Ensemble

Conductors

Christoph Altstaedt
Benjamin Bayl
Tito Ceccherini
Josefine Ellinger
Frank Ellinger
Titus Engel
Killian Farrell
Diego Fasolis
Valerio Galli
Thomas Guggeis
Friedrich Haider
Alan Hamilton
Vlad Iftinca
Karsten Januschke
Julia Jones
Nicola Luisotti
Cornelius Meister
Clemens Mohr
Alondra de la Parra
Alejo Pérez
Manuel Pujol
Joel Sandelson
Christopher Schumann
Michele Spotti
Yi-Chen Lin
Florian Ziemen

Singers

Women's Ensemble

Esther Dierkes – soprano
Josefin Feiler – soprano
Stine Marie Fischer – alto
Ks. Diana Haller – mezzo-soprano
Claudia Muschio - soprano
Ida Ränzlöv - mezzo-soprano
Beate Ritter – soprano
Ks. Simone Schneider – soprano
Ks. Catriona Smith – soprano
Maria Theresa Ullrich – mezzo-soprano
Rachael Wilson - mezzo-soprano

Men's Ensemble

Atalla Ayan – Tenor
Andrew Bogard – Bass-baritone
Björn Bürger - baritone
Elmar Gilbertsson – Tenor
Ks. Heinz Göhrig – Tenor
Elliott Carlton Hines – Baritone
Ks. Torsten Hofmann – Tenor
Ks. Shigeo Ishino – Baritone
Goran Jurić – Bass-baritone
Moritz Kallenberg - tenor
Johannes Kammler – Baritone
Ks. Matthias Klink – Tenor
Kai Kluge – Tenor
Paweł Konik – Baritone
Jasper Leever – Bassbaritone
Mingjie Lei – Tenor
Michael Nagl – Bass
Ks. Adam Palka – Bass
David Steffens – Bass
Charles Sy - tenor

Guests Women

Rosie Aldridge
Fanie Antonelou
Sarah-Jane Brandon
Olga Busuioc
Allison Cook
Okka von der Damerau
Natalie Karl
Astrid Kessler
Katia Ledoux
Leia Lensing
Christiane Libor
Marianna Pizzolato
Deborah Saffery
Annika Schlicht
Aytaj Shikhalizade
Kyriaki Sirlantzi
Alexandra Urquiola
Maria Riccarda
Wesseling
Corinne Winters
Selene Zanetti

Guests Men

Robin Adams
Marcel Beekman
Daniel Brenna
José Fardilha
Lucio Gallo
Martin Gantner
Dominic Große
Tommi Hakala
Franz Hawlata
Max Herre
Schorsch Kamerun
Kyungho Kim
Daniel Kirch
Michael König
Carlo Lepore
Liang Li
Maeckes
Giulio Mastrototaro
Danylo Matviienko
Michael Mayes
Christian Miedl
Martin Muehle
Philipp Nicklaus
Patrick Zielke

Actors, Speakers, Choreographers & Dancers

Jacqueline Davenport
Maarten Güppertz
Mara Kurotschka
Judy LaDivina
Bahar Meric
Sebastian Schäfer
Lydia Steier
Jens Woggon

Opera Studio

Direction

Boris Ignatov
Elena Tzavara

Coaching

Vlad Iftinca

Members

Linsey Coppens – Mezzo-soprano
Gerard Farreras – Bass
Shannon Keegan – Mezzo-soprano
Ángel Macías – Tenor
Jorge Ruvalcaba – Baritone
Alberto Robert – Tenor
Clare Tunney – Soprano
Laia Vallés – Soprano
Natasha Te Rupe Wilson – Soprano

State Opera Chorus

Chorus Direction

Manuel Pujol

Deputy Chorus Direction

Bernhard Moncado

Chorus Inspective

Karolin Unger
Sabrina Försterling

Voluntary year of Social Service

Juliane Just

Musical Direction of the Children's Chorus

Bernhard Moncado
Laura Corrales
Regina Friedek – Vocal Training

Chorus repetition

Giulio Ferré

1st Soprano

Beatrix Vrieze
Maja Tabatadze
Elisabeth von Stritzky
Ulla Seeber
Olga Paul
Noriko Kuniyoshi
Sarah Seebaß-Jones
Karin Horvat
Isolde Daum
Laura Corrales
Larisa Bruma
Zinovia Zafeiriadou Vidovic

2nd Soprano

Dagmar Würthen
Shan Shan Wang
Claudia Riedel
Mireille Neumeister
Anna Matyuschenko
Heike Beckmann
Imogen Thirlwall

1st Alto

Teresa Smolnik
Cristina Otey
Pia Liebhäuser
Barbara Kosviner
Simone Jackel
Brigitte Czerny
Elisabeth Auerbach

2nd Alto

Jie Zhang
Gudrun Wilming
Lucy Williams
Maria Tokarska
Eva Maria Sutor
Ines Malaval
Margret Hauser
Regina Friedek

1st Tenor

Ivan Yonkov
Primož Vidovič
Hojong Song
Alexej Shestov
Alois Riedel
Metodi Morartzaliev
Rubén Mora
Young Chan Kim
Hee-Tae Kim
Bo Yong Kim
Ivan Ivanov

2nd Tenor

Ilja Werger
Jacek Sowiźrał
Shoung Ho Shin
Johannes Petz
Juan Pablo Marin
Rüdiger Knöß
Klaus Kächele
Alexander Efanov

1st Bass

Kyung Won Yu
Ulrich Wand
Stephan Storck
Peter Paul
Matthias Nenner
Malte Kebschull
Daniel Kaleta
Henrik Czerny
Sebastian Bollacher

2nd Bass

Saša Vrabac
Đorđe Tomić
Heiko Schulz
Sebastian Peter
Kristian Metzner
William David Halbert
Yehonatan Haimovich
Tommaso Hahn-Fuger
Ulrich Frisch

Mathias Tönges
Frank Volker Giese

Chorus Board

Matthias Nenner
Shoung Ho Shin
Peter Paul

State Orchestra

Direction

Cornelius Meister – General music director
Rebecca Röse – Referent of the General music director
Killian Farrell – Conductor & Assistant to General music director
Christopher Schumann – Conductor
Claudia Jahn – Dramaturgy concerts
Elisa Wickert – Managing director orchestra
Eva Bunte – Representative managing director orchestra

1st violin

Jewgeni Schuk – Principal violinist
Elena Graf – Principal violinist
Elias Moncado – Principal violinist
Gustavo Surgik – Assistant principal violinist
Nicola Lolli – Assistant principal violinist
Holger Koch
Evgeny Popov
Michael Wille
Anja Boruvka-Önce
Eva-Maria Schäfer
Andreas Vogel
Kathrin Scheytt
Bettina Penzel
Elena Trust
Anna Rokicka
Cristina Stanciu
Anca Ionita
Johannes Anefeld
Nicola Hahn
Vanessa Gembries
Muzi Li
Lilian Scheliga

2nd violin

Muriel Bardon – First chair
Alexandra Taktikos – First chair
Thomas Bilowitzki – Deputy first chair
Martin Wissner
Amelie Wünsche-Revelle
Sonoko Imai-Stastny
Barbara Jakoblev
Diethelm Busch
Christian Frey
Kirsten Frantz
Natia Wiedmann
Marion Schäfer
Andrea Reiss
Sebastian Mare
Veronika Unger
Yun-Wen Chang
Franziska Baur
Alexander Jussow
Yevhen Vinnikov

Viola

Madeleine Przybyl – Solo
Alexander Akimov – Solo
Jan Melichar – Deputy Solo
Daniel Schwartz – Deputy Solo
Karin Böhnel-Gehring
Gundula Vogel
Gabriele Fiedler
Tomoko Ariu
Almut Lucia Beyer
Thomas Gehring
Charlotte Kirst
Bertram Jung
Robin Porta
Hedwig Gruber
Andrea Wegmann

Violoncello

Zoltan Paulich – Solo
Jan Pas – Deputy Solo
Guillaume Artus – Deputy Solo
Philipp Körner
Olivier Marger
David Cofré
Vache Bagratuni
John Campbell White
Joachim Hess
Doris Erdmann
Laurens Groll

Double bass

Ruben Hoppe – Solo
Benedikt Büscher – Deputy Solo
Stefan Koch-Roos
Kai Hofert
Lars Jakob
Manuel Schattel
Michael Sistek
Aaron Pagani

Flute

Andreas Noack – Solo
Nathanaël Carré – Solo
Beatrix Meyer-Bode
Joseph Singer
Evamarie Müller
Julia Köhl

Oboe

Michael Kiefer – Solo
Ivan Danko – Solo
Ulrike Below
Sonja Kierspel
Nadine Bauer
Katrin Stüble

Clarinet

Nicole Kern – Solo
Stefan Jank – Solo
Michael Rathgeber
Gunter Pönisch
Frank Bunselmeyer
Stefanie Faber

Bassoon

Marianne Engelhardt – Solo
Sebastian Mangold – Deputy Solo
Jürgen Fenner
Gudrun Müller
Christina Becker

Harp

Andrea Berger – Solo
Frederike Wagner – Solo

Horn

Philipp Römer – Solo
Pablo Neva Collazo – Solo
Reimer Kühn – Solo
Gabriele Guder
Karen Schade
Susanne Wichmann
Martin Grom
Nadja Helble
Christina Heckmann

Trumpet

Alexander Kirn – Solo
Lennard Czakaj – Solo
Werner Heckmann
Bernhard Kratzer
Martin Maier
Andreas Spannbauer

Trombone

Christian Hammerer – Solo
Gonçalo Nova – Solo
Reinhard Riedel – Deputy Solo
Alexander Erbrich
Matyas Istvan Veer
Matthias Dangelmaier

Tuba

Thomas Brunmayr
Stefan Kühndorf

Timpani

Ulrich Grunert - Solo
Harald Löhle - Solo

Drum kit

Christoph Wiedmann – Deputy Solo
Thomas Höfs
Philippe Ohl
Jürgen Spitschka
Claudius Lopez-Diaz
Marc Strobel

Orchestra board

Robin Porta
Christian Frey
Katrin Stueble
Stefan Jank
Laurens Groll

Chamber music committee

Franziska Baur
Julia Köhl
Frank Bunselmeyer
Stefan Koch-Roos

Orchestra office

Sonja von Schwanenflügel – Assistant to managing director
Anna Bröckel – Assistant to managing director
Johanna Schwille – Assistant to managing director

Music library

Stefan Geiss
Lisa Nielsson
Sabine Wolf

Orchestra attendants

Roman Faigle
Alexander Garriss
Joachim Hilse
Alexander Köpf
Harald Kromer
Ralf Kühner
Lucas Vandré

Solo Musicians

Noa Wildshut
Stefan Schreiber
Katrin Randecker
Gabriela Montero
Cornelius Meister
Rita Kaufmann
Vlad Iftinca
Renaud Capuçon
Elisabeth Brauß
Helge Aurich

Light Design, Video and Camera

Light Design

Lothar Baumgarte
Dieter Billino
Gérad Cleven
Rainer Eisenbraun
Gerrit Jurda
Henning Streck
Bernd Purkrabek
Urs Schönebaum
Gianni Scopa
Reinhard Traub

Video & Camera

Philipp Contag-Lada
Anna-Sofie Lugmeier
Sophie Lux
Rebecca Riedel
Philine Rinnert
Florian Seufert
Gabriele Vöhringer
Georg Lendorff

Choreography

Janine Grellscheid

Direction

Artistic director

Viktor Schoner

General Music Director

Cornelius Meister

Artistic Direction

Artistic director

Viktor Schoner

Personal assistant to the artistic director

Linda Steiner

Director of strategic communication

Thomas Koch

Opera Management

Casting Director

Boris Ignatov

Artistic Production Director

Simone Theilacker-Wolter

Head of Planning

Halina Ploetz

Assistants to the opera management

Elisabeth Beckmann
Jörg Geiger

Artistic Management

Director of Operations

Veronique Walter

Manager of Artistic Administration

David-Mathias Wolf

Staff Member of Artistic Administration

Katharina Peters

Assistant Directors

Rebecca Bienek
Sophia Binder
Verena Silcher
Tizian Olivieri
Daniela Kiesewetter

Stage Managers

Almut Bracher
Thomas Fürstenau
Sabine Konz
Melanie Ulmer
Cornelius Nitzsche

Extras

Andrea Holländer
Janine Grellscheid

Voluntary year of Social Service – Extras

Tabea Buckel

Dramaturgy

Head of dramaturgy & deputy artistic director

Ingo Gerlach

Dramaturgs

Miron Hakenbeck
Claudia Jahn
Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder
Julia Schmitt

Referent dramaturgy

Sabine Frank

Special projects

Dmitry Kunyaev

Surtitle

Cornelius Feil

Guest dramaturgs

Barbara Eckle
Ulrich Lenz
Klaus Zehelein

Marketing and Communication

Director communication

Johannes Lachermeier

Head of Marketing & Communication

Marc Schmuck

Head of press & public relations

Sebastian Ebling

Referent Press / Development

Helena Rittler

Publications

Claudia Eich-Parkin

Referent Online communication

Paula Stietz

Staff member of communication

Denise Bentz

Voluntary year of Social Service

Lili Haas

JOiN

Artistic Director JOiN und Director Opera Studio

Elena Tzavara

Head of Education & Deputy Artistic Director

Christoph Sökler

Head of Planning Office JOiN

René Dase

Assistant Education

Suse Pfister
Carolina Löwenstein

Production Assistant

Malte Nuding

Voluntary year of Social Service

Maite Rathfelder
Derek Hummel

Music Department

General Music Director

Cornelius Meister

Referent of the General Music Director

Rebecca Röse

Conductor & Assistant to General Music Director

Killian Farrell

Conductor

Christopher Schumann

Chorus direction

Manuel Pujol

Deputy chorus direction

Bernhard Moncado

Head of Music Staff

Alan Hamilton

Solo repetition

Rita Kaufmann – Deputy Head of Music Staff
Yuri Aoki
Virginie Déjos
Vlad Iftinca
Stefan Schreiber
Dorothea Schwarz

Prompters

Susanne Hoppe
Lorenzo Coladonato
Alexandru Petria

Technical Direction

Director

Michael Zimmermann

Artistic production management

Susanne Gschwender

Light design

N. N.

Honorary Members

Prof. Klaus Zehelein
Lothar Zagrosek
Jossi Wieler
Ks. Irmgard Stadler
Ks. Wolfgang Schöne
Ks. Helene Schneiderman
Ks. Wolfgang Probst
Sergio Morabito
Ks. Catarina Ligendza
Prof. Ulrich Eistert
Ks. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Dürr

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