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, Heili Schwarz-Schütte
Guest Dramaturgs
Bettina Auer, Elena Garcia Fernandez
Assistant Dramaturgy
Svenja Söhnchen
Anna Melcher
Dramaturgs
Anna Grundmeier, Julia Schinke, Heili Schwarz-Schütte
Guest Dramaturgs
Bettina Auer, Elena Garcia Fernandez
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
Xenia Ilge, Nele Reinke
Project Lead „Das digitale Foyer“
Lena tom Dieck
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
Xenia Ilge, Nele Reinke
Project Lead „Das digitale Foyer“
Lena tom Dieck
Opera for young people
JUNGE OPER AM RHEIN
Director
Michaela Dicu
Education Officers
Helena Cánovas Parés, Anna-Lena Laurich, Nadja Görts
Director of the Kinderchor am Rhein
Sabina López Miguez
UFO – JUNGE OPER URBAN
Project director
Theresa von Halle, Elise Schobeß
Project assistant
Alicia Nsukami
Event technology
Christian von der Heide
Director
Michaela Dicu
Education Officers
Helena Cánovas Parés, Anna-Lena Laurich, Nadja Görts
Director of the Kinderchor am Rhein
Sabina López Miguez
UFO – JUNGE OPER URBAN
Project director
Theresa von Halle, Elise Schobeß
Project assistant
Alicia Nsukami
Event technology
Christian von der Heide
Artistic ensemble
Music Director
Principal Guest Conductor
Antonino Fogliani
Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Patrick Francis Chestnut, Ville Enckelmann, Péter Halász, Ralf Lange, Harry Ogg, Christoph Stöcker, Wolfgang Wiechert
Assistant to the Music Director
Ralf Lange
Personal Assistant to the Music Director & Orchestra Office
Angelika Ruhland
Orchestra Director, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
N.N.
Head of Music Staff
Wolfgang Wiechert
Repetiteurs
Christian Dammann, Ville Enckelmann, Laura Ann Poe, Christoph Stöcker, Cécile Tallec, Dagmar Thelen, Anastasiya Titovych, Jason Tran, James Williams, Sebastian Ludwig
Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski
Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
Natalia Demina
Orchestra Technicians
Karsten Etz, Ulrich Hamann, Stefanie Mörs, Valentina Schulte-Ladbeck
Antonino Fogliani
Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Patrick Francis Chestnut, Ville Enckelmann, Péter Halász, Ralf Lange, Harry Ogg, Christoph Stöcker, Wolfgang Wiechert
Assistant to the Music Director
Ralf Lange
Personal Assistant to the Music Director & Orchestra Office
Angelika Ruhland
Orchestra Director, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
N.N.
Head of Music Staff
Wolfgang Wiechert
Repetiteurs
Christian Dammann, Ville Enckelmann, Laura Ann Poe, Christoph Stöcker, Cécile Tallec, Dagmar Thelen, Anastasiya Titovych, Jason Tran, James Williams, Sebastian Ludwig
Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski
Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
Natalia Demina
Orchestra Technicians
Karsten Etz, Ulrich Hamann, Stefanie Mörs, Valentina Schulte-Ladbeck
Direction
Directors / Premieres
Vasili Barkhatov, Michaela Dicu, Johannes Erath, Gianluca Falaschi, Lorenzo Fioroni, Joachim Gottfried Goller, Daniel Kramer, Ilaria Lanzino, Marthe Meinhold, Marius Schötz, Aron Stiehl, Elisabeth Stöppler, Michael Thalheimer
Directors / Revivals
Suzanne Andrade/Paul Barritt (1927), Karoline Gruber, Michael Hampe, Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, Axel Köhler, Barrie Kosky, Ilaria Lanzino, Huan-Hsiung Li, Christof Loy, Esther Mertel, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Joan Antón Rechi, Emilio Sagi, Jan Sobrie, Rolando Villazón
Principal Staff Director
Volker Böhm
Staff Directors & Assistant Directors
Dorian Dreher, Julia Langeder, Haitham Assem Tantawy, Lotte Sophie Hippolyta Zuther
Stage Management
Annegret Frübing, Bruno Narnhammer, Eva Padjen, Svenja Söhnchen, Egmont Unger
Prompters
Stefanie Bertram, Dagmar Elsenheimer, Ute Gherasim
Supernumerary Performers Düsseldorf
Michal Matys
Supernumerary Performers Duisburg
Norbert Kaulhausen
Stage and Costume Designers / Premieres
Henrik Ahr, Michaela Barth, Sven Bindseil, Gianluca Falaschi, Mirjam Falkenstein, Katharina Gault, Emine Güner, Annika Haller, Bernhard Hammer, Marg Horwell, Jorge Jara, Florian Kiehl, Zinovy Margolin, Olga Shaishmelashvili, Su Sigmund, Thomas Stingl, Paul Zoller
Stage and Costume Designers / Repertoire
Esther Bialas, Fernando Botero, Inge Diettrich, German Droghetti, Sebastian Ellrich, Alfons Flores,
Emine Güner, John Gunter, Hsuan-Wu Lai, Johannes Leiacker, Jo-Shan Liang, Herbert Murauer, Mercé Paloma, Ronja Reinhardt, Dieter Richter, Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Renate Schmitzer, Mechthild Seipel, Roy Spahn, Thibault Vancraenenbroeck, Giovani Vanhoenacker, Gerda
Zientek
Choreography / Opera
Mirko Mahr, Michal Matys
Lighting Designers
Stefan Bolliger, Davy Cunningham, Thomas Diek, Nicol Hungsberg, Diego Leetz, Franz-Xaver Schaffer, Alexander Sivaev, Thomas Tarnogorski, Christian Tombeil, Manfred Voss, Volker Weinhart
Video / Animations
Bibi Abel, Suzanne Andrade, Paul Barrit (1927), Jun-Jieh Wang
Soloists
Guests
SOLOISTS
Norbert Ernst, Catherine Foster, Anooshah Golesorkhi, Teodor Ilincai, Sander de Jong, Astrid Kessler, Konu Kim, Daniela Kohler, Alexander Krasnov, Ambrogio Maestri, Riccardo Massi, Simon Neal, Aleksandre Nesterenko, Shira Patchornik, Mikhail Pirogov, Ewa Płonka, Edgardo Rocha, James Rutherford, Marie-Dominique Ryckmanns, Hrólfur Sæmundsson, Gabriele Scherer, Julia Sitkovetsky, Nadja Stefanoff, Charles Sy, Sophia Theodorides, Bartosz Urbanowicz, Daniel de Vicente, Michael Weinius, Corby Welch, Alexey Zelenkov
ACTORS
Wolfgang Reinbacher
DANCERS
Ewa Bienkowska, Tamara Gigauri-Laryea, Chin-A Hwang, Chiara Jovy, Sofia Klein-Herrero, Birgit Mühlram, Anna Pawlowa-Lichtenwald, Yasha Wang
ARTIST
Susanne Kahl
Norbert Ernst, Catherine Foster, Anooshah Golesorkhi, Teodor Ilincai, Sander de Jong, Astrid Kessler, Konu Kim, Daniela Kohler, Alexander Krasnov, Ambrogio Maestri, Riccardo Massi, Simon Neal, Aleksandre Nesterenko, Shira Patchornik, Mikhail Pirogov, Ewa Płonka, Edgardo Rocha, James Rutherford, Marie-Dominique Ryckmanns, Hrólfur Sæmundsson, Gabriele Scherer, Julia Sitkovetsky, Nadja Stefanoff, Charles Sy, Sophia Theodorides, Bartosz Urbanowicz, Daniel de Vicente, Michael Weinius, Corby Welch, Alexey Zelenkov
ACTORS
Wolfgang Reinbacher
DANCERS
Ewa Bienkowska, Tamara Gigauri-Laryea, Chin-A Hwang, Chiara Jovy, Sofia Klein-Herrero, Birgit Mühlram, Anna Pawlowa-Lichtenwald, Yasha Wang
ARTIST
Susanne Kahl
Opera Studio
Musical Direction
Ville Enckelmann
Administrator
Dr. Eva Hölter
Scenic Training
Sabine Hartmannshenn
Masterclasses
Marius Vlad Budoiu, François Le Roux, Prof. Gabriele Schnaut, Edith Wiens
SINGERS
Ville Enckelmann
Administrator
Dr. Eva Hölter
Scenic Training
Sabine Hartmannshenn
Masterclasses
Marius Vlad Budoiu, François Le Roux, Prof. Gabriele Schnaut, Edith Wiens
SINGERS
Chorus
Choral Director
Gerhard Michalski
Deputy Choral Director
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Assistant Choral Director
Dagmar Thelen
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
Sibylle Eichhorn, Angela Froemer, Claudia Hildebrand, Annette Hörle, Cornelia-Maria Orendi, Sylwia Siwak, JiSong Weiß, Ming Yu
2nd Alto
Susanne Hofmann-Babinetz, Satu Honkala, Britta Korte, Edith Krupp, Manuela Kunze, Franziska Orendi, Karolin Zeinert
1st Tenor
Sookwang Cho, Jonas Gudmundsson, Volker Kiefer, 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
Thomas Boldt, Gerd Büker, Dong-In Choi, Emanuel Fluck, Attila Fodre, Franz-Martin Preihs, Karl Thomas Schneider
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
Assistant Choral Director
Dagmar Thelen
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
Sibylle Eichhorn, Angela Froemer, Claudia Hildebrand, Annette Hörle, Cornelia-Maria Orendi, Sylwia Siwak, JiSong Weiß, Ming Yu
2nd Alto
Susanne Hofmann-Babinetz, Satu Honkala, Britta Korte, Edith Krupp, Manuela Kunze, Franziska Orendi, Karolin Zeinert
1st Tenor
Sookwang Cho, Jonas Gudmundsson, Volker Kiefer, 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
Thomas Boldt, Gerd Büker, Dong-In Choi, Emanuel Fluck, Attila Fodre, Franz-Martin Preihs, Karl Thomas Schneider
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
Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director
Daniela Matys
Rehearsal Scheduler and Production Manager
Peter Piterka
Production Assistant Ballet
Vanessa Weber
Ballet Masters/Mistresses
Natasha Lagunas, Brent Parolin, Uwe Schröter
Ballet Repetiteurs
Eduardo Boechat, Juan Pedro Godoy Gonzalez, Christian Grifa, Alexandr Ivanov
Assistants (Dramaturgy and Production)
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer, Vanessa Weber
Secretary
Sabine Chaumet, Sabine Dollnik
Caretaker Balletthaus
Heiko Gerd Oberpichler
Demis Volpi
Adminstrative Director
Oliver Königsfeld
Lead Ballet Master
Damiano Pettenella
Dramaturgs
Julia Schinke
Personal Assistant to the Ballet Director
Daniela Matys
Rehearsal Scheduler and Production Manager
Peter Piterka
Production Assistant Ballet
Vanessa Weber
Ballet Masters/Mistresses
Natasha Lagunas, Brent Parolin, Uwe Schröter
Ballet Repetiteurs
Eduardo Boechat, Juan Pedro Godoy Gonzalez, Christian Grifa, Alexandr Ivanov
Assistants (Dramaturgy and Production)
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer, Vanessa Weber
Secretary
Sabine Chaumet, Sabine Dollnik
Caretaker Balletthaus
Heiko Gerd Oberpichler
Choreography & Teams
Choreographers
George Balanchine, Gai Behar, Hélène Blackburn, Bridget Breiner, Wun Sze Chan, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Michael Foster, Gil Harush, Hege Haagenrud, Hans van Manen, Michèle Anne de Mey, Marcos Morau, Neshama Nashman, John Neumeier, James Nix, Bahar Gökten & Yeliz Pazar (nutrospektif), Jerome Robbins, Demis Volpi, Christopher Wheeldon
Stage and Costume Designers
Gai Behar, Flurin Borg Madsen, Keso Dekker, Silvia Delagneau, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Max Glaenzel, Hege Haagenrud, Gil Harush, Holly Hynes, Rebecca Hytting, Sonja Kraft, Thomas Lempertz, Michèle Anne de Mey, John Neumeier, Jean Rosenthal, Stefanie C. Salm, Heike Scheele, Katharina Schlipf, Kurt Seligmann, Ruth Sobotka, Paul Zoller
Lighting / Sound / Video
Bonnie Beecher, Joop Caboort, Alon Cohen, William Forsythe, Emmanuel Landry, Claudia Sánchez, Mark Stanley, Jennifer Tipton, Tom Visser, Volker Weinhart
Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Patrick Chestnut, Péter Halász, Katharina Müllner, Mark Rohde, Christoph Stöcker
Instrumental Soloists
Alina Bercu, Eduardo Boechat, Franziska Früh, Christian Grifa, Susanna Kadzhoyan, Dragos Manza, Wooden Elephant
Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Jérémy Galdeano, Michele Gifford, Nanette Glushak, Léo Lérus, Manuele Rastaldi, Ivan Urban
Dramaturgical Assistance
Charlotte Lola Pauwels (Guest)
Visiting Trainers
Filip Barankiewicz, Julio Bocca, Lynne Charles, Johnny Eliasen, Monique Janotta, Chantal Lefevre, Alessandra Pasquali, Paola Vismara
Physiotherapists
Tabea Arens, Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Andreas Stommel
Dance Medicine
Dr. Larissa Arens
George Balanchine, Gai Behar, Hélène Blackburn, Bridget Breiner, Wun Sze Chan, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Michael Foster, Gil Harush, Hege Haagenrud, Hans van Manen, Michèle Anne de Mey, Marcos Morau, Neshama Nashman, John Neumeier, James Nix, Bahar Gökten & Yeliz Pazar (nutrospektif), Jerome Robbins, Demis Volpi, Christopher Wheeldon
Stage and Costume Designers
Gai Behar, Flurin Borg Madsen, Keso Dekker, Silvia Delagneau, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Max Glaenzel, Hege Haagenrud, Gil Harush, Holly Hynes, Rebecca Hytting, Sonja Kraft, Thomas Lempertz, Michèle Anne de Mey, John Neumeier, Jean Rosenthal, Stefanie C. Salm, Heike Scheele, Katharina Schlipf, Kurt Seligmann, Ruth Sobotka, Paul Zoller
Lighting / Sound / Video
Bonnie Beecher, Joop Caboort, Alon Cohen, William Forsythe, Emmanuel Landry, Claudia Sánchez, Mark Stanley, Jennifer Tipton, Tom Visser, Volker Weinhart
Conductors
Vitali Alekseenok, Patrick Chestnut, Péter Halász, Katharina Müllner, Mark Rohde, Christoph Stöcker
Instrumental Soloists
Alina Bercu, Eduardo Boechat, Franziska Früh, Christian Grifa, Susanna Kadzhoyan, Dragos Manza, Wooden Elephant
Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Jérémy Galdeano, Michele Gifford, Nanette Glushak, Léo Lérus, Manuele Rastaldi, Ivan Urban
Dramaturgical Assistance
Charlotte Lola Pauwels (Guest)
Visiting Trainers
Filip Barankiewicz, Julio Bocca, Lynne Charles, Johnny Eliasen, Monique Janotta, Chantal Lefevre, Alessandra Pasquali, Paola Vismara
Physiotherapists
Tabea Arens, Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Andreas Stommel
Dance Medicine
Dr. Larissa Arens
Dancers

Long
Zou
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
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
Chantal Haas, Maria Krohn, Uwe Küllmar, Gertrud Pusch, Volker Schirp
Accounts Manager
N.N.
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
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
Chantal Haas, Maria Krohn, Uwe Küllmar, Gertrud Pusch, Volker Schirp
Accounts Manager
N.N.
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
Joachim Weber
Deputy 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, Harald Hoppe, Anja Kühne, Petra Polte, Ilse Siegle, Martin Stenzel
Group Service
N.N.
Subscription Service
Rudolf Gatzka, Wiltrud Walter
Theatre tours
Anette Philippen
Manager of Front of House Services
Anja Adamczyk, 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
Randolf Kieper
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
Assistant Stage Designers
Marialena Chrysogonidou, Lara König
Stage Inspectors
Dirk Franz Busse, Sebastian Ehlert, Rolf Hubrich, Tanja Loy, Robert Thal
Scene Change Leaders
Jörg Bievor, Dirk Gräfen, Sven Pfeiffer
Senior Stage Technicians
Andreas Albrecht, Francesco Bardolatzi, Mirko Cikoja, Kevin Günther, Dieter Ort, Robert Szczodrowski, Christian Tretau, Josef Welusciak
Stage Technicians
Marco Ahrendt, Ümran Bacak, Hartmut Baum, Marius Behrens, Alexander Blanke, Dirk Bonnes, Bouchta Chadli, Stefan Dehnhardt, Tim Elfers, Sven Erbslöh, Murat Erdogan, Maximilian Fehn, Reimund Gieß, Andre Gräßner, Eric Großkopf, Benedikt Hinz, Alexander Hinze, Christoph Hinze, Oliver Hinze, Michael Hopfe, Zacharias Jäger, Dirk Kliewe, Maurice Korioth, Michael Kowalski, Kevin Küppers, Rolf Linne, Stefan Lützow, Ralf Maury, Olga Mech, Marcel Peters, Carl Elias Schenkel, Andreas Schlapat, Michael Schmidt, Oliver Schwenk, Michael Ufermann, Johannes Lukas Vogt, Frank Willjung
Senior Machinist
Norbert Prügel, Sven Schmitt, Christian Wozniak
Machinists
Boris Beuten, Oliver Busse, Szabolcs Devecseri, Björn Endruscheit, Tatjana Freywald, Sven Grabowski, Adrian Köhler, Rolf Paaßen, Lothar Raffel, Thomas Rasch, Philipp Renz, Sebastian Stadler, Carsten Wollscheidt
Trainee Events Technicians
Jan-Oliver Claas, Dominik Gräfen, Joshua Klein, Max Voigtländer (Düsseldorf/Duisburg)
Trainee electronics technician, specialising in energy and building technology
Christos Efstathiadis
Senior Decorators
Peter Trappmann
Decorators
Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider, Jannik Speetgens, 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, Petra Steinberg, N.N.
Senior Electricians
Robin Fieber, Sven Freywald, Andreas Nitz, Ralf Schmedding, Thomas Schweitzer, Thomas Wierutsch
Electricians
Friedrich Ante, Jiri Bodeux, Jürgen Czilinski, Benedict Flath, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Felix Gincel, Oliver Hannig, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Uwe Hoffmann, Markus Kempken, Nicolas Orlowski, Sebastian Pötsch, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Julian Schröder, Anika Schwenzfeier
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
Thorsten Franzen, Mahir Köroglu, Gordon Prieditis, Eugene Smith
Transportation Manager
Thomas Büsch
Senior Transportation Officer
Karl-Heinz Sniekers
Transportation Department
Carlos Goncalves-Bento, Heiko Kautz, Francesco Moccia, Rafal Ochman, Vladimir Ort, Vito Sabatelli, Peter Sosgornik, Thomas Voigtländer
PRODUKTIONSZENTRUM
Head of Design Workshops
Christian Acht
Production Manager
Jakob Altrogge, Katarzyna Belker, 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, Dennis Bernau
Trainees
Maya Bongard, Felizitas Rehwald
Metalwork Manager
Nicolai Blüggel
Metalworkers
Markus Exner, Wassilios Kioroglou, Bernd Marsand, Andrei Rosca, Bernd Weißer
Decor Manager
Brigitte Möller
Decorators
Jennifer Dahmen, Ron Kiewenat
Trainee Decorator
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
Iman Augustiniak
Building Services Department
Rafiq Boussaida, Roland Keller, Uwe Reiners
Senior Switchboard Operator / Stage Doorkeeper
Stefan Heimanns
Switchboard Operators / Stage Doorkeepers
Mohamed Arian, Bernd Miesing, Franz-Josef Rummler, 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
Dennis Welters
Building Services Officers
Christian Bevers, Andreas Klein
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
Randolf Kieper
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
Assistant Stage Designers
Marialena Chrysogonidou, Lara König
Stage Inspectors
Dirk Franz Busse, Sebastian Ehlert, Rolf Hubrich, Tanja Loy, Robert Thal
Scene Change Leaders
Jörg Bievor, Dirk Gräfen, Sven Pfeiffer
Senior Stage Technicians
Andreas Albrecht, Francesco Bardolatzi, Mirko Cikoja, Kevin Günther, Dieter Ort, Robert Szczodrowski, Christian Tretau, Josef Welusciak
Stage Technicians
Marco Ahrendt, Ümran Bacak, Hartmut Baum, Marius Behrens, Alexander Blanke, Dirk Bonnes, Bouchta Chadli, Stefan Dehnhardt, Tim Elfers, Sven Erbslöh, Murat Erdogan, Maximilian Fehn, Reimund Gieß, Andre Gräßner, Eric Großkopf, Benedikt Hinz, Alexander Hinze, Christoph Hinze, Oliver Hinze, Michael Hopfe, Zacharias Jäger, Dirk Kliewe, Maurice Korioth, Michael Kowalski, Kevin Küppers, Rolf Linne, Stefan Lützow, Ralf Maury, Olga Mech, Marcel Peters, Carl Elias Schenkel, Andreas Schlapat, Michael Schmidt, Oliver Schwenk, Michael Ufermann, Johannes Lukas Vogt, Frank Willjung
Senior Machinist
Norbert Prügel, Sven Schmitt, Christian Wozniak
Machinists
Boris Beuten, Oliver Busse, Szabolcs Devecseri, Björn Endruscheit, Tatjana Freywald, Sven Grabowski, Adrian Köhler, Rolf Paaßen, Lothar Raffel, Thomas Rasch, Philipp Renz, Sebastian Stadler, Carsten Wollscheidt
Trainee Events Technicians
Jan-Oliver Claas, Dominik Gräfen, Joshua Klein, Max Voigtländer (Düsseldorf/Duisburg)
Trainee electronics technician, specialising in energy and building technology
Christos Efstathiadis
Senior Decorators
Peter Trappmann
Decorators
Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider, Jannik Speetgens, 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, Petra Steinberg, N.N.
Senior Electricians
Robin Fieber, Sven Freywald, Andreas Nitz, Ralf Schmedding, Thomas Schweitzer, Thomas Wierutsch
Electricians
Friedrich Ante, Jiri Bodeux, Jürgen Czilinski, Benedict Flath, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Felix Gincel, Oliver Hannig, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Uwe Hoffmann, Markus Kempken, Nicolas Orlowski, Sebastian Pötsch, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Julian Schröder, Anika Schwenzfeier
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
Thorsten Franzen, Mahir Köroglu, Gordon Prieditis, Eugene Smith
Transportation Manager
Thomas Büsch
Senior Transportation Officer
Karl-Heinz Sniekers
Transportation Department
Carlos Goncalves-Bento, Heiko Kautz, Francesco Moccia, Rafal Ochman, Vladimir Ort, Vito Sabatelli, Peter Sosgornik, Thomas Voigtländer
PRODUKTIONSZENTRUM
Head of Design Workshops
Christian Acht
Production Manager
Jakob Altrogge, Katarzyna Belker, 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, Dennis Bernau
Trainees
Maya Bongard, Felizitas Rehwald
Metalwork Manager
Nicolai Blüggel
Metalworkers
Markus Exner, Wassilios Kioroglou, Bernd Marsand, Andrei Rosca, Bernd Weißer
Decor Manager
Brigitte Möller
Decorators
Jennifer Dahmen, Ron Kiewenat
Trainee Decorator
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
Iman Augustiniak
Building Services Department
Rafiq Boussaida, Roland Keller, Uwe Reiners
Senior Switchboard Operator / Stage Doorkeeper
Stefan Heimanns
Switchboard Operators / Stage Doorkeepers
Mohamed Arian, Bernd Miesing, Franz-Josef Rummler, 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
Dennis Welters
Building Services Officers
Christian Bevers, Andreas Klein
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
Laila Abad, Lara Janecek, Nhu Le Thanh
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, Ilka Charlotte Wiehe (Auszubildende)
Ladies’ Tailoring
Andrea Busch (Werkstattleitung Düsseldorf), Ursula Dichant, Michaela Grießer, Theres Höller, Nicole Kleffken, Barbara Korge, Martine-Michelle Labréze, Christa Oelze, Elke Probst, Karin Schulz, Anya Spieker, Petra Tschurer
Trainee
Aaron Blank
Ladies’ Wardrobe / Dressers
Marlene Graumann (Werkstattleitung Duisburg), Andrea Esch, Romina Full-Sporkmann, Janina Garden, Christin Herzberg, Ulrike Jahnke, Anna Oberpichler, Heike Paulowitz, Katja Schwabe, Katrin Totzeck, Elke Wellmann, Annette Willems
Gentlemen’s Tailoring
Miriam Fechner (Werkstattleitung Düsseldorf), Birgitt Korth, Nina Look, Baffy Paleka, Kerstin Rodenbeck, Astrid Schmider, Barbara Ziegenhardt, N.N.
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
Anja Decher, Dariusz Domin, Bettina Donnerstag, Gudrun Magnus-Jacques, Laura Klahold, Johannes Schepers, Marie Schmiedchen, Masha Schmitt
Shoemaking / Dressing Room Service
Christian Fildhaut, 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, Myriam Schreiber
Make-Up Artists
Anette Berger, Mylene Breyer, Bettina Fremmer, Esther Gabor, Kerstin Gerhard, Lynette Göhrmann, Anne Heydt, Alexandra Heyse, Sandra Kaczmarek, Vesna Méduric, Caroline Rabanus, Rouven Roske, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Yasmin Sobhy, Frauke Stoffels, Christina Stübiger, Justyna Swierzcyna
Trainees
Daniel Bros, Theresa Reitz, Hanna Schnier, Virginia Wudtke
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, Myriam Schreiber
Make-Up Artists
Anette Berger, Mylene Breyer, Bettina Fremmer, Esther Gabor, Kerstin Gerhard, Lynette Göhrmann, Anne Heydt, Alexandra Heyse, Sandra Kaczmarek, Vesna Méduric, Caroline Rabanus, Rouven Roske, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Yasmin Sobhy, Frauke Stoffels, Christina Stübiger, Justyna Swierzcyna
Trainees
Daniel Bros, Theresa Reitz, Hanna Schnier, Virginia Wudtke
Workers’ council
OVERALL WORKERS' COUNCIL
Chair
René Lozynski
Vice-Chair
Ingo Möllhoff
Members
Tim Franke, Thomas Hardt, René Lozynski, 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
N.N.
Chair
René Lozynski
Vice-Chair
Ingo Möllhoff
Members
Tim Franke, Thomas Hardt, René Lozynski, 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
N.N.
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
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), Miriam Koch (Beigeordnete 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)
Workers’ Council Düsseldorf
Yvan Caljkusic
Members representing the City of Duisburg
Frank Albrecht (FDP), Matthias Börger (Beigeordneter für Umwelt und Klimaschutz, Gesundheit, Verbraucherschutz und Kultur), 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)
Workers’ Council Duisburg
Ingo Möllhoff
Circle of Friends
Prof. Dr. Dieter H. Vogel
Representative of the State of NRW
Ina Brandes (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Advisory Member
Ks. Stefan Heidemann
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), Miriam Koch (Beigeordnete 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)
Workers’ Council Düsseldorf
Yvan Caljkusic
Members representing the City of Duisburg
Frank Albrecht (FDP), Matthias Börger (Beigeordneter für Umwelt und Klimaschutz, Gesundheit, Verbraucherschutz und Kultur), 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)
Workers’ Council Duisburg
Ingo Möllhoff
Circle of Friends
Prof. Dr. Dieter H. Vogel
Representative of the State of NRW
Ina Brandes (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Advisory Member
Ks. Stefan Heidemann