Fröhlich, Sayaka Ichikawa, Francois Maurice Robert Petit, Ivan Urban, Alexander Zaitsev

Libretto & Dramaturgy
Anna Grundmeier

Visiting Trainers
Stefanie Arndt, Jerri Kumery, Christiane Marchant, Aymeric Mosselmans, Renato Paroni de Castro, Stéphane Phavorin, Alexis Renaud, Martin Schläpfer, Paola Vismara

Physiotherapists
Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Dobromir Kerchev

TANZ MIT!

Director
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer


BALLET SCHOOL

Director
Eva Zamazalová

Artistic advisor
Raphaël Coumes-Marquet

Ballet teachers
Marlúcia do Amaral, Daniel Smith, Eva Zamazalová

Managing Director
Alexandra Stampler-Brown

Personal Assistant to the Managing Director
Felix Amadeus Flick-Hofmann
Assistant to the Managing Director
Jennifer Akinci-Quellmalz

Head of IT
Michael Volbers

IT Department
Stefan Kamm

Sustainability Officer
N.N.

Head of Human Resources and Legal Services
Jürgen König, Authorized representative

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, Aldo Pieli, Diane Reinicke, Volker Schirp

Accounts Manager
Annette Ley

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

Technical Directior
Philip Rabe

Technical Manager Theater Duisburg
N.N.

Assistant to the Technical Direction
Simon Sassin

Coordination of building maintenance and occupational safety and fire protection officer
Winfried Storch

Secretary
Heike Küchmann

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
Pascal Abel, Lucas Bahlmann, Anton Bechthold, Dirk Bonnes, Bouchta Chadli, Sven Erbslöh, Murat Erdogan, ,Reimund Gieß, André Gräßner, Benedikt Hinz, Aram Karganyan, Jonas Kettner, Maurice Korioth, Mohamed Laghmouchi, Ralf Maury, Daniel Meigh, Raphael Ochocki, Christian Parusel, Marcel Peters, Gaetano Pietropaolo,Tarik Satti-Pannhausen, David Schuy, Kemeng Shang, Ilja Snezkovskij, Johannes Wienß, Falk Zacher-Kierdorf

Senior Machinist
Norbert Prügel, Sebastian Stadler

Machinists
Felix Althoff, Nils, Berkholz, Oliver Busse, Stefan Dehnhardt, Sven Grabowski, Adrian Köhler, Adrian Roller, Britta Schäfer

Senior Decorator
Zeno Faller

Decorators
Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider

Trainee Events Technicians
Giulia Colucci, Mario Dekow, Florentin Kirchner, Laurin Nellessen, Julius Scheiner, Danilo Wilms, Arne Zielinski (Düsseldorf/Duisburg)


Stage Duisburg

Stage Inspectors
Claudio Cappelli

Scene Change Leaders
Dirk Gräfen, Josef Florian Welusciak

Senior Stage Technicians
Dieter Ort, Robert Szczodrowski

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

Senior Machinist
N.N.

Machinists
Boris Beuten, Christian Dortelmann, Björn Endruscheit, Tatjana Freywald, Thomas Rasch, Philip Renz, Sven Schmitt

Senior Decorator
Peter Trappmann

Decorators
Sebastian Vogtner, Simon Wagner


Properties Manager
Maik Claßen

Senior Properties Assistant
Heike Mackert

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

Armourers
Rolf Pietzsch, Amrei Vollmerhaus


Head of Lighting and Video
Volker Weinhart

Chief Lighting Inspectors
Thomas Diek, Petra Steinberg

Lighting Inspectors
Stephan Krimpert, Andreas Nitz, Benedict Flath, Julian Schröder

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

Electricians
Jiri Bodeux, Jürgen Czilinski Maximilian Fehn, Felix Frohnhoff, Mika Hestermann, Pascal Müller-Holtz, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Mohamed Rheda Hafid, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Markus Kempken, Hanne Lämmel, Nicolas Orlowski, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Brian Thate, Max Voigtländer


Senior Operators
Thomas Meier, Arne Sellheim

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


Head of Sound Department (Sound Manager)
Thomas Gabbert

Sound Manager Duisburg
Dina Pohl

Sound Department
István Marcell Csuka, 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, 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, Livia Schulz


Caretaker Rehearsal Centre
Jürgen Meinertz

Canteen Rehearsal Centre
N.N.

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


OPERNHAUS DÜSSELDORF


Acting Building Services Manager
Uwe Reiners

Senior Building Services Officer
Christian Fonat

Secretary
Sarah Augustin

Building Services Department
Rafiq Boussaida, Günter Fischer, Roland Keller

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


Mail Department
Carsten Raschkowski, Peter Theisen

Air conditioning management
Vincenzo-Marco Banic

Air conditioning foreman
Sean Banic

Air conditioning technician
Dionysios Satrasanis, Jeremy Schulz


THEATER DUISBURG*

Building Services Manager
Horst Hövelmann, Christian Schmidt, Norbert Schmidt, Dennis Welters

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

Head of Costumes
Stefanie C. Salm

Sekretary
Stefan Sternbacher

Production Manager / Deputy Head of Costumes
Inga Gürle-Rieger

Costume Assistant
Jennifer Harres, Lara Janecek-Siek, Lilly Kopka, Marisa Koutsaki

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); Silke Freyschmidt (Ausbilderin), Michaela Grießer, Theres Höller, Nicole Kleffken, Martine-Michelle Labréze, Christa Oelze, Elke Probst, Karin Schulz, Anya Spieker, Petra Tschurer

Trainee
Edda Holstein

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

Gentlemen’s Tailoring
Joshua Engelhardt, Miriam Fechner (Werkstattleitung Düsseldorf und Ausbilderin); Anna-Lena Hüwelhans, Nina Look, Baffy Paleka, Astrid Schmider, Barbara Ziegenhardt

Trainee
Lilly Elaine Schmidt

Gentlemen’s Wardrobe / Dressers
Martin Kötter (Werkstattleitung Duisburg), Markus Birkner-Brzoskowski, Jonas Hinzen, Roberto Jimenez-Fabian, Thomas Kantner, Birgitt Korth, Dorota Metz, Kerstin Rodenbeck, Wibke Ufermann, Thomas Vorhagen, Karola Wittenburg

Dressers
Filiz Dana, Anja Decher, Dariusz Domin, Sarah Grobe, Laura Klahold, Beatrice Krüger-Naumann, Johannes Schepers, Masha Schmitt, Gudrun Magnus-Jacques

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

Laundry
Petra Küpper

*and about 30 freelancers

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, Lynette Göhrmann, Alexandra Heyse, Anette Kleineick, Verena Martens, Ine Massant, Vesna Méduric, Romina Giulietta Pasqualotto, Caroline Rabanus, Rouven Roske, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Yasmin Sobhy, Christina Stübiger, Helen Wichern

Trainees
Sandra Neuwald, Katleen Marie Nikolaou, Leon Schönberner, Edina Vámos, Karl Teves, Helena Schöps

OVERALL WORKERS' COUNCIL

Chair
René Lozynski

Vice-Chair
Tim Franke

Members
Jürgen Czilinski, Ingmar Klusmann, Martin Kötter, Stephanie Schierhorn, Karola Wittenburg, Christian Wozniak


WORKERS' COUNCIL DÜSSELDORF

Chair
Christian Wozniak

Vice-Chair
René Lozynski

Members
Fabian Clasen, Diana Kellenberger, Ron Kiewenat, Ingmar Klusmann, Vesna Méduric, Simone Messmer, Elke Probst, Julia Staudt, Martin Thiel, Karola Wittenburg

Secretary
Diana Kellenberger


WORKERS' COUNCIL DUISBURG

Chair
Tim Franke

Vice-Chair
Martin Kötter

Members
Jürgen Czilinski, Thorsten Franzen, Christian Hildering, Friedemann Pardall, Philip Renz, Rocco Resigno, Stephanie Schierhorn

Youth Training Representatives
Mario Dekow

Substitute
Arne Zielinski

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

Chair
Sören Link (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Duisburg)

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

Members representing the City of Düsseldorf
Miriam Koch (Kulturdezernentin), Dr. Frederike Möller (Ratsfrau, Bü90/Grüne), Eva Mörger (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Marcus Münter (Ratsherr, CDU), Manfred Neuenhaus (Ratsherr, FDP), Markus Raub (Ratsherr, SPD/Volt), Dorothée Schneider (Stadtkämmerin), Kerstin Terhardt (CDU)

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, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Linda Wagner (Beigeordnete für Umwelt und Klimaschutz, Gesundheit, Verbraucherschutz und Kultur), Dirk Wasilewski (Ratsherr, AfD)

Workers' Council
Tim Franke

Circle of Friends
Monika Lehmhaus

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

Artistic Expert
Ks. Stefan Heidemann