Opera Europa autumn conference Parma, 12-15 October 2017 List of participants 330 participants Town Opera Company Name Title AUSTRIA Bregenz Bregenzer Festspiele Axel Renner Chief Communication Officer & Spokesperson Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt Carmen Buchacher Marketing and Communication and Marketing Director Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt Florian Scholz Intendant Krems Ernst Krenek Institut Antje Müller General Secretary Vienna Die Wiener Taschenoper Gerhard Dienstbier Artistic Director Vienna Mafara Artist Promotion Maria Gabriella Mafara Owner Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH Benjamin Brüst Marketing Manager Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH David Horswell CEO Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH Hannes Eder CEO Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH Johannes Mantl Project Manager Vienna Ticket Gretchen GmbH Wolfgang Graf Managing Partner Vienna Wiener Staatsoper Christopher Widauer Head of Digital Development Vienna Wiener Staatsoper Magali Grandpierre Digital Development Vienna Wiener Staatsoper Pia Zauner Head of International Cooperations BELGIUM Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Aviel Cahn Intendant Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Bart Van der Roost CEO Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Jan Vandenhouwe Opera Director designate Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Mieke Windey Sponsoring and Fundraising collaborator Brussels Concours Reine Elisabeth Nicolas Dernoncourt Artistic Coordinator Brussels La Monnaie De Munt Ekaterina Przhigodzkaya Financial Department / Coproductions & rentals Brussels La Monnaie De Munt Mathieu Jouvin Financial Director Town Opera Company Name Title Brussels La Monnaie De Munt Sophie Briard Education coordinator Brussels Opera Europa Aline Chif Communications Manager Brussels Opera Europa Audrey Jungers General Manager Brussels Opera Europa Clio Montrey OperaVision Platform Manager Brussels Opera Europa Elisabeth Lasky Communications Officer Brussels Opera Europa Emilie Tack Membership Coordinator Brussels Opera Europa Gérald Philippe Membership Coordinator Brussels Opera Europa Luke O'Shaughnessy OperaVision Project Manager Ghent LOD Anne-Louise Cottet Artistic & International Coordination Ghent LOD Hans Bruneel General Manager Liege Opéra Royal de Wallonie Elisa Vainsel Communications Director Liege Opéra Royal de Wallonie Gerlando Crapanzano Box office Manager CANADA Montreal Opéra Concept Christine Krebs Directrice des finances et opérations Montreal Opéra Concept Pierre Dufour Directeur Général Toronto Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Dory Vanderhoof Senior Partner Toronto Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Margaret Genovese Senior Partner Toronto Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Rosalind Bell Partner Zagreb Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Dubravka Vrgoć General Manager CZECH REPUBLIC Brno National Theatre Brno Barbora Hniličková Marketing of Ballet Brno National Theatre Brno Jiří Heřman Opera Artistic Director Brno National Theatre Brno Kristýna Štěpánková International Relations Manager Brno National Theatre Brno Lucie Tousecká Sales Manager Brno National Theatre Brno Patricie Částková Opera Dramaturg Brno National Theatre Brno Vít Vaněk Online marketing specialist Opava Silesian Theatre in Opava Ilja Racek Director General Opava Silesian Theatre in Opava Luděk Golat Advisor for foreign affairs Ostrava National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Jiří Nekvasil General Director Ostrava National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Marketa Chlebova Marketing & Sales Director Town Opera Company Name Title Prague Prague National Theatre Don Nixon Head of New Projects & International Relations Prague Prague National Theatre Silvia Hroncová Director of Opera of the National Theatre and the State Opera DENMARK Aarhus Den Jyske Opera Joan Naldal Sponsor and Funding Manager Aarhus Den Jyske Opera Lene Juul Langballe Head of Outreach Aarhus Den Jyske Opera Philipp Kochheim General Manager Copenhagen NordicOpera Bert-Åke Persson Production Manager Copenhagen NordicOpera Merete Sveistrup Artistic Director Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Franziska M. Kaiser Artistic Administrator Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre John Fulljames Director of Opera Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Line Hauger Producer Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Morten Hesseldahl Director General Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Piet Bossant Financial Administrator Copenhagen Truelinked Jan Pilgaard Carlsen Co-founder & COO Copenhagen Truelinked Paola Cacciatori Solutions expert Copenhagen Truelinked Sune Remí Hjerrild CEO Copenhagen Truelinked Susanne Bungaard Solutions expert Copenhagen Truelinked Thomas Praestegaard Solutions expert FINLAND Helsinki Comic Opera Helsinki Laura Åkerlund CEO & Artistic Director Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Anita Prusila General Counsel Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Heidi Almi External Relations Manager Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Heidi Lehmuskumpu Development Manager Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Kaisa Rönkkö Head of Orchestra Department Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Lauri Pokkinen Audience Outreach & Social Responsibility Manager Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Liisa Riekki Communications Director Savonlinna Savonlinna Opera Festival Jan Strandholm General Director Savonlinna Savonlinna Opera Festival Jukka Pohjolainen Head of Productions Town Opera Company Name Title FRANCE Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Bernard Foccroulle General Director Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Catherine Roques Communication Director Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Christelle Augereau Head of International Development Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Jérôme Brunetière Secretary General Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Sylvie Tossah Responsable Communication Bordeaux Opéra national de Bordeaux Fanny Fournier Sponsorship Management Bordeaux Opéra national de Bordeaux Sophie Capbern Sales management Caen Théâtre de Caen Patrick Foll Director Dijon Opéra de Dijon Matthieu Dussouillez Deputy General Manager Lyon Opéra national de Lyon Aurélie Tanret Deputy Director of Production Paris Philippe Agid Consultant Paris FEDORA Edilia Gänz Director Paris FEDORA Eléonore Vassy Membership Coordinator Paris FEDORA Ottavia Scarabottolo Paris INSEAD Sylvie Matz Leadership Coach Paris Les Arts Florissants Camille Claverie-Rospide Philanthropy Officer Paris Les Arts Florissants Jacqui Howard Artistic Director Paris Opera in Situ Florian Bonneau Creative Producer Paris Opéra national de Paris Jean-Philippe Thiellay Directeur général adjoint Paris Opéra national de Paris Jean-Yves Kaced Commercial Development Director Paris Opéra national de Paris Juliette Simon Chargée des mécènes et des grands donateurs Paris Opéra national de Paris Myriam Coplo Marketing & Public Relations Director Paris TECH'4'TEAM Aurélien Artaud Business Development Director Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Aude Haller-Bismuth Head of Press & Media relations Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Bertrand Schaaff Directeur de production Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Julia Neugebauer Head of Fundraising Paris Théâtre et Musique Magalie Bouchet Development and Project Manager Strasbourg Ozango / culture.digital Nicolas Schaettel Co-owner / Director Town Opera Company Name Title GEORGIA Tbilisi Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre Rusudan Matsaberidze Director International Relations Department GERMANY Berlin Joan Ramírez Soley Communications & Digital Strategist Berlin Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Brittany Duncan German Chancellor Fellow Berlin Classictic Robert Koch General Manager Berlin Komische Oper Berlin Irmtraud Michels Head of Friends Berlin Komische Oper Berlin Susanne Moser General Manager Berlin Komische Oper Berlin Ulrich Lenz Chief Dramaturg Berlin Pentatone Music Renaud Loranger Vice President Artists and Repertoire Berlin Stiftung Oper in Berlin und Staatsballett Berlin Georg Vierthaler Generaldirektor & Geschäftsführender Direktor Braunschweig Staatstheater Braunschweig Christian Jérôme Timme Director of Artistic Administration Braunschweig Staatstheater Braunschweig Isabel Ostermann Director of Opera designate Düsseldorf Deutsche Oper am Rhein Alexandra Stampler- Managing Director Brown Düsseldorf Deutsche Oper am Rhein Eva Hölter Assistant to General Director / Opera Studio Administration Hannover Staatstheater Hannover Anton Butter Head of Sponsoring, Fundraising & Marketing Karlsruhe Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Achim Sieben Deputy Opera Director Karlsruhe Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Michael Obermeier Administrative Director Karlsruhe Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Peter Spuhler General & Artistic Director Leipzig Oper Leipzig Stefania Abbondi Development and International Cooperation Manager Magdeburg Theater Magdeburg Bettina Pesch Deputy General Manager Magdeburg Theater Magdeburg Karen Stone General Director Magdeburg Theater Magdeburg Mareike Hage Personal Assistant to the Intendantin Mainz Schott Music Joscha Shaback Opera and Ballet Department Mainz Staatstheater Mainz Stefan Vogel Operngeschäftsführer Saarbrucken Saarländisches Staatstheater Bodo Busse Intendant Stuttgart Staatstheater Stuttgart Bettina Giese Artistic Director Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Anja Wiemann Assistant Manager Town Opera Company Name Title Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Armin Kretschmar President Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Stephan Megnin Sponsor and member Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Sven-Oliver Massar Board member Wuppertal Wuppertaler Bühnen Berthold Schneider Opernintendant Wuppertal