Ensemble & Employees

Chief Dramaturg / Deputy Artistic Director
Anna Melcher

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

Guest Dramaturg
Bettina Auer, Ulrich Lenz, Stephan Müller

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
Carmen Simon Fernandez

Graphic and media designer
Kristina Kasperczyk

Voluntary Year of Social Service
Paul Knapp

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

Event technology
Christian von der Heide


TANZ MIT!

Administration
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer

Chief Conductor
Vitali Alekseenok

Conductors
Patrick Francis Chestnut, Antonino Fogliani, Azim Karimov, Ralf Lange, Katharina Müllner, Harry Ogg, Christoph Stöcker

Guest Conductors
Stefan Klingele, Hendrik Vestmann, Dominic Limburg, Benjamin Reiners, Koen Schoots, Axel Kober, Péter Halász, Paolo Arrivabeni


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, Nickolas Kudo, Laura Ann Poe, Christoph Stöcker, Cécile Tallec, Dagmar Thelen, Anastasiya Titovych, Jason Tran

Orchestra Inspector
René Lozynski

Assistant to the Orchestra Inspector
Sofia Castro Ferreira, Sabine Gabrisch

Orchestra Technicians
Karsten Etz, Alexander Gerton, Piotr Glowacki, Aleksander Ringas

Directors / Premieres
Mizgîn Bilmen, David Bösch, Michaela Dicu, Tatjana Gürbaca, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Daniel Kramer, Louisa Proske, Philipp Rosendahl, Felix Seiler, Elisabeth Stöppler, Matthew Wild

Directors/ Repertoire
Vasily Barkhatov, Michael Hampe, Dietrich W. Hilsdorf, Andreas Homoki, Barrie Kosky & „1927“, Maurice Lenhard, Christoph Loy, Marthe Meinhold, Andreas Meyer-Hanno, Louisa Proske, Joan Anton Rechi, Marius Schötz, Carlos Wagner, Philipp Westerbarkei

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

Stage Managment
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 Ajdapasic, Patrick Bannwart, Philipp Basener, Elizabeth Clachan, Momme Hinrichs, Katja Haß, Falko Herold, Martina Lebert, Heide Kastler, Sabine Mäder, Herbert Murauer, Sarah Rolke, Raphaela Rose, Johannes Schütz, Su Sigmund, Ariane Isabell Unfried, Nikolaus Webern, Paula Wellmann, Silke Willrett

Stage and Costume Designers / Repertoire
Rifail Ajdapasic, Esther Bialas, Inge Diettrich, German Droghetti, Patrick Dutertre, Alfons Flores, Christina Geiger, Momme Hinrichs, Tatjana Ivschina, Gabriele Jaenecke, Florian Kiehl, Johannes Leiacker, Zinovy Margolin, Herbert Murauer, Mercè Paloma, Malina Raßfeld, Ronja Reinhardt, Dieter Richter, Frank Philipp Schlößmann, Renate Schmitzer, Olga Shaishmelashvili, Gerda Zientek

Choreographers / Opera
Danny Costello, Kati Farkas, Ana Garcia, Michal Matys, Alessia Ruffolo, Lin Verleger, Marie-Christin Zeisset

Lighting Designers
Stefan Bolliger, Amith Chandrashaker, Fabrice Kebour, Diego Leetz, Guido Petzold, Elana Siberski, Alexander Sivaev, Thomas Tarnogorski, Manfred Voss, Volker Weinhart, Sascha Zauner

Video / Animations
Jo Alexander Berg, Chris Kondek, Judith Selenko, Vincent Stefan, Clemens Walter

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, Hyejin Kim, Simone Klostermann, Ulrike Mertens, Jiyeon Park, Martina Ramin

2nd Soprano
Victoria Demkina, Mariam Gagloshvili, Helena Günther, Birte Hopstein, Diana Klee, Ruth Mauderer, Marianna Nomikou-Tsiokou, 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, Apostolos Zoidis

2nd Tenor
Alcides Bravo, César Dima, Gürkan Gider, Ingmar Klusmann, Mamuka Manjgaladze, Gwanghwi Pak, Dr. Roland Steingießer

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

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

Ballet Director
Raphaël Coumes-Marquet

Chief Choreographer
Bridget Breiner


Adminstrative Director
Oliver Königsfeld

Dramaturgs
Julia Schinke
Juliane Schunke

Personal Assistant to the ballet management
Daniela Matys

Rehearsal Scheduler
Bertram Richter

Production Manager Ballett
Vanessa Weber

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

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

Secretary
Sabine Chaumet, Sabine Dollnik

Ballet Shoe Management
Carly Jarosch

Caretaker Balletthaus
Heiko Gerd Oberpichler

Choreographers
Bridget Breiner, Martin Chaix, David Dawson, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Marcelo Gomes, Goyo Montero, Ohad Naharin, Neshama Nashman, Glen Tetley, Lesley Telford

Stage and Costume Designers
Salvador Mateo Andujar, David Dawson, Alla Eisenberg, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Leticia Gañán, Rebecca Hytting, Jürgen Franz Kirner, Rakefet Levy, Thomas Mika, Aleksandar Nosphal, Stefanie C. Salm, Renê Salazar, Yoko Seyama, Irina Shaposhnikova, Yumiko Takeshima, Rouben Ter-Arutunian, Bregje van Balen, Hélène Vergnes, Curt Allen Wilmer

Composers
Owen Belton, Niels Lanz, Tom Smith

Conductors
Thomas Herzog, Valtteri Rauhalammi, Matthew Rowe, Yura Yang

Solo-Musicians
Ege Banaz, Markus Hinz

Lighting / Sound Designers
Avi-Yona Bueno (Bambi), Alon Cohen, Bert Dalhuysen, Nicolás Fischtel, William Forsythe, Davidson Jaconello, Ingo Jooß, Tanja Rühl, Volker Weinhart

Co-Choreographers / Assistant Choreographers / Staging Assistants
Gai Behar, Bronwen Curry, Eric Anthony Edwards, Thierry Eric Guiderdoni, Aram Hasler, Louiz Rodrigues, Alexander Zaytsev

Visiting Trainers
Stefanie Arndt, Silviane Bayard-Philips, Sonny Locsin, Aymeric Mosselmans, Renato Paroni, Alexis Renaud

Physiotherapists
Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Dobromir Kerchev

TANZ MIT!

Director
Caecilia Brenninkmeyer

Dance Teachers
Alfonso Bordi, Dawna Dryhorub, Paolo Fossa, Sofia Klein-Herrero, Tanja Kontny, Doralisa Reinoso de Tafel, Gabriela Santos, Annika Wolf


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

Project Management for Organisational Development & Digital Transformation
Dr. Anne Reus

Head of IT
Michael Volbers

IT Department
Stefan Kamm

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
Helena Becker, Semra Kilavuz, Maria Krohn, Karoline Nickel, Katharina Träger, 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, Guido aus dem Siepen

Technical Manager Theater Duisburg
Richard Dannemann

Assistant to the Technical Direction
Simon Sassin

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

User representatives
Laura Grabmeier, Jonas Prawer

Secretary
Heike Küchmann

Head of Design
Jenny Wolf

Technical Purchasing Manager
Teuta Mavriqi

Chief of Electrics
Mario Zeibig

Trainee Electrics
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Assistant Stage Designers
Lisa Fahr, Leonie Heinzler


Stage Düsseldorf

Stage Technology Management / Stage Supervisors
Dirk Franz Busse

Stage Inspectors
Sebastian Ehlert, Jannik Speetgens

Scene Change Leaders
Sven Pfeiffer, Christian Tretau

Senior Stage Technicians
Andreas Albrecht, Jennifer Sewerin, Ruben Weber, Johannes Wienß

Stage Technicians
Lucas Bahlmann, Francesco Bardolatzi, Anton Bechthold, Dirk Bonnes, Bouchta Chadli, Mario Dekow, Tim Eikenberg, Murat Erdogan, Andrè Gräßner, Benedikt Hinz, Aram Karganyan, Jonas Kettner, Maurice Korioth, Raphael Ochocki, Christian Parusel, Alex Lea Pauli, Marcel Peters, Gaetano Pietropaolo, David Schuy, Ilja Snezkovskij, Gaetano Tessitore, Johannes Wohlfahrtstätter, Falk Zacher-Kierdorf

Senior Machinist
Adrian Köhler, Norbert Prügel, Sebastian Stadler

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

Senior Decorator
Zeno Faller

Decorators
Swen Hopf, Lisa Marie Juschka, Joachim Schneider

Trainee Events Technicians
Giulia Colucci, Florentin Kirchner, Laurin Nellessen, Julius Gustav Scheiner, Danilo Wilms (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, Eric Kraft, Kevin Küppers, Rene Küppers, Stefan Lützow, Daniel Lützow-Berg, Andreas Schlapat, Joshua Sprenger, Michael Ufermann, Frank Willjung

Senior Machinist
Tatjana Freywald

Machinists
Boris Beuten, Christian Dortelmann, Björn Endruscheit, 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
Benjamin Angst, Jiri Bodeux, Jürgen Czilinski Maximilian Fehn, Mika Hestermann, Pascal Müller-Holtz, Pedro Gil-Sanchez, Mohamed Rheda Hafid, Christian Hildering, Marcos Hinjos-Sanchez, Markus Kempken, Nicolas Orlowski, Karl-Heinz Rückbeil, Denis Schäfer, Brian Thate, Max Voigtländer


Senior Operators
Arne Sellheim

Operators
Alexander Heine, Siegfried Jabusch, Blas Sanchez Carmona, Martin Schuchardt, Hanne Lämmel, Arne Zielinski


Head of Sound Department (Sound Manager)
Marko Junghanß

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
Heiko Kautz

Transportation Department
Kiriakos Arvanitidis, Carlos Goncalves-Bento, 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

Carpenters
Hendrik Altermann, Marlene Behrenbeck, 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

Trainees
Feline Blau

Theatrical Sculptors
Maya Bongard, Stefanie Becker, Isabell Helisch, Finn Schneiders,

Trainees
Lucy Skirlo


Metalwork Manager
Nicolai Blüggel

Metalworkers
Markus Exner, Wassilios Kioroglou, Bernd Weißer


Decor Manager
Brigitte Möller

Decorators
Jennifer Dahmen, Ron Kiewenat

Trainee Decorator
Livia Schulz


Caretaker Rehearsal Centre
Ingo Möllhoff

Canteen Rehearsal Centre
N.N.

Rehearsal Room
Marcel Ellissen, Abdelaziz Kharzouz, Michael Maaßen, Markus Voss


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
Christian Bevers, Felix Daus, Andreas Klein, 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

Applied Artist and Colourist
Anna Ignatieva, Annabel Mai

Millinery
Simone Dali

Trainee
Viola Linden

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

Trainee
Edda Holstein

Ladies’ Wardrobe / Dressers
Lara Balster, Livia Dinslaken, Andrea Esch, Romina Full-Sporkmann, Janina Garden, Christin Herzberg, Ulrike Jahnke, Stella Käpper-Gillen, Marlene Graumann Katrin Totzeck, Annette Willems-Weck

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

Trainee
Lilly Elaine Schmidt

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

Dressers
Filiz Dana, Anja Decher, Dariusz Domin, Laura Klahold, Johannes Schepers, Masha Schmitt, Gudrun Magnus-Jacques

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

Costume care
Iris Klein

*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, Jonas Dittmar, Johanna Fuchs, Lynette Göhrmann, Joy Hansen, Alexandra Heyse, Anette Berger, Vesna Méduric, Caroline Rabanus, Sara Razavi, Rouven Roske, Gordon Schneider, Vera Schneider, Leon Schönberner, Yasmin Sobhy, Christina Stübiger, Edina Vámos, Helen Wichern

Trainees
Boyana Chichova, Sandra Neuwald, Katleen Marie Nikolaou, Samira Soto-Perez, Karl Teves, Helena Schöps

OVERALL WORKERS' COUNCIL

Chair
René Lozynski

Vice-Chair
Tim Franke

Members
Alina Grzeschik, Christian Hildering, Alexander Hinze, Diana Kellenberger, Vesna Meduric, Stephanie Schierhorn, Christian Wozniak


WORKERS' COUNCIL DÜSSELDORF

Chair
Christian Wozniak

Vice-Chair
René Lozynski

Members
Cornel Frey, Alina Grzeschik, Diana Kellenberger, Michal Matys, Vesna Meduric, Simone Messmer, Christian Parusel, Elke Probst, Aleksander Ringas, Riccardo Romeo, Karola Wittenburg

Secretary
Diana Kellenberger


WORKERS' COUNCIL DUISBURG

Chair
Tim Franke

Vice-Chair
Christian Hildering

Members
Romina Full-Sporkmann, Silke Grau, Alexander Hinze, Ulrike Jahnke, Mohamed Reda Hafid, Rocco Rescigno, 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
Dr. Stephan Keller (Oberbürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf)

Vice-Chair
Sören Link (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Duisburg)

Members representing the City of Düsseldorf
Miriam Koch (Beigeordnete für Kultur, Integration und Gesundheit), Dr. Alexander Fils (Ratsherr, CDU), Sigrid Lehmann (Ratsfrau, Linke), Ulf Montanus (Ratsherr, FDP), Dr. Frederike Möller (Ratsfrau Bü90/Die Grünen), Markus Raub (Ratsherr, SPD), Dorothée Schneider (Stadtkämmerin), Kerstin Terhardt (Ratsfrau, CDU)

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

Employee Representation
Karolin Zeinert, René Lozynski

Circle of Friends
Silke Moll-Murmann

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