To ensure that the curtain goes up every night and our performances enjoy the success the so rightly deserve, a multitude of people works behind the scenes of the National Theatre.. Here, you’ll find an overview of our artistic, administration and technical staff, as well as our workshops and costume and make-up departments.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Serge Dorny
General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski
Managing Director Roland Schwab
Direktor des Bayerischen Staatsballetts Laurent Hilaire

ARTISTIC DIRECTION
General Manager Serge Dorny
Advisors to the General Manager Christine Franke
Assistant to the General Manager Ann-Christin Klemm
International partnerships David Lomeli

ARTISTIC MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Artistic Director Tillmann Wiegand
Head of Casting Erik Malmquist
Consultant of Casting Gunhilt Prusko
Head Scheduler and Guest Performances Kathrin Strobel
Head of the Operations Office Claudia Küster
Staff members Isabell Holtzmann, Saskia Pal
Artistic production management Dr. Markus Koch
Production Management Special Projects Sandra Eberle
Stage management Anna Brunnlechner, Julia Huebner, Lejla Seifried, Andrea Tortosa Baquero, Andreas Weirich, Sara Wieners
Stage managers Nadine Göpfert, Rupert Meyer, Niki Rath, Karin Siedenburg, Katharina Starý, Ruth Wieman
Lighting assistants Sandra Eberle, Hilde Harrer, Andrea Platz, Anna Werner
Opera ballet director Magdalena Padrosa
Extras Bernhard Wildegger, Tobias Lenfers
Children's stage direction Ingrid Müller, Saskia Pal
Guest performance preparation office Shanghai Jannik Held, Qingqing Ji

COMMUNICATION, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
Director Communications Michael Wuerges
Head of Marketing Eva Bergmann
Head of Sales and CRM Julia Weyrauther
Head of Media and Public Relations Manager Magdalena König
Media and public relations employee Hannah Vogler
Marketing and sales employee Anja Fürstenberg
Marketing and sales employee Victor Weidle
Visitor Communications Stefanie Büsing
Digital Projects Manager Franca Langenwalder
Digital Projects Manager Nele Putz
Digital Projects Manager Elena Weidlich
Projekt assistant STAATSOPER.TV Lea Lugscheider
Employee Social Media Constanze Klug
Employee Social Media Anastassiya Dudina
Media Manager Peter-Gordon Armstrong
Digital Media Employee Denys Bil
Central Media Management Bianca Döring
Image dramaturgy Martina Borsche
Photographer Geoffroy Schied

DRAMATURGY
Head Dr. Olaf Roth
Dramaturgists Ariane Bliss, Malte Krasting, Lukas Leipfinger , Saskia Kruse
Dramaturgy trainee Madita Mönch

MUSICAL FIELD
General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski
Director Annette Zühlke
Assistant Sarah Sedlmeir
Musical Assistant to the General Music Director Azim Karimov
Personal Assistant to the General Music Director Anastasia Doskal
Choirmaster Christoph Heil
Deputy Choir Director Franz-Dieter Obermair
Choir office Marie Morché (conductor), Raffael Hinterhäuser
Conductor Children's Choir Kamila Akhmedjanova
Children's choir office Nadja Gunda, Susanne Gunda
Stage music / Maestri suggeritori Michael Mader, Dario Pangrazi, Volker Perplies, Julian Schulz, Rafaela Seywald, Susanne Thormann-Metzner
Office Stage Music Barbara Kämpf
Director of Studies Peter Tomek
Solo repetition Fabio Cerroni, Tackyoung Chung, Massimiliano Murrali, Alessandro Praticò, Sophie Raynaud, Wolf-Michael Storz (Deputy Director of Studies), Richard Whilds
Library Riccardo Rocca (conductor), Barbara Plank, Shoko Tanaka
Orchestra Office Katja Dietzel (conductor), Josue Raul Hidalgo Carvajal, Christian S. P. König
Orchestra manager Elfi Wallisser
Orchestra conductors Qimiao Gu, Thomas Moser, Mathes Oelkers (conductor), Florian Schmid, Helmut David Zankl

KIND & CO / COMMUNITY
Management Catherine Leiter
Organisational management / project management Kind & Co Julia Kessler-Knopp
Project management music theatre mediation Katherina Heubusch, Sophia Bleyhl (parental leave)
Project management & music theatre and dance mediation Celina von Trzebiatovski, Judith Jäger (parental leave)

Director Laurent Hilaire
Head of Administration Ann-Sophie Hoffmann
Assistant to the ballet director Emma Holstein
employee ballet director Sara Pretterhofer
Team assistance Miljana Bernal, Carmina Friesinger, Stefan Moser

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS
Scheduling, guest performances, Production management Bettina Kräutler
Rehearsal planning Zoltán Manó Beke
pointe shoe management Séverine Ferrolier
Physiotherapist Michael Pradel

COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING
Press Annette Baumann
Marketing / Visitor Communication Laura-Marie Bittniok
Media Manager Manoela Gonçalves
Intern Antonia Johlen

DRAMATURGY
Dr. Christoph Gaiser

DANCE MEDIATION
Celina von Trzebiatovski, Judith Jäger (parental leave)

BALLET MASTERS
Thomas Mayr (Head Ballet Master), Valentina Divina, Séverine Ferrolier, Norbert Graf, Judith Turos

PIANISTISTS
Dmitry Mayboroda, Elena Mednik, Simon Murray, Natalia Rysina

TECHNIQUE AND COSTUME
Technical Director Ballet Tim Jablonski-Böhm
Head of Costume Ballet Susanne Stehle
Head of Wardrobe Ballet Olga Mironova-Bouktsis

Managing Director Roland Schwab
Office Eve Salaün, Susanne Behnisch
Legal Affairs Dr Ricarda-Charlotte Jud
Head of Administration Bavarian State Ballet Ann-Sophie Hoffmann
Deputy to the Managing Director, Head of Finance and Controlling Lars Hendrik Neubacher
KLR and Controlling Maike Klein, Henrike Nebel
Finances Bettina Hillen
Substitute Finances Christiane Lehmann
Employees Isabell Greßler, Beatrix Hofmann, Imanca Stampfl, Udo A. Zimmermann
Tax consultant Martina Buchauer
Quality Management Vanessa Sträche
Central Purchasing Sandra Czepl, Claudia Albrecht
Head of Human Resources Anke Gardum
Deputy Head of Human Resources Tatjana Büttner
Representative for Personnel Development and Health Management Anne-Kathrin Kraus
Employees Lena Adams, Katharina Albrecht, Stephanie Bachhuber, Tamara Curatolo, Katrin Friedl, Michelle Hajdinjak, Andreas Heldrung, Faisal Mussa, Ersan Tsolak
Registry Peter Ritschel
Registry / travelling expenses Birgit Förster
Mailroom Joseph Bachhuber, Sabire Köymen Müller

DEVELOPMENT / SPONSORING
actori GmbH
Management Prof Maurice Lausberg, Dorothea Haider
Employees Anna Gronich-Koch, Luzia Constanze Hauser, Victoria Jara-Pfister, Simone Machate, Laura Mittelstädt

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
Technical Director Daniel Bauer
Deputy Technical Director Klaus Müller
Production Manager Opera Martin Sternecker
Production Management Ballet, Opera Tim Jablonski-Böhm
Workshop management Peter Buchheit
Technical Assistance / Opera for All Anna Hobel
Technical Assistance / Opera for All / Fire Safety Officer Franz Maier
Technical Operations Office Corina Zuber
Head of Stage Design Studio / Production Assistant Andrea Hajek
Set design assistants Nuphar Barkol, Mihan Torabi, Jiale Zhu
Production engineer Tobias Hock
IT Michael Weeren
Technical accounting Karin Meißner

STAGE TECHNOLOGY
Management / Stage manager Klaus Müller
Theatre manager Matthias Feistkorn
Theatre masters Wolfgang Bachhuber, Sidney Helgath, Branko Petretic, Siegfried Unruh-Helm, Marco Zink
Side masters Andreas Bauer, Werner Bosch, Jörg Hasler, Swen Kleinschmager, Werner Kolbeck, Maximilian Lorenz, Uwe Rinkes, Jürgen Schöll, Joachim Stark
Stage manager Friedrich Gomringer, Andreas Kirschner, Konrad Kutz, Jens Landgraf, Alexander Thomanek, Linda Vogelsteller
Stage technicians Luka Alar, Sammy Balkas, Christian Barovic, David Barry, Roland Beck, Jonathan Bertrand, Benjamin Blechschmidt, Stefan Brandl, Mirko Claes, Patrick Czekalla, Alexander D’Antuono, Nick Deppisch, Maxim Diekmann, Stefan Edelbauer, Ole Eichler, Markus Ellinger, Matteo Falcone, Mitja Ferstl, Alexander Fischer, Anton Freibuchner, Wolfgang Galle, Jonas Giefer, Wolfgang Götz, Kay Grunow, Felix Hampel, Michael Heckl, Daniel Idelzon, Corey Janisse, Amjad Nezzal Khalaf, Arduan Khalaf, Yvonne Kaspari, Alexander Kroslin, Matthias Leifeld, Ferdinand Ludewig, Paul Lüttig, Markus Meyer, Markus Neumaier, Axel Peneter, Andrea Piras, Dominik Rajovc, Thomas Riedel, Stefan Ries, Stephan Riesinger, Thomas Ritzer, Michael Rödl, Anna Schaeffer, Alexander Schulz, Andreas Sedlbauer, Georg Sedlmair, Thomas Seibold, Konrad Stadler, Benjamin Stangl, Dennis Stecewytsch, Michael Stocker, Nebojsa Stojsic, Peter Stuckenberger, Gerrit Uthmann, Andreas Vorndran, Stefan Wagner, Marius Weber, Christian Wurzbacher, Hossein Zarrabi Magd, Patrick Zöchling
Magazine Jens Klöditz, Kilian Krieg, Hans-Peter Lechner, Karl-Heinz Reisenbüchler, Frank Stolze, Drago Vidovic
Stage cleaning Areti Katsigianni, Kemal Kulle, Susanne Sowodniok
Rehearsal stage Alexander Maier, Claudia Pratter, Alexander Preiß, Amir Suleiman, Christian Wolff, Gerald Zandl

STAGE MACHINERY
Management Adalbert Schmid
Deputy Head of Lower Machinery Stefan Reichlmeier
Deputy head of upper machinery Raphael Rieke
Machinists Claus Baier, Michael Brettmeister, Florian Eder, Stephan Englbrecht, Nick Fincke, Jan Gosch, Hartmut Göbel, Sven Heier, Fabian Kratochwila, Florian Laubinger, Marco Lochner, Korbinian Nagy, Ulrike Schäbel, Marcus Schmidell, Adolf Schmidt, Michael Schön, Thomas Schütze, Stefan Springer, Florian Sterr, Thomas Stirn, Stefan von Sybel, Thomas Winter
Stage fitter Rainer Lemmerz, Lukas Schmidt

TRAINING IN EVENT TECHNOLOGY
Head Sidney Helgath
Deputy Head Franz Maier
Trainees Dhamhyan Beckmann, Marianna Grafl, N. N.

LIGHTING
Artistic Director Michael Bauer
Technical management Yavuz Umur
Lighting supervisor Christian Kass
Lighting supervisors Lukas Kaschube, Thomas Wendt, Benedikt Zehm, Franz-Leonhard Zels
Lighting technicians Daniel Beutner, Francesco Blanke, Rupert Bürger, Fabian Dreier, Jonathan Emilius, Bettina Emmerich, Kastulus Forchheimer, Markus Fürbeck, David Gromoll, Heinrich Jüngling, Stephan Kausch, Manfred Krapf, Yvonne Kraubs, Ferdinand Lang, Gerhard Oberrieder, Max Rankl, Benjamin Richter, Gerhard Ruf, Christian Schieder, Daniel Schmitt, Arthur Schuler, Dominik Staudacher, Evelyn Thumser, Natascha Werber, Thomas Zerluth, Christian Zettl, Luis Schmitt

VIDEO
Head Lea Heutelbeck
Deputy director Johannes Mayrhofer
Collaboration Debora Ernst, Johannes Unger

SOUND
Director Sven Eckhoff
Deputy Head Robert Rotzinger
Collaborators Orvil Gesell, Georg Schreiter, Julian Häußler, Florian Wegmann

DEKO
Director Herbert Häming
Decorators Salah Jaadari, Benjamin Jadanec, Rudolf Mandl, Stefan Mirbeth, Florian Müller, Brit Pawlowski, Christoph Vogel, Daniel Wagner, Marc Weiss, Manuel Wolf

REQUISITE
Director Paula Smejc-Biord
Props makers Axel Bauer, Silvia Confalonieri, Marcus Hausen, Nikolaus Lehner, Wolfgang Lössl, Katrin Müller, Johann Schneider, Robert Strobel-Sellmeier, Stefan Thomas
Theatre sculptor Daniela Neuhaus

CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY
Head Martin Kamm
Deputy Head Klaus Gellert
Climate control officers Bernd Beyer, Marcel Maric, Torsten Semmler, Stefan Schwägerl

HOUSE ELECTRICS
Head Stefan Wünschheim
Deputy Head Andreas Müller
Electricians Klaus Deuflhart, Martin Labun, Alexander Kaiser, Günter Löcherer

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Property management Fred Wulf
Front building management Charles Maxwell
House inspector Jörg Müller
Employees Daniel Botond, Christiane Grosholz, Matthias Huber, Himzo Nuhanovic, Herbert Pawliczek, Josef Staudinger, Percy Schröter, Elias Struzyna, Ilias Ziakas
Cleaning service Jasminka Bogicevic, Calogero Bordino, Konstantina Gkogka, Daniela Gregorec, Maria Sakellari, Athina Theodoridou

LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT
Head Florian Kunz
Deputy manager Andre Müller
Transport workers Srdjan Antonic, Christian Fischer, Benjamin Hoffmann, Katharina Hutterer, Robin Mayer, Angelo Miglionico, Enes Secerbegovic, Thomas Sieber, Nicolai Supersberger
Lorry drivers Andreas Bayer, Christian Brossmann, Günter Brossmann, Marco Schupfner

CAR DRIVING
Car drivers Georg Frank, Günter Lehmann, Emre Tosuni

DECORATION WORKSHOPS
Management Peter Buchheit
Deputy management / construction Gregor Luft
Construction Verena Gößl, Michael Graf, Max Kupfer, Martha Lausenmeyer
Technical and commercial administration Sonja Richter
Technical assistant Alexandra Kurtz

PAINTING ROOM
Head Heinz-Christian Wirtz
Deputy Director Jennifer Zegla-Kloyer
Theatre painters Johannes Dieterich, Isabella Herrle, Moustafa Ijjo, Laura Jakaj, Amelie Köppel, Masumi Miura, Anette Standl

STAGE PLASTICS
Director Kathrin Delrieux
Deputy director Harald Hajek
Stage sculptors Yvonne Glemser, Esther Glück, Antonia Hennigfeld, Kjell Keyser, Evalotte Simons, Jasmin Strohmeyer
Trainee Florenz Lechner

LOCKSMITHERY
Management Hans Godec
Deputy manager Andreas Knur
Locksmiths Christian Dietel, Hermann Fronius, Thomas Kreuzer, Werner Kuschnerus, René Reichelt, Sebastian Rizea, Valentin Schröder, Thomas Unterrainer, Timo Wöllert
Apprentice Leandro Fuschillo

CARPENTRY
Head Frank Mielke
Deputy manager Michael Klement
Carpenters Hubert Frank, Josef Greckl, Martin Kirmair, Constantin von Lilienchron, Jens Martens, Karsten Pendias, Johann Poll, Matthias Pulina, Josef Schmid, Florian Schreiner, Philip Weinzierl, Eduard Wimmer, Florian Würz
Apprentice Katharina Schmidell

INTERIOR DECORATOR
Head Norbert Kain
Deputy manager Christopher Braun
Interior decorators Tamara Ackva, Renée Braun, Suzanna Kostic, Teresa Stolz, Viktor Zegla

BUILDING AND OPERATING TECHNOLOGY
Management Günter Holzmann
Deputy manager Josef Wieser
Employees Alexander Hanrieder
Company electrician Josef Riepl
Cleaning Gordana Kojic
Canteen Brigitte Brummer

Director Costume and Make-up Ulrich Gärtner
Deputy Director and Operations Management Georg Bluenger
Deputy and Production Manager Ballet Susanne Stehle
Speaker / Co-productions / Occupational safety Georg Schletter
Office Claudia Kausch
Production Management Jannifer Danner, Verena Kopp, Anna Rehm
Assistance/Purchasing Regine Brandl, Angelika Kirchhofer

ADMINISTRATION
Material Management Aleksandar Bokuradze
Administration staff Henrike Hechtl

WOMENS TAILORING
Wardrobe Mistresses Sabine Bach, Iris Kiener, Alexandra Maier-Bishop
Tailors Veronika Arnhof, Elke Bechtold, Gabriele Burger, Martina Fichtner, Marion Helm, Krisztina Lang, Martha Lehner, Susanna Mühlbauer, Theresa Petz, Stefanie Prasser, Daniel Ruiz, Lisa-Maria Schmitt-Hausser, Nicole Schüler, Elke Siedersberger, Sabine Spring, Monika Strähuber, Rebekka Straßer, Laura Zeh, Angelika Ziereis, N. N.Apprentices Hannah Jira, Antonia Buchauer

MENS TAILORING
Wardrobe Masters Max Philipp Wagner, Lisa Maria Wolf, Marion Zurburg
Tailors Peggy Buga, Georg Hans Ernstberger, Adisa Ferrè, Matana Harrer, Ilka Hoffmann, Angelika Hufnagel, Stefan Jass, Irakli Khasia, Silvia Mundt, Kerstin Panzer, Cristina Russo, Mario Schönmann, Emanuela Stowasser, Ahlin Sanvi Tigoue, Ahlonko Marcel Tigoue, Lorenz Zulehner
Apprentices Laetitia Maman-Soulemane

REPERTOIRE TAILORING
Wardrobe Master Daniel Schröder
Tailors Monika Berger, Renate Giesbert, Julia Kremer, Louise Ruweji-Neumann, Almut Schilling, Mia-Luisa Zühlke

ARTS AND CRAFTS
Claudia Hoffer, Daniela Micklich, Matthias Sieger, Marina Sowa, Lisa Weber

MODISTS
Susanne Leber-Füssel, Eva Brunetti-Stepp

SHOEMAKER
Christoph Hein, Mario Zahn

RUSTMÄSTARE
Thomas Straßer, Dittmar Gotzmann

MATERIAL STOCK
Emma Kraus, Zuzana Babuskova, Felizitas Zieten

WARDROBE AND COSTUME FUND
Wardrobe Manager Opera Margareta Bauer, Carmen Schmötzer
Wardrobe Manager Ballet Olga Mironova-Bouktsis
Costume fund Beate Wiesent, Peter Walther, Tatjana Thaller
Sample supervision Claudia Mühlbach, Tessa Jones
Wardrobe Overseers Ute Conradi, Ute Dietrich, Rosmarie Mödl
Tailors in the wardrobe service Gabriele Adrion, Sandra Aigner, Hossai Akbare, Khava Bach, Naomi Blank, Waltrud Bürke, John Bundt, Micaela Christoph, Brigitte Deuerling, Ute Dietrich, Kathrin Fabisch, Annett Gesellmann, Lisa-Marie Götz, Amelie Grabner, Anna Magdalena Groß, Monika Günther, Maria Hevizi, Franziska Hugo, Kristina Kerl, Jacqueline Koch, Susanne Krämer, Jennifer Ksciuk, Stefanie Lämmlein, Maris Lin, Sabine Lorenz, Jana Miler, Rosmarie Mödl, Thaba Morad, Lidia Nobile-Weidmann, Renata Oczkowska, Christine Ostermaier, Maya Marijana Pytlak, Nora Schwellensattl, Nongnoot Soodram, Barbara Stocker, Noemi Trapp, Judith Veith, Sonja Wesemann

LAUNDRY
IIvana Coric, Biljana Kostadinović, Dijana Stojnić

MAKE-UP
Chief Make-up Artist Men Norbert Baumbauer
Chief Make-up Artist Women Anke Knaf
Make-up Artists Lisa Annmo, Eva Atzorn, Annalena Bubanj, Anne Döring, Gabriele Eberl, Vanessa Frank, Melitta Hausberg, Aline Hertäg, Laura Hingst, Sarah Hirth, Theresa Kellner, Ute Lindner, Dorota Martyn, Susanne Morczynski- Igerl, Sybille Nowak, Anne Poncet, Britta Rehm, Alexander Rieger, Claudia Schilling, Stephanie Schmitt, Uschi Stichling, Elena Ullmann, Saskia Voelk, Susan Westphal, Luise Wolff, Jenny Zimmermann, Roman Zuber
Apprentice Emily Schofield, Klara Zimmermann
Annual intern Chiara Grossi, N.N.

Chairman and Executive Board of the Employees' Group Klaus Basten (Choir)
First Vice-Chair Stephanie Bachhuber (Administration)
Second Vice-Chair Daniel Schmitt (Lighting)
Deputy Chairman of the Employees' Group Ruth Wiemann (Stage manager)
Other members Alexander Bassermann (Choir), Séverine Ferrolier (Ballet), Yvonne Glemser (Theater sculpture), Thomas Haiber (Choir), Amelie Köppel (Painter's hall), Michael Rödl (Stage technology), Birgitta Rose (Orchestra), Amir Suleiman (Rehearsal stage), Milena Viotti (Orchestra)

REPRESENTATIVES
Representative of the severely disabled Udo Zimmermann
Deputy representatives of the severely disabled Andrea Hajek
Chairman Youth and Trainee Representation Hanna Jira
Deputy Chairwoman Laura Jakaj
Other members Antonia Buchauer, Emily Schofield, Klara Sophie Zimmermann

APPOINTMENTS
Equal Opportunities Officer Stephanie Bachhuber
Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer Alexander Bassermann, Janis Olsson
Youth Protection Officer Stephanie Bachhuber, Julia Kessler-Knopp
Data Protection Officer Amir Suleiman