Directors of the Vienna State Opera
Franz von Dingelstedt (1867-1870)
Johann von Herbeck (1870-1875)
Franz von Jauner (1875-1880)
Wilhelm Jahn (1881-1897)
Gustav Mahler (1897-1907)
Felix von Weingartner(1908-1911)
Hans Gregor (1911-1918)
Richard Strauss / Franz Schalk (1919-1924)
Franz Schalk (1924-1929)
Clemens Krauss (1929-1934)
Felix von Weingartner (1935-1936)
Erwin Kerber (1936-1940)
Heinrich Karl Strohm (1940-1941)
Lothar Müthel (1941-1942)

Karl Böhm (1943-1945)
Franz Salmhofer 1945-1954)
Karl Böhm (1954-1956)
Herbert von Karajan (1956-1964)
Egon Hilbert (1964-1968)
Heinrich Reif-Gintl (1968-1972)
Rudolf Gamsjäger (1972-1976)
Egon Seefehlner (1976-1982)
Lorin Maazel (1982-1984)
Egon Seefehlner (1984-1986)
Claus Helmut Drese (1986-1991); Musical Director: Claudio Abbado
Eberhard Waechter (1991-1992)
Ioan Holender (1992- ); Musical Director: Seiji Ozawa (2002 -)