Who is Who

Intendant:Elisabeth Sobotka
Personal advisor to the intendant:Antje Werkmeister
Personal assistant to the intendant:Barbara Krüger
FSj Kultur: Fenja Jansen

General musical director:Christian Thielemann
Personal assistant to the general musical director:Amelie Artmann
Assistant to the general musical director:Tim Fluch

Managing director:Ronny Unganz
Office of the managing director:Sophie Becker

Artistic director:Tobias Hasan
Orchestra director and artistic director:Michael Csar
Assistant of the artistic director :Michaela-Natalie Moritsch
Artistic production management:Morten Mikkelsen
Artistic operation office:Angela Funk (Head), Christina Seiffert, Lars Kieper
Study direction:Klaus Sallmann
Soloists repetiteur:Markus Appelt, Elias Corrinth, Geoffrey Loff, Albert Mena, Satomi Nishi, Michele Rovetta
Maestro suggeritore:Antony Shelley
Prompter / language coach:Serena Malcangi (Guest), Anne-Lisa Nathan (Guest)
Staff producers:José Darío Innella, Marcin Łakomicki, Katharina Lang, Tabatha McFadyen, Caroline Staunton
Head of stage management:Felix Rühle
Stage management:Elisabeth Esser, Louis Schanelec, Leni Schnelle
Lightning inspective:Julia Berghoff, Clara Aimée Lindemann
Supernumeraries:Natalie Gehrmann (Head), Daniel von Krottnaurer
Representatives small professionals:Liane Oßwald, Jana Timptner, Martina Böckmann, Ralf Stengel
Orchestra manager:Christoph Fiedler
Orchestra office:Amra Kötschau-Krilic, Sören Fiedler (Schilpp)
1st Stage manager:Uwe Timptner
Stage manager:Nicolas van Heems, Martin Szymanski, Mike Knorpp, Marian Lazar

Choir director:Dani Juris
Debuty director:Gerhard Polifka
Choir assistence:Chris Cartner
Choir manager:Tanja Binggeli
Choir office:Sabine Lefeber

Head:Detlef Giese, Olaf A. Schmitt
Dramaturge:Elisabeth Kühne, Christoph Lang, Rebecca Graitl
Staff:Steffi Blumenthal
Library:Benedikt Fassbender (head), Lilli Mannes, Christine Schaefer

Head:Nadine Grenzendörfer
Staff:Anja Fürstenberg, Linda Grizfeld, Nina Sophie Schwarz (FSJ)
Director of the Opernkinderorchestra:Giuseppe Mentuccia

Head of Kinderopernhaus:Regina Lux-Hahn
Staff:Barbara Steinbeck (Coordination Kinderoper-AGs), Michelle Jock (Administration), Kirsten Raven, Senta Baßler, Laura Gerloff, Sarah Peters (Organisation/Coordination), Senta Baßler (Organisation/Coordination), Clara Richter (Dramaturgy), Lilli Sturm (FSJ)

Head:Carolin Bitzer (spokeswoman)
Staff:Ella Vandré, Greta Schlotheuber (Social Media)
Video editing:Jenny Bohse

Head:Christian Graf
Staff:Dieter Thomas, Marlene Roth, Dennis Schmidt, Henrieke Hummel (FSJ)

Head:Doriana Holeček (parental replacement for Julia Hanslmeier)
Staff:Marilena Schaffstein, Melike Demirtas
Customer service:Carola Toeppel (head), Janwillem van der Sande, Silvana Greco
Guides:Damià Capella Pereira, Jörg Freyer, Kay Keßner, Luzie Schwentke, Janwillem van der Sande
Ticket service:Petra Zimmer (head), Gero Drake, Lars-Kilian Falk, Mario Gawlik, Sebastian Huhnholz , Stefanie Jordan, Thomas Kantschew, Inga Leisner, Gaby Mannigel, Ines Möhring, Nils Palow, Jana Petsching, Lucie Pilate, Ute Pitschk, Romy Schneider, Bérengère Serdiuk, Uwe Stengel

Anja Gossens

Deputy managing director and head of administration:Caterina Liening
Managing director's personal assistant:Katharina Wichate
Assistant to the management:Anne-Marai Müller
Advisor for organisational development focussed on digital change:Holger Kral
Controlling:Daniel Zagrean
Administration office and counseling:Nadine Hillig
Guest contracts:Andrea Havenstein
Data processing:Philipp Sukrow (head), Lennart Scholz
Post office:Andrea Rademacher-Eisenblätter
Purchase department:Joana Gowin
Storage:Holger Albrecht
Apprentice event management:Svenja-Marie Büge

Technical director: Holger Ackermann
Assistant to the technical director: Linda Günther
Operating engineer: Jörn Dornbusch
Technical management office: Diana Orlet
Staff of technical department: Antje Kittlaus
Lead production: Erik Bayer, Tim Farbowski
Production assistants: Vedran Avramović, Kerstin Koser, Andreas Simon, John Smith, Giorgio Ugolini
Head of stage operations: Sebastian Schwericke
Stage inspector: Alexander Näther
Stage managers: Philip Hain , Torsten Hradecky, Folker Schenk, Annette Schrape, Max Wiepke
Stage technique: Sivakumar Akashkumar, Frank Barth, Sascha Blume, Benjamin Brzoska, Stefan Burkhardt, Stefan Degebrodt, Toni Diehr, Julius Döring, Laurenz Erren, Caspar Gläsche, Pierre Gläsmann, Sven Gröschke, Jirko Gronau, Torsten Großmann, Guido Hahn, Jan Heller, Hendrik Hellmis, Felix Henze, Sebastian Herrschuh, Felix Jedinger, Frank Jurmann, Paula Kanzler, Norbert Kehler, Siegbert Kersten, Dildar Khorsheed, Ingo Kirsch, Michael Klein, Guido Kollaritsch, Frank Krause, Dietmar Kufeld, Paul Lange, Timo Lucka, Fabian Lukawsky, Moreno Rapillo, Markus Rehfeldt, Michael Santos, Jörg Scholtz, Maik Schröder, Kristin Seidel, Axel Schulze, Maria Spiegel, Thomas Trisch, Frank Unverzagt, Steffen Weber, Frank Wendel, Dominik Wollmann, Michael Worm, Lars Zahsowk, Maximilian Zepplin
Machinery department: Volker Bierbrauer (head), Stephan Broda, Detlef Buschkowski, Tim Louis Deistler, René Förster, Henry Grasse, Sebastian Haedler, Jörg Kaeske, Bettina Kehler-Neuhaus, Sophia Kleinmann, Andreas Rothe, Rene Rönitz, Björn Schauer, Felix Sudmann, Michael Tuschner-Thomas, Fabian Weindorf, Bonifaz Weiß, Thomas Wolf, Georg Ziesch
Rehearsal stage: Matthias Schrape (head), Torsten Dahlhaus, Andreas Ludwig, René Naumann, Carsten Zorn
Apprentices: Alfons Esche, Carla Fröbel, Tom Müller, Finn Neumann, Bastian Schilling, Leopold Starke, Paulina Kessler, Pauline Ritter, Richard Schwabe, Moritz Trier
Transport: Christopher Wiener (head), Kai Doberschütz, Torsten Fugmann, Jan Grapentin, Uwe Siebert, Kay-Michael Ullrich, Björn Vollbrecht, Gerd Wölk, Mike Zimmermann
Theatrical property: Jonathan Dürr (head), Sofie Goldau, Vittorio Greco, Paul Manleitner, Megan Roller, Matthias Roß, Luise Rüdiger, Mandy Schneider, Carola Schulz, Jeanette Trahms, Thorsten Petzold
Sound: Christoph Koch (head, sound engineer), Bernhard Jäger (sound engineer), Johannes Seibt (sound engineer), Ernst Richard Dobbert (sound technology), Malek Schulz (sound technology), Renato Tonini (sound technology)
Lighting | Video: Irene Selka (head), Claus Grasmeder (Lighting manager), Simone Oestreicher (Lighting manager), Stefan Schlagbauer (Lighting manager), Thomas Schüler (Lighting manager), Jan Berg, Anne Eichler, Darleen Ewert, Dirk Falk, Richard Fathke, Ute Giersch, Sven Hoffmann, Paul Jurmann, André Kneier, Alexander Leßmann, Frank Peine, Jana Rauchstädt, Henry Rost, Paul Scholtz, Frank-Rainer Schröder, Ramona Thenagels, Jan Wengrzyk, Jörg Wutzke, Ralf Neumann (Video), Florian Granzow (Video), Oscar Joschko, Luca Soujon
Facility and operating services: Peer Pfisterer (head)
Facility infrastructure: René Karasch
Office of facility and operating services: Nicole Zimmer
Modernization and refurbishment: Hans-Peter Friedländer
Shift managers: Karsten Bergander, Jörg Engel, Peter Miedzinski (Electrical Supervisor), Frank Ullrich
Staff: Silvio Adam, Jonas Biermann, Michael Birr, Jens Bobach, Oliver Horchler, Michael Kahl, Torsten Kaiser, Frank Keuntje, Toni Kleine, Frank Koch, Raymond Mehlis, Thomas Mohns, Mehmet Özturan, Jan Petrich, Klaus-Dieter Poppek, Frank Pramor, Matthias Schmidt, Marc Steinberg, Olaf Schmidt, Philine Tepper, Ekotto Win
Apprentice: Hüseyin Adigüzel
Senior porter: Harald Hessel

Costume director:Birgit Wentsch
Deputy head costume director:Isabel Theißen
Office:Jutta Engelmann
Production assistance:Juliane Becker, Katja Nölte-Engelmann, Reto Keiser, Carsta Köhler, Jasmin Schönrock, Petra Weikert
Costume inventory manager:Jeannette Jürgens
Repertoire tailoring department senior wardrobe mistress:Birgit Hargesheimer
Wardrobe mistress:Ute Nitsche
Tailors | tailoresses | dressmakers:David Berg, Kathrin Harder, Alexander Hein, Julia Germann, Anke Pfeiffer, Henriette Porsdorf, Jacqueline Schönherr
Head of costume operating department:Kirsten Roof
Dressers:Mareen Bildt, Elisabeth Bölke, Bettina Bund, Susann Dathe, Ines Faerber, Anke Hermes, Silke Herrmann, Ute Hinz, Katrin Kamitz, Christina Kiesewette, Achmed Kirsch, Natalia Leinweber, Heike Liebig-Schwenke, Jacqueline Petzold, André Reichel, Chloé Schöneck, Ilona Schwabe, Minyi Wang, Tetiana Wetzel

Senior makeup artist:Jean-Paul Bernau
Deputy head makeup artist:Anja Rimkus
Makeup artists:Joy Bischoff, Heike Eger, Nina Gesell, Karsten Handt, Lydia Hauser, Juliane Hübner, Claudia Klein, Mascha Kurth, Lara Mauszewski, Tanja Metzkow, Josphine Müller, Sophie Neurohr, Ina Ney, Sandra Oehme, Janina Schmidt, Josephina Schmidtke, Rebecca Schulz, Anne Stetzer, Frauke Stoffels, Lorenza Zeller, Christine Zobel, Stefanos Chouliaras (apprentice)

Head:Boris Anifantakis
Members:Dionysios Avgerinos, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, Friedrich Hamel, Taehan Kim, Maria Kokareva, Regina Koncz, Johan Krogius, Gonzalo Quinchachual, Rebecka Wallroth

Musical director of the children's choir:Vinzenz Weissenburger (Guest)
Assistant:Johannes Schultz (Guest)

Choir director:Dani Juris
Debuty director:Gerhard Polifka
Choir assistence:Chris Cartner
Choir manager:Tanja Binggeli
Choir office:Sabine Lefeber

1st Soprano:Rosana Barrena, Minjou von Blomberg, Katharine Bolding, Yang-Hee Choi, Anne Halzl, Indira Hechavarría, Alena Karmanova, Jinyoung Kim, Miso Kim, Christina Liske, Andrea Réti, Courtney Ross, Natalia Stawicka, Stefani Szafranski, Olga Vilenskaia
2nd Soprano:Michèle Cusson, Lotta Hultmark, MinJi Kim, TaeEun Kim, Dominika Kocis-Müller, Regina Köstler-Motz, Haeyun Lee, Konstanze Löwe, Julia Mencke, Hanaa Oertel, Tetjana Yesypova
1st Alto:Anna Louise Costello, Antje Bahr-Molitor, Ileana Booch-Gunescu, Kinga Borowska, Miho Kinoshita, Nele Kovalenkaite, Stephanie Lesch, Andrea Möller, Karin Rohde, Viktoria Weber, Mirjam Widmann, Hannah Wighardt
2nd Alto:Verena Allertz, Veronika Bier, Elke Engel, Bok-Hee Kwun, Natalia Pyzhianova, Olivia Saragosa, Christiane Schimmelpfennig, Claudia Tuch, Maria-Elisabeth Weiler, Anna Woldt
1st Tenor:Hubertus Aßmann, Andreas Bornemann, Seong-Hoon Hwang, Michael Kim, Motoki Kinoshita, Soongoo Lee, Jin Hak Mok, David Oliver, Dmitri Plotnikov, Jaroslaw Rogaczewski, Andreas Werner
2nd Tenor:Peter Aude, Javier Bernardo, Carsten Böhm, Günther Giese, Jens-Uwe Hübener, Christoph Lauer, Stefan Livland, Felipe Martin, Sönke Michaels, Wagner Moreira, Frank Szafranski, Hong Zhou
1st Bass:Dominik Engel, Alejandro Greene, Georg Grützmacher, Ireneus Grzona, Mike Keller, Sungjin Lee, Jaroslaw Mielniczuk, Jens-Eric Schulze, Sergej Shafranovich, Thomas Vogel
2nd Bass:Wolfgang Biebuyck, Ben Bloomfield, Bernhard Halzl, Insoo Hwoang, Artur Just, Yohan Kim, Andreas Neher, Thomas Neubauer, Marko Ostojic, Marcel Raschke

Choir board:Bernhard Halzl, Felipe Martin, Verena Allertz
Honorary member:Ernst Stoy

Honorary head conductor:Daniel Barenboim
Honorary conductor:Pierre Boulez †, Zubin Mehta, Otmar Suitner †

Orchestra director and artistic director:Michael Csar
Orchestra manager:Christoph Fiedler
Orchestra office:Amra Kötschau-Krilic, Sören Fiedler (Schilpp)
1st Stage manager:Uwe Timptner
Stage manager:Nicolas van Heems, Martin Szymanski, Mike Knorpp, Marian Lazar
Orchestra academy:Beatrice Papaianulis
Orchestra comitee:Christoph Anacker, Noémi Makkos (Vorsitz), Milan Ritsch, Volker Sprenger, Isa von Wedemeyer

Honorary members:Prof. Lothar Friedrich, Thomas Küchler, Victor Bruns †, Gyula Dalló †, Bernhard Günther †, Wilhelm Martens †, Ernst Hermann Meyer †, Egon Morbitzer †, Hans Reinicke †, Otmar Suitner †, Ernst Trompler †, Richard von Weizsäcker †

Organisational management:Beatrice Papaianulis

1st Violins:Rachel Buquet, Chih-En Kuo, Sophie Wang, Naeun Yoo
2nd Violins:Albina Khaibullina, Yan Li, Masha Mershon, Louise Wehr
Violas:Guilherme Marques Caldas, Carlos Nicolay Roldán, Christina Andrea Scap, Yewon Seo
Violoncellos:Mahiro Kurokawa
Double basses:Jakub Zon, Alberto Javier Habas Sabariego
Harps:Clara Simarro
Oboes:Boyi Ruan
Clarinets:Ramona Katzenberger
French horns:Gustav Borggrefe
Trumpets:Samuel Beagley
Tubas:Yuki Takebayashi
Timpani/ Percussions:Joseph Protze

More informations

Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, Berliner Kammertänzer Oliver Matz, KS Waltraud Meier, KS Deborah Polaski, Primaballerina Steffi Scherzer, Ernst Stoy, KS Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Vorstand

Generaldirektor:Georg Vierthaler

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Intendantin:Elisabeth Sobotka
Geschäftsführender Direktor:Ronny Unganz

Staatsballett Berlin

Intendant:Christian Spuck
Geschäftsführende Direktorin:Jenny Mahr

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Intendant:Dietmar Schwarz
Geschäftsführender Direktor:Thomas Fehrle

Komische Oper Berlin

Co-Intendantin, Geschäftsführende Direktorin:Susanne Moser
Co-Intendant, Operndirektor:Philip Bröking

Bühnenservice

Geschäftsführung:Rolf D. Suhl

Personalrat der Stiftung Oper in Berlin

Vorsitzender:Rainer Döll
1. Stellvertretender Vorsitzender:Oliver Wulff
2. Stellvertretender Vorsitzender:Christoph Lauer
Vorstand:Rainer Döll, Oliver Wulff, Christoph Lauer, Tilo Morgner, Tobias Raue
Mitglieder:Gunther Engelmann, Andreas Frohnhoefer, Christin Pinzer, Andrea Rammisch, Florian Scherer, Lothar Strauß, Benedikt Leithner, Stephan Rügamer, Annette Schrape, Heike Stiebler
Sekretariat:Esther Gorgoni
Frauenvertretung:Sabine Fleischer
Vertreterin:Anna Tunkara
Schwerbehindertenvertretung:Christoph Lauer
Vetreter:Andreas Frohnhoefer
Jugendvertretung, 1. Vorsitzende:Paulina Kessler
Vertreterin:Lea Hase

Who is Who

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Marketing

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Singers ensemble

International Opera Studio at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Children's choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Staatsopernchor

Staatskapelle Berlin

Orchestra Academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin

Honorary members