Choir Manager – Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Stiftung Oper in Berlin
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Berlin • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Responsibility for the choir office
- Intensive communication between the choir, chorus direction, choir committee, opera management, operations office, costume department, makeup department, and stage direction
- Management of all organizational aspects of the choir's rehearsals and performances (attendance monitoring, updating casts, and assigning substitutes)
- Preparation and distribution of daily, weekly, and monthly schedules, as well as costume fitting schedules
- Personnel administration for choir members including cover singers (processing sick notes, leave requests, payroll/settlement processing, and part-time schedules)
- Organization of auditions for vacancies in the Staatsoper chorus (sending invitations and supporting candidates on audition days)
Requirements
- Professional experience working with singers in a professional setting, ideally at an opera house
- Musical knowledge, particularly of standard operatic chorus repertoire
- Excellent, proactive organizational and communication skills
- Team orientation, commitment, flexibility, and strong interpersonal skills
- Confident demeanor and assertiveness
- Willingness to work irregular hours — including evenings, weekends, and public holidays (including on-call duties)
Benefits
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office (Theasoft experience desirable)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
musical knowledgeoperatic chorus repertoireattendance monitoringpayroll processingscheduling
Soft skills
organizational skillscommunication skillsteam orientationcommitmentflexibilityinterpersonal skillsconfident demeanorassertiveness