Ensemble & Employees

Chief Dramaturg

Anna Melcher

Dramaturgs
Anna Grundmeier, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director & dance teacher
Michael Foster

Head Ballet Teacher
Damiano Pettenella

Ballet teachers
Wun Sze Chan, Mariana Dias, Young Soon Hue, 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, 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)

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)

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

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

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

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
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)