Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden

Staff - Season 2019/20

Theatre Management

Artistic Director Uwe Eric Laufenberg
Managing Director Bernd Fülle
Personal Assistant to the Artistic Director Melanie Stelzer
Assistant to the Managing Director Kira Vögele

Opera

General Music Director Patrick Lange
Musical Assistant to the GMD Christina Domnick
Casting & Artistic Production Management Katharina Götz
DramaturgyKatja Leclerc, Daniel C. Schindler
Chorus Master & Conductor Albert Horne
Head Coach, Conductor, Deputy Chorus Master Christoph Stiller
Musical Assistants & Répétiteurs
Tim Hawken, Waldemar Martynel, Akira Nakamura, Julia Palmova, Holger Reinhardt

Hessian State Ballet

Ballet Director & Head Choreographer Tim Plegge
Curator & Deputy Director Bruno Heynderickx
Company Manager Simon Kranz
Ballet Masters Uwe Fischer-Pettitt, Gianluca Martorella
Dramaturgy Karin Dietrich (guest)
Head of Dance Education/Promotion Nira Priore Nouak
Assistant to the Ballet Management TBA
Production Assistant Daniela Metzger
Technical Production Manager Jonathan Pickers
Répétiteur Waldemar Martynel
Musical Assistant Daniel Lett

Drama

Dramaturgs Anika Bárdos, Wolfgang Behrens, Susanne Birkefeld, Marie Johannsen, Laura Weber (maternity leave)
Artistic Production Manager Carsten Kochan

Youth State Theatre (JUST)

Youth State Theatre Director Sophie Pompe
Director of the Wartburg / Deputy Director JUST Dirk Schirdewahn

Youth State Musical

Youth State Musical Director Iris Limbarth
Musical Direction Frank Bangert, Ulrich Bareiss, Michael Geyer, Jens Hunstein
Choreography Iris Limbarth, Myriam Lifka

Learning & Participation

Team Luisa Schumacher, Laura zur Nieden, Dirk Schirdewahn
Concert Education Gisela Reinhold
Dance Education Nira Priore Nouak

Concerts

General Music Director Patrick Lange
Assistant to the GMD Christina Domnick
Concert Dramaturg Katja Leclerc
Orchestra Manager Verena Rast
Orchestra Assistant Clara Holzapfel
Administrative Assistant Christoph Hunck

Planning & Scheduling

Director of Artistic Operations Frank Bettinger
Head of the Artistic Management Office/Drama Scheduling Jessica Rupp
Office Associates Sylvia Franzmann, Rebecca Schmitt

Press & Public Relations

Marketing Director Caroline Lazarou
Press Officer Marie Schmitt, Nadine Schäuble (maternity leave)
Marketing Consultant Ann-Katrin Trebitz
Media Consultant David Bruwer, Maria Petzinger (maternity leave)
Translations and English website support (excl. Wiesbaden Biennale) David Bruwer