The President since 2003 is Klaus Zehelein, currently director of the Bayerische Theaterakademie.
During the era of Opera Intendant Klaus Zehelein, the company has won the Opera House of the Year award by the German magazine Opernwelt more often than any other company: in 1994 (the inaugural award), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and in 2006.
Klaus Kinski | Klaus Schulze | Klaus Badelt | Klaus Barbie | Klaus Nomi | Klaus Mertens | Klaus Huber | Klaus Ebner | Václav Klaus | Klaus Ploghaus | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Klaus Knopper | Klaus Fuchs | Vaclav Klaus | Klaus Theweleit | Klaus Schwab | Klaus Biesenbach | Klaus Allofs | Klaus | Klaus Zmorek | Klaus Zehelein | Klaus Wowereit | Klaus Roth | Klaus Rifbjerg | Klaus Nordling | Klaus M. Leisinger | Klaus Meine | Klaus Klostermaier | Klaus Hoffmann | Klaus Hildebrand |