Ensemble & Employees
Leading team

Prof. Christoph Meyer, Alexandra Stampler-Brown, Demis Volpi, Axel Kober
© Anne Orthen
General Director
Prof. Christoph Meyer
Managing Director
Alexandra Stampler-Brown
Music Director
Axel Kober
Ballet Director & Principal Choreographer
Demis Volpi
Prof. Christoph Meyer
Managing Director
Alexandra Stampler-Brown
Music Director
Axel Kober
Ballet Director & Principal Choreographer
Demis Volpi
Artistic & Opera direction
General Director
Personal Assistant to the General Director
Dr. Eva Hölter
Assistant to the General Director
Barbara Hussek
Opera Director
Marwin Wendt
Scheduler and Artistic Producer
Beate Oberholtzer
Assistant Artistic Producer
Marina Edelhagen, Jörg Simon
Library / Archive Manager
Melánie Herrmann
Theatre Librarian
Sacha Wagner
Dr. Eva Hölter
Assistant to the General Director
Barbara Hussek
Opera Director
Marwin Wendt
Scheduler and Artistic Producer
Beate Oberholtzer
Assistant Artistic Producer
Marina Edelhagen, Jörg Simon
Library / Archive Manager
Melánie Herrmann
Theatre Librarian
Sacha Wagner
Dramaturgy
Chief Dramaturg
Anna Melcher
Dramaturgs
Anna Grundmeier, Julia Schinke, Juliane Schunke, Heili Schwarz-Schütte
Guest Dramaturgs
Bettina Auer
Assistant Dramaturgy
Svenja Söhnchen
Anna Melcher
Dramaturgs
Anna Grundmeier, Julia Schinke, Juliane Schunke, Heili Schwarz-Schütte
Guest Dramaturgs
Bettina Auer
Assistant Dramaturgy
Svenja Söhnchen
Marketing & Communications
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
Graphic and media designer
Kristina Kasperczyk
Voluntary Year of Social Service
Elisabeth Delpy
Project Lead „Das digitale Foyer“
Lena tom Dieck
Digital Content and Marketing
Johanna Komescher
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
Graphic and media designer
Kristina Kasperczyk
Voluntary Year of Social Service
Elisabeth Delpy
Project Lead „Das digitale Foyer“
Lena tom Dieck
Digital Content and Marketing
Johanna Komescher
Opera for young people
JUNGE OPER AM RHEIN
Director
Michaela Dicu
Education Officers
Jörg Behr, Helena Cánovas Parés, Nadja Görts
Director of the Kinderchor am Rhein
Sabina López Miguez
UFO – JUNGE OPER URBAN
Project director
Theresa von Halle, Elise Schobeß
Project assistant
Lisa Kanthack
Event technology
Christian von der Heide
Director
Michaela Dicu
Education Officers
Jörg Behr, Helena Cánovas Parés, Nadja Görts
Director of the Kinderchor am Rhein
Sabina López Miguez
UFO – JUNGE OPER URBAN
Project director
Theresa von Halle, Elise Schobeß
Project assistant
Lisa Kanthack
Event technology
Christian von der Heide
Artistic ensemble
Music Director
1st Conductor and Deputy General Music Director
Vitali Alekseenok
Principal Guest Conductor
Antonino Fogliani
Conductors
Patrick Francis Chestnut, Ville Enckelmann, Péter Halász, Ralf Lange, Harry Ogg, Christoph Stöcker, Wolfgang Wiechert
Guest Conductors
Paolo Arrivabeni, Stefan Blunier, Martin Braun, Marie Jacquot, Patrick Lange, Marc Piollet, Mark Rhode, Benjamin Reiners, Andreas Schüller, Maria Seletskaya
Assistant to the Music Director
Ralf Lange
Personal Assistant to the Music Director & Orchestra Office
Angelika Ruhland
Orchestra Director, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Gina Ries
Head of Music Staff
Wolfgang Wiechert
Repetiteurs
Laura Brannath, Christian Dammann, Ville Enckelmann, Laura Ann Poe, Christoph Stöcker, Cécile Tallec, Dagmar Thelen, Anastasiya Titovych, Jason Tran, Sebastian Ludwig
Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski
Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
Natalia Demina
Orchestra Technicians
Karsten Etz, Piotr Glowacki, Ulrich Hamann, Valentina Schulte-Ladbeck, Aleksander Ringas
Vitali Alekseenok
Principal Guest Conductor
Antonino Fogliani
Conductors
Patrick Francis Chestnut, Ville Enckelmann, Péter Halász, Ralf Lange, Harry Ogg, Christoph Stöcker, Wolfgang Wiechert
Guest Conductors
Paolo Arrivabeni, Stefan Blunier, Martin Braun, Marie Jacquot, Patrick Lange, Marc Piollet, Mark Rhode, Benjamin Reiners, Andreas Schüller, Maria Seletskaya
Assistant to the Music Director
Ralf Lange
Personal Assistant to the Music Director & Orchestra Office
Angelika Ruhland
Orchestra Director, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Gina Ries
Head of Music Staff
Wolfgang Wiechert
Repetiteurs
Laura Brannath, Christian Dammann, Ville Enckelmann, Laura Ann Poe, Christoph Stöcker, Cécile Tallec, Dagmar Thelen, Anastasiya Titovych, Jason Tran, Sebastian Ludwig
Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski
Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
Natalia Demina
Orchestra Technicians
Karsten Etz, Piotr Glowacki, Ulrich Hamann, Valentina Schulte-Ladbeck, Aleksander Ringas
Direction
Directors / Premieres
Vasili Barkhatov, Michaela Dicu, Johannes Erath, Tatjana Gürbaca, Barrie Kosky, Ilaria Lanzino, Maurice Lenhard, Felix Seiler, Aron Stiehl, Michael Thalheimer
Directors / Revivals
Suzanne Andrade/Paul Barritt (1927), Anselm Dalfert, Michaela Dicu, Andreas Homoki, Guy Joosten, Barrie Kosky, Huan-Hsiung Li, Christof Loy, Marthe Meinhold, Esther Mertel, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Joan Antón Rechi, Emilio Sagi, Otto Schenk, Marius Schötz, Jan Sobrie, Elisabeth Stöppler
Principal Staff Director
N.N.
Staff Directors & Assistant Directors
Dorian Dreher, Julia Langeder, Mara Ludwig, Francesco Rescio, Haitham Assem Tantawy, Lotte Zuther, Esteban Muñoz
Stage Management
Annegret Frübing, Bruno Narnhammer, Eva Padjen, Svenja Söhnchen, Egmont Unger
Prompters
Irina Benkowski, Stefanie Bertram, Dagmar Elsenheimer, Ute Gherasim
Supernumerary Performers Düsseldorf
Michal Matys
Supernumerary Performers Duisburg
Philipp Vorjohann
Stage and Costume Designers / Premieres
Henrik Ahr, Rifail Ajdarpascic, Michaela Barth, Victoria Behr, Sven Bindseil, Rufus Didwiszus, Christina Geiger, Emine Güner, Zinovy Margolin, Heike Scheele, Linda Schnabel, Olga Shaishmelashvili, Thomas Stingl, Malina Rasfeld, Ariane Isabell Unfried, Silke Willrett, Nikolaus Webern
Stage and Costume Designers / Repertoire
Esther Bialas, Fernando Botero, Inge Diettrich, Alfons Flores, Gabriele Frey, Annika Haller, Gabriele Jaenecke, Birgit Kellner, Florian Kiehl, Bert Kistner, Eva Krämer, Hsuan-Wu Lai, Johannes Leiacker, Jo-Shan Liang, Herbert Murauer, Mercé Paloma, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Su Sigmund, Giovanni Vanhoenacker, Heinrich Wendel, Gerda Zientek
Choreography / Opera
Kati Farkas, Mirko Mahr, Michal Matys, Otto Pichler
Lighting Designers
Paul Anderson, Stefan Bolliger, Davy Cunningham, Thomas Diek, Hans-Joachim Haas, Nicol Hungsberg, Diego Leetz, Alexander Sivaev, Manfred Voss, Volker Weinhart
Video / Animations
Bibi Abel, Suzanne Andrade, Paul Barrit (1927), Andreas Etter, Jun-Jieh Wang
Vasili Barkhatov, Michaela Dicu, Johannes Erath, Tatjana Gürbaca, Barrie Kosky, Ilaria Lanzino, Maurice Lenhard, Felix Seiler, Aron Stiehl, Michael Thalheimer
Directors / Revivals
Suzanne Andrade/Paul Barritt (1927), Anselm Dalfert, Michaela Dicu, Andreas Homoki, Guy Joosten, Barrie Kosky, Huan-Hsiung Li, Christof Loy, Marthe Meinhold, Esther Mertel, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Joan Antón Rechi, Emilio Sagi, Otto Schenk, Marius Schötz, Jan Sobrie, Elisabeth Stöppler
Principal Staff Director
N.N.
Staff Directors & Assistant Directors
Dorian Dreher, Julia Langeder, Mara Ludwig, Francesco Rescio, Haitham Assem Tantawy, Lotte Zuther, Esteban Muñoz
Stage Management
Annegret Frübing, Bruno Narnhammer, Eva Padjen, Svenja Söhnchen, Egmont Unger
Prompters
Irina Benkowski, Stefanie Bertram, Dagmar Elsenheimer, Ute Gherasim
Supernumerary Performers Düsseldorf
Michal Matys
Supernumerary Performers Duisburg
Philipp Vorjohann
Stage and Costume Designers / Premieres
Henrik Ahr, Rifail Ajdarpascic, Michaela Barth, Victoria Behr, Sven Bindseil, Rufus Didwiszus, Christina Geiger, Emine Güner, Zinovy Margolin, Heike Scheele, Linda Schnabel, Olga Shaishmelashvili, Thomas Stingl, Malina Rasfeld, Ariane Isabell Unfried, Silke Willrett, Nikolaus Webern
Stage and Costume Designers / Repertoire
Esther Bialas, Fernando Botero, Inge Diettrich, Alfons Flores, Gabriele Frey, Annika Haller, Gabriele Jaenecke, Birgit Kellner, Florian Kiehl, Bert Kistner, Eva Krämer, Hsuan-Wu Lai, Johannes Leiacker, Jo-Shan Liang, Herbert Murauer, Mercé Paloma, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Su Sigmund, Giovanni Vanhoenacker, Heinrich Wendel, Gerda Zientek
Choreography / Opera
Kati Farkas, Mirko Mahr, Michal Matys, Otto Pichler
Lighting Designers
Paul Anderson, Stefan Bolliger, Davy Cunningham, Thomas Diek, Hans-Joachim Haas, Nicol Hungsberg, Diego Leetz, Alexander Sivaev, Manfred Voss, Volker Weinhart
Video / Animations
Bibi Abel, Suzanne Andrade, Paul Barrit (1927), Andreas Etter, Jun-Jieh Wang
Soloists
Guests
SOLOISTS
Rosie Aldridge, Evez Abdulla, Juliane Banse, Peter Bording, César Cortés, Andrei Danilov, Sander de Jong, Briony Dwyer, Valerie Eickhoff, Holger Falk, Alexander Fedin, Maria Fiselier, Daniel Frank, Anooshah Golesorkhi, Chorong Kim, Charlotte Langner, Simone McIntosh, Giulio Mastrototaro, Aleksandr Nesterenko, James Rutherford, Galeano Salas, Adrian Sampetrean, Ekaterina Sannikova, Gabriele Scherer, Levy Sekgapane, Hagar Sharvit, Sophia Theodorides, Ewa Vesin, Michael Volle, Jacquelyn Wagner, Michael Weinius, Alexandra Yangel
DANCERS
Alessandra Bizzarri, Kai Braithwaite, Kai Chun Chuang, Davide de Biasi, Claudia Greco, Jessica Falceri, Luissa Joachimstaller, Michal Maciejewski, Luisa Mancarella, Silvano Marraffa, Daniel Ojeda, Alessio Urzetta, Daniel Vliek, Yasha Wang, Brittany Young
Rosie Aldridge, Evez Abdulla, Juliane Banse, Peter Bording, César Cortés, Andrei Danilov, Sander de Jong, Briony Dwyer, Valerie Eickhoff, Holger Falk, Alexander Fedin, Maria Fiselier, Daniel Frank, Anooshah Golesorkhi, Chorong Kim, Charlotte Langner, Simone McIntosh, Giulio Mastrototaro, Aleksandr Nesterenko, James Rutherford, Galeano Salas, Adrian Sampetrean, Ekaterina Sannikova, Gabriele Scherer, Levy Sekgapane, Hagar Sharvit, Sophia Theodorides, Ewa Vesin, Michael Volle, Jacquelyn Wagner, Michael Weinius, Alexandra Yangel
DANCERS
Alessandra Bizzarri, Kai Braithwaite, Kai Chun Chuang, Davide de Biasi, Claudia Greco, Jessica Falceri, Luissa Joachimstaller, Michal Maciejewski, Luisa Mancarella, Silvano Marraffa, Daniel Ojeda, Alessio Urzetta, Daniel Vliek, Yasha Wang, Brittany Young
Opera Studio
Musical Direction
Ville Enckelmann
Administrator
Dr. Eva Hölter
Scenic Training
Gregor Horres, Sabine Hartmannshenn
Masterclasses
Jonathan Papp, Konrad Junghändel, Ks. Linda Watson, Edith Wiens
SINGERS
Ville Enckelmann
Administrator
Dr. Eva Hölter
Scenic Training
Gregor Horres, Sabine Hartmannshenn
Masterclasses
Jonathan Papp, Konrad Junghändel, Ks. Linda Watson, Edith Wiens
SINGERS
Chorus
Choral Director
Gerhard Michalski
Deputy Choral Director
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Secretary
Diana Kellenberger
1st Soprano
Geesche Bauer, Stephanie Blenskens, Mirjana Burnaz-Kremshovski, Sandra Michaela Diehl, Chieko Higashi, Silke Hillebrecht, Simone Klostermann, Ulrike Mertens, Jiyeon Park, Martina Ramin, Imara Theodora Thomas
2nd Soprano
Victoria Demkina, Helena Günther, Birte Hopstein, Diana Klee, Ruth Mauderer, Silvia Mauer, Marianne Tillmanns, Izabella Turhan
1st Alto
Anna Baran, Sibylle Eichhorn, Angela Froemer, Annette Hörle, 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
Cesar Dima, Gürkan Gider, Ingmar Klusmann, Eduardo Koch-Buttelli, Mamuka Manjgaladze, Dr. Roland Steingießer, Klaus Walter
1st Bass
Gerd Büker, Thomas Boldt, Gerd Büker, Dong-In Choi, Emanuel Fluck, Attila Fodre, Zhive Kremshovski, Franz-Martin Preihs, N.N.
2nd Bass
Clemens Begritsch, Josua Guss, Junho Jung, Jwa-Kyeom Kim, Volker Philippi, Runwalt Salzer, Mathias Tönges, Romualdas Urbonas
Gerhard Michalski
Deputy Choral Director
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Secretary
Diana Kellenberger
1st Soprano
Geesche Bauer, Stephanie Blenskens, Mirjana Burnaz-Kremshovski, Sandra Michaela Diehl, Chieko Higashi, Silke Hillebrecht, Simone Klostermann, Ulrike Mertens, Jiyeon Park, Martina Ramin, Imara Theodora Thomas
2nd Soprano
Victoria Demkina, Helena Günther, Birte Hopstein, Diana Klee, Ruth Mauderer, Silvia Mauer, Marianne Tillmanns, Izabella Turhan
1st Alto
Anna Baran, Sibylle Eichhorn, Angela Froemer, Annette Hörle, 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
Cesar Dima, Gürkan Gider, Ingmar Klusmann, Eduardo Koch-Buttelli, Mamuka Manjgaladze, Dr. Roland Steingießer, Klaus Walter
1st Bass
Gerd Büker, Thomas Boldt, Gerd Büker, Dong-In Choi, Emanuel Fluck, Attila Fodre, Zhive Kremshovski, Franz-Martin Preihs, N.N.
2nd Bass
Clemens Begritsch, Josua Guss, Junho Jung, Jwa-Kyeom Kim, Volker Philippi, Runwalt Salzer, Mathias Tönges, Romualdas Urbonas
Ballett am Rhein
Ballet Director & Principal Choreographer
Demis Volpi
Adminstrative Director
Oliver Königsfeld
Lead Ballet Master
Damiano Pettenella
Dramaturgs
Julia Schinke
Juliane Schunke
Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director
Daniela Matys
Rehearsal Scheduler and Production Manager
Peter Piterka
Ballet Masters/Mistresses
Natasha Lagunas, Brent Parolin, Uwe Schröter
Ballet Repetiteurs
Eduardo Boechat, Juan-Pedro Godoy, Alexandr Ivanov
Assistants (Dramaturgy and Production)
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer, Vanessa Weber
Secretary
Sabine Chaumet, Sabine Dollnik
Ballet Shoe Management
Arthur Stashak
Caretaker Balletthaus
Heiko Gerd Oberpichler
Demis Volpi
Adminstrative Director
Oliver Königsfeld
Lead Ballet Master
Damiano Pettenella
Dramaturgs
Julia Schinke
Juliane Schunke
Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director
Daniela Matys
Rehearsal Scheduler and Production Manager
Peter Piterka
Ballet Masters/Mistresses
Natasha Lagunas, Brent Parolin, Uwe Schröter
Ballet Repetiteurs
Eduardo Boechat, Juan-Pedro Godoy, Alexandr Ivanov
Assistants (Dramaturgy and Production)
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer, Vanessa Weber
Secretary
Sabine Chaumet, Sabine Dollnik
Ballet Shoe Management
Arthur Stashak
Caretaker Balletthaus
Heiko Gerd Oberpichler
Choreography & Teams
Choreographers
George Balanchine, Aszure Barton, Dominique Dumais, William Forsythe, Hege Haagenrud, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Hans van Manen, Marcos Morau, Roland Petit, Jerome Robbins, Demis Volpi
Stage and Costume Designers
Antoni Clavé, Keso Dekker, Silvia Delagneau, William Forsythe, Max Glaenzel, Sebastian Hannak, Michelle Jank, Karinska, Pepe Leal, Thomas Lempertz, Jean Rosenthal, Heike Scheele, Katharina Schlipf, Ruth Sobotka, Tatyana van Walsum
Lighting / Sound / Video
Bonnie Beecher, Burke Brown, Joop Caboort, Tobin Del Cuore, Jean-Michel Désiré, William Forsythe, Mark Stanley, Jennifer Tipton, Tom Visser
Composers
Heiner Goebbels, Nastasia Khrustcheva, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Thom Willems
Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Katharina Müllner, Mark Rohde
Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Luigi Bonino, Nancy Euverink, Nanette Glushak, ThomasMc Manus, Ana Catalina Roman, Gillian Whittingham
Libretto & Dramaturgy
Carmen Kovacs, Maurice Lenhard
Visiting Trainers
Filip Barankiewicz, Julio Bocca, Lynne Charles, Monique Janotta, Chantal Lefevre, Alessandra Pasquali, Paola Vismara
Physiotherapists
Tabea Arens, Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Andreas Stommel
George Balanchine, Aszure Barton, Dominique Dumais, William Forsythe, Hege Haagenrud, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Hans van Manen, Marcos Morau, Roland Petit, Jerome Robbins, Demis Volpi
Stage and Costume Designers
Antoni Clavé, Keso Dekker, Silvia Delagneau, William Forsythe, Max Glaenzel, Sebastian Hannak, Michelle Jank, Karinska, Pepe Leal, Thomas Lempertz, Jean Rosenthal, Heike Scheele, Katharina Schlipf, Ruth Sobotka, Tatyana van Walsum
Lighting / Sound / Video
Bonnie Beecher, Burke Brown, Joop Caboort, Tobin Del Cuore, Jean-Michel Désiré, William Forsythe, Mark Stanley, Jennifer Tipton, Tom Visser
Composers
Heiner Goebbels, Nastasia Khrustcheva, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Thom Willems
Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Katharina Müllner, Mark Rohde
Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Luigi Bonino, Nancy Euverink, Nanette Glushak, ThomasMc Manus, Ana Catalina Roman, Gillian Whittingham
Libretto & Dramaturgy
Carmen Kovacs, Maurice Lenhard
Visiting Trainers
Filip Barankiewicz, Julio Bocca, Lynne Charles, Monique Janotta, Chantal Lefevre, Alessandra Pasquali, Paola Vismara
Physiotherapists
Tabea Arens, Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Andreas Stommel
Dancers
Tanz mit!
Director & dance teacher
Michael Foster
Head Ballet Teacher
Damiano Pettenella
Ballet teachers
Wun Sze Chan, Mariana Dias, Young Soon Hue, Eva Zamazalová
Michael Foster
Head Ballet Teacher
Damiano Pettenella
Ballet teachers
Wun Sze Chan, Mariana Dias, Young Soon Hue, Eva Zamazalová
Administration
Managing Director
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, Uwe Küllmar, Karoline Nickel, Gertrud Pusch, Volker Schirp
Accounts Manager
Annette Ley
Accounts Department
Beata Bieniek, Urszula Chanko, Tanja Graßmann, Oliver Kluth, Sandra Schulze, Sandra Stenzel (Duisburg)
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, Uwe Küllmar, Karoline Nickel, Gertrud Pusch, Volker Schirp
Accounts Manager
Annette Ley
Accounts Department
Beata Bieniek, Urszula Chanko, Tanja Graßmann, Oliver Kluth, Sandra Schulze, Sandra Stenzel (Duisburg)
Sales & Service
Director Communication, Marketing & Sales
Jens Breder
Head of Sales & Service
Roberta Stefanac
Ticket System / Payments / Special Projects
Beate Hübert, Kristin Kuck, Theodora Nederkorn, Denise Oppenberg, Anne Wessel
Data Analyst
Falk Offergeld
DÜSSELDORF
Customer service
Sandra Dobrun, Anja Kühne, Anna Puffler, Petra Polte, Katharina Ringwelski-Sarholz, Ilse Siegle, Dominik Sourek, Martin Stenzel
Subscription Service
Rudolf Gatzka
Group Service
Harald Hoppe
Theatre tours
Anette Philippen
Manager of Front of House Services
Stefanie Blügel-Westhelle, Susanne Schmidt
Evening Box Office Doorkeeper
Ralf Kestner
Front of House Staff
Jens Buhl
and around 60 freelancers at the performances
DUISBURG
Head of Sales & Service
Stephan Brinkmann
Customer service
Claudia Gatzweiler, Carmen Gola, Ursula Heckhoff, Susanne Schenk, Anke Staats-Vorjohann
Subscription & Group Service
Andrea Steffen, Charlotte Urbanek
Front of House Staff
Jana Perbix
and around 50 freelancers at the performances
Technical department & Workshops
Technical Direction
Uwe Kocur / Philip Rabe
Chief Stage Inspector
Uwe Kocur
Technical Manager Theater Duisburg
Oded Huberman
Assistant to the Technical Direction
Simon Sassin
Secretary
Maria Krauß
Head of Design
Jenny Wolf
Technical Purchasing Manager
Martin Horn
Chief of Electrics
Mario Zeibig
Trainee Electrics
Christos Efstathiadis
Assistant Stage Designers
Marialena Chrysogonidou, Natalie Krautkrämer, Wenyu Zhang
Stage Inspectors
Dirk Franz Busse, Claudio Cappelli, Sebastian Ehlert, Robert Thal, Jannik Speetgens
Scene Change Leaders
Jörg Bievor, Dirk Gräfen, Sven Pfeiffer
Senior Stage Technicians
Andreas Albrecht, Francesco Bardolatzi, Mirko Cikoja, Kevin Günther, Christian Tretau, Dieter Ort, Robert Szczodrowski, Josef Florian Welusciak
Stage Technicians
Marco Ahrendt, Ümran Bacak, Hartmut Baum, Marius Behrens, Franz Birükov, Dirk Bonnes, Domenic Bräuer, Bouchta Chadli, Vincent Cramer, Tim Elfers, Sven Erbslöh, Murat Erdogan, Zeno Faller, Reimund Gieß, Andre Gräßner, Eric Großkopf, Pius Halder, Benedikt Hinz, Alexander Hinze, Christoph Hinze, Aram Karganyan, Dirk Kliewe, Maurice Korioth, Michael Kowalski, Kevin Küppers, Rolf Linne, Stefan Lützow, Ralf Maury, Raphael Ochocki, Marcel Peters, Adrian Roller, Andreas Schlapat, David Schuy, Joshua Sprenger, Martin Thiel, Halil Toslu, Michael Ufermann, Ruben Weber, Frank Willjung
Senior Machinist
Norbert Prügel, Sven Schmitt
Machinists
Boris Beuten, Oliver Busse, Istvan Marcell Csuka, Stefan Dehnhardt, Björn Endruscheit, Tatjana Freywald, Sven Grabowski, Adrian Köhler, Lothar Raffel, Thomas Rasch, Philipp Renz, Sebastian Stadler, Oliver Schwenk
Trainee Events Technicians
Mario Dekow, Max Voigtländer, Arne Zielinksi (Düsseldorf/Duisburg)
Senior Decorators
Peter Trappmann
Decorators
Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider, Jennifer Sewerin, 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
Head of Lighting and Video
Volker Weinhart
Lighting Inspectors
Thomas Diek, Ansgar Evers, Tim Franke, Stephan Krimpert, Andreas Nitz, Petra Steinberg
Senior Electricians
Robin Fieber, Sven Freywald, Ralf Schmedding, Thomas Schweitzer, Thomas Wierutsch
Electricians
Jiri Bodeux, Maximilian Fehn, Benedict Flath, Hendrik Freier, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Felix Gincel, Oliver Hannig, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Uwe Hoffmann, Markus Kempken, Nicolas Orlowski, Sebastian Pötsch, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Anika Schwenzfeier, Jürgen Czilinski
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
Carlos Goncalves-Bento, Heiko Kautz, Arvanitidis Kiriakos, Francesco Moccia, Rafal Ochman, Vladimir Ort, Vito Sabatelli, Peter Sosgornik
PRODUKTIONSZENTRUM
Head of Design Workshops
Christian Acht
Head Production Manager
Katarzyna Belker
Production Managers
Jakob Winter, Manuel Gräf
Carpentry Manager
Oliver Neill
Carpenters
Hendrik Altermann, Ludger Dickhoff, Kevin Gesierich, Andreas Krause, Tabea Lommes, Jonathan Lumme,Sascha Steinfatt, Kathrin Wingerter
Paintshop Manager
Susanne Beck
Painters
Zhuo Chen, Daniela Hein, Ewe Klausmann, Patrick Westermann, N.N.
Trainees
Hanna Valoroso
Theatrical Sculptors
Stefanie Becker, Finn Schneiders
Trainees
Maya Bongard
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
René Pierre Chiata, Abdelaziz Kharzouz, Michael Maaßen, Friedhelm Roth
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, Bernd Miesing, Rolf Paaßen, Katharina Vogel
Mail Department
Carsten Raschkowski, Peter Theisen
Leitung Klimatechnik
Wolfgang Sperling
Klimatechniker
Sean Banic, Vincenzo-Marco Banic, 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)
Uwe Kocur / Philip Rabe
Chief Stage Inspector
Uwe Kocur
Technical Manager Theater Duisburg
Oded Huberman
Assistant to the Technical Direction
Simon Sassin
Secretary
Maria Krauß
Head of Design
Jenny Wolf
Technical Purchasing Manager
Martin Horn
Chief of Electrics
Mario Zeibig
Trainee Electrics
Christos Efstathiadis
Assistant Stage Designers
Marialena Chrysogonidou, Natalie Krautkrämer, Wenyu Zhang
Stage Inspectors
Dirk Franz Busse, Claudio Cappelli, Sebastian Ehlert, Robert Thal, Jannik Speetgens
Scene Change Leaders
Jörg Bievor, Dirk Gräfen, Sven Pfeiffer
Senior Stage Technicians
Andreas Albrecht, Francesco Bardolatzi, Mirko Cikoja, Kevin Günther, Christian Tretau, Dieter Ort, Robert Szczodrowski, Josef Florian Welusciak
Stage Technicians
Marco Ahrendt, Ümran Bacak, Hartmut Baum, Marius Behrens, Franz Birükov, Dirk Bonnes, Domenic Bräuer, Bouchta Chadli, Vincent Cramer, Tim Elfers, Sven Erbslöh, Murat Erdogan, Zeno Faller, Reimund Gieß, Andre Gräßner, Eric Großkopf, Pius Halder, Benedikt Hinz, Alexander Hinze, Christoph Hinze, Aram Karganyan, Dirk Kliewe, Maurice Korioth, Michael Kowalski, Kevin Küppers, Rolf Linne, Stefan Lützow, Ralf Maury, Raphael Ochocki, Marcel Peters, Adrian Roller, Andreas Schlapat, David Schuy, Joshua Sprenger, Martin Thiel, Halil Toslu, Michael Ufermann, Ruben Weber, Frank Willjung
Senior Machinist
Norbert Prügel, Sven Schmitt
Machinists
Boris Beuten, Oliver Busse, Istvan Marcell Csuka, Stefan Dehnhardt, Björn Endruscheit, Tatjana Freywald, Sven Grabowski, Adrian Köhler, Lothar Raffel, Thomas Rasch, Philipp Renz, Sebastian Stadler, Oliver Schwenk
Trainee Events Technicians
Mario Dekow, Max Voigtländer, Arne Zielinksi (Düsseldorf/Duisburg)
Senior Decorators
Peter Trappmann
Decorators
Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider, Jennifer Sewerin, 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
Head of Lighting and Video
Volker Weinhart
Lighting Inspectors
Thomas Diek, Ansgar Evers, Tim Franke, Stephan Krimpert, Andreas Nitz, Petra Steinberg
Senior Electricians
Robin Fieber, Sven Freywald, Ralf Schmedding, Thomas Schweitzer, Thomas Wierutsch
Electricians
Jiri Bodeux, Maximilian Fehn, Benedict Flath, Hendrik Freier, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Felix Gincel, Oliver Hannig, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Uwe Hoffmann, Markus Kempken, Nicolas Orlowski, Sebastian Pötsch, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Anika Schwenzfeier, Jürgen Czilinski
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
Carlos Goncalves-Bento, Heiko Kautz, Arvanitidis Kiriakos, Francesco Moccia, Rafal Ochman, Vladimir Ort, Vito Sabatelli, Peter Sosgornik
PRODUKTIONSZENTRUM
Head of Design Workshops
Christian Acht
Head Production Manager
Katarzyna Belker
Production Managers
Jakob Winter, Manuel Gräf
Carpentry Manager
Oliver Neill
Carpenters
Hendrik Altermann, Ludger Dickhoff, Kevin Gesierich, Andreas Krause, Tabea Lommes, Jonathan Lumme,Sascha Steinfatt, Kathrin Wingerter
Paintshop Manager
Susanne Beck
Painters
Zhuo Chen, Daniela Hein, Ewe Klausmann, Patrick Westermann, N.N.
Trainees
Hanna Valoroso
Theatrical Sculptors
Stefanie Becker, Finn Schneiders
Trainees
Maya Bongard
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
René Pierre Chiata, Abdelaziz Kharzouz, Michael Maaßen, Friedhelm Roth
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, Bernd Miesing, Rolf Paaßen, Katharina Vogel
Mail Department
Carsten Raschkowski, Peter Theisen
Leitung Klimatechnik
Wolfgang Sperling
Klimatechniker
Sean Banic, Vincenzo-Marco Banic, 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)
Costume department
Head of Costumes
Stefanie C. Salm
Production Manager / Deputy Head of Costumes
Inga Gürle-Rieger
Costume Assistant
Lilly Kopka, Natalia Krautkrämer, Lara Janecek, Daniela Sellin, Idan Yoav
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
Ines Bastita, 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, N.N.
Trainee
Lea Kröner
Ladies’ Wardrobe / Dressers
Marlene Graumann (Werkstattleitung Duisburg); Andrea Esch, Romina Full-Sporkmann, Janina Garden, Christin Herzberg, Ulrike Jahnke, Stella Käpper-Gillen, Heike Paulowitz, 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
Theodor Janßen-Ingenerf (Werkstattleitung Duisburg); Markus Birkner-Brzoskowski, Hedwig Ferati, Jonas Hinzen, Roberto Jimenez-Fabian, Thomas Kantner, Martin Kötter, Wibke Ufermann, Thomas Vorhagen, Karola Wittenburg
Dressers
Filiz Dana, Anja Decher, Dariusz Domin, Bettina Donnerstag, Laura Klahold, Johannes Schepers, Marie Schmiedchen, Masha Schmitt, Anna Oberpichler, Gudrun Magnus-Jacques
Shoemaking / Dressing Room Service
Heinz-Benno Ludorf, Volker Schadow, Peter Schemken
Laundry
Petra Küpper
*sowie 30 freie Mitarbeiter*innen
Make-up department
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
Sabrina Schäfer, Sybille Schaller, N.N.
Make-Up Artists
Veronika Bente, Mylene Breyer, Jonas Dittmar, Bettina Fremmer, Lynette Göhrmann, Sarah Hamburger, Anne Heydt, Alexandra Heyse, Sandra Kaczmarek, Anette Kleineick, Vesna Méduric, Caroline Rabanus, Rouven Roske, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Yasmin Sobhy, Frauke Stoffels, Christina Stübiger, Justina Swierczyna, Natsumi Watanabe
Trainees
Lucy Braun, Daniel Bros, Theresa Reitz, Hanna Schnier, Leon Schönberner, Edina Vámos
Bernd Staatz
Deputy Head of Make-Up
Alexander Schier
Assistant to the Head of Make-Up
Holger Staatz-Nehrig
Workshop Manager
Sabrina Schäfer, Sybille Schaller, N.N.
Make-Up Artists
Veronika Bente, Mylene Breyer, Jonas Dittmar, Bettina Fremmer, Lynette Göhrmann, Sarah Hamburger, Anne Heydt, Alexandra Heyse, Sandra Kaczmarek, Anette Kleineick, Vesna Méduric, Caroline Rabanus, Rouven Roske, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Yasmin Sobhy, Frauke Stoffels, Christina Stübiger, Justina Swierczyna, Natsumi Watanabe
Trainees
Lucy Braun, Daniel Bros, Theresa Reitz, Hanna Schnier, Leon Schönberner, Edina Vámos
Workers’ council
OVERALL WORKERS' COUNCIL
Chair
René Lozynski
Vice-Chair
Ingo Möllhoff
Members
Tim Franke, Thomas Hardt, Julian Schröder, Stephanie Schierhorn, Karola Wittenburg, Christian Wozniak
WORKERS' COUNCIL DÜSSELDORF
Chair
Christian Wozniak
Vice-Chair
Thomas Hardt
Members
Gerd Büker, Fabian Clasen, Diana Kellenberger, Ron Kiewenat, René Lozynski, Vesna Meduric, Simone Messmer, Elke Probst, Julia Staudt, Martin Thiel, Karola Wittenburg
Secretary
Diana Kellenberger
WORKERS' COUNCIL DUISBURG
Chair
Ingo Möllhoff
Vice-Chair
Julian Schröder
Members
Tim Franke, Martin Kötter, Friedemann Pardall, Philip Renz, Stephanie Schierhorn, Anika Schwenzfeier, Josef Florian Welusciak
Youth Training Representatives
Charles Alec Schnier
Chair
René Lozynski
Vice-Chair
Ingo Möllhoff
Members
Tim Franke, Thomas Hardt, Julian Schröder, Stephanie Schierhorn, Karola Wittenburg, Christian Wozniak
WORKERS' COUNCIL DÜSSELDORF
Chair
Christian Wozniak
Vice-Chair
Thomas Hardt
Members
Gerd Büker, Fabian Clasen, Diana Kellenberger, Ron Kiewenat, René Lozynski, Vesna Meduric, Simone Messmer, Elke Probst, Julia Staudt, Martin Thiel, Karola Wittenburg
Secretary
Diana Kellenberger
WORKERS' COUNCIL DUISBURG
Chair
Ingo Möllhoff
Vice-Chair
Julian Schröder
Members
Tim Franke, Martin Kötter, Friedemann Pardall, Philip Renz, Stephanie Schierhorn, Anika Schwenzfeier, Josef Florian Welusciak
Youth Training Representatives
Charles Alec Schnier
Honorary members
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
Supervisory board
Chair
Dr. Stephan Keller (Oberbürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf)
Vice-Chair
Sören Link (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Duisburg)
Members representing the City of Düsseldorf
Jörg-Thomas Alvermann (Bü90/Grüne), Miriam Koch (Beigeordnete der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf für Kultur und Integration), 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), Vanessa van Bösekoem (Ratsfrau, SPD), Frank Heidenreich (Ratsherr, CDU), Daniela Hoffmann (Ratsfrau, SPD), Edeltraud Klabuhn (Ratsfrau, SPD), Martin Murrack (Stadtdirektor / Stadtkämmerer), Angelika Röder (Ratsfrau, BL), Linda Wagner (Beigeordnete der Stadt Duisburg für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Kultur)
Circle of Friends
Monika Lehmhaus
Representative of the State of NRW
Ina Brandes (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Dr. Stephan Keller (Oberbürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf)
Vice-Chair
Sören Link (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Duisburg)
Members representing the City of Düsseldorf
Jörg-Thomas Alvermann (Bü90/Grüne), Miriam Koch (Beigeordnete der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf für Kultur und Integration), 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), Vanessa van Bösekoem (Ratsfrau, SPD), Frank Heidenreich (Ratsherr, CDU), Daniela Hoffmann (Ratsfrau, SPD), Edeltraud Klabuhn (Ratsfrau, SPD), Martin Murrack (Stadtdirektor / Stadtkämmerer), Angelika Röder (Ratsfrau, BL), Linda Wagner (Beigeordnete der Stadt Duisburg für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Kultur)
Circle of Friends
Monika Lehmhaus
Representative of the State of NRW
Ina Brandes (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)