About us

We are suc­cess­ful when we make you suc­cess­ful

Opheli­as is a renowned com­mu­nic­a­tions agency spe­cial­ising in cul­tur­al pro­fes­sion­als, fest­ivals and insti­tu­tions in the field of clas­sic­al music and the per­form­ing arts. For over 20 years, we have been offer­ing our diverse cli­ents com­pre­hens­ive PR and com­mu­nic­a­tion con­cepts. Our ser­vices include the imple­ment­a­tion, real­isa­tion, con­trolling and doc­u­ment­a­tion of PR meas­ures. The first step towards suc­cess­ful and sus­tain­able PR is to devel­op the right strategy. That’s why we work closely with our cli­ents to define the goals of their PR and cor­por­ate com­mu­nic­a­tions.

Our com­mit­ment is hol­ist­ic. We emphas­ise stra­tegic PR con­sult­ing, tra­di­tion­al press rela­tions and digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion. We also advise our cli­ents on all aspects of mar­ket­ing, social media, con­tent man­age­ment and mar­ket pos­i­tion­ing. Our ser­vices can be freely selec­ted from vari­ous mod­ules depend­ing on require­ments, ran­ging from edit­or­i­al sup­port for bro­chures, web­sites and news­let­ters to pro­ject man­age­ment for press events.

Nation­al and inter­na­tion­al press rela­tions remain a cent­ral com­pon­ent of our work. We have an extens­ive inter­na­tion­al net­work of lead­ing media, journ­al­ists and opin­ion lead­ers and main­tain a close dia­logue with key journ­al­ists.

Our team con­sists of music, theatre and lit­er­at­ure schol­ars who are sup­por­ted by a qual­i­fied net­work of freel­an­cers from vari­ous trades. This enables us to com­mu­nic­ate in a value-ori­ent­ated and com­pet­ent man­ner, always keep­ing an eye on the latest devel­op­ments and trends in art and cul­ture.

At Opheli­as Cul­ture PR, we pri­or­it­ise qual­ity, pro­fes­sion­al­ism and cre­ativ­ity. We pride ourselves on offer­ing our cli­ents cus­tom­ised solu­tions and help­ing them to increase their vis­ib­il­ity and repu­ta­tion in the arts and cul­ture scene.

Opheli­as Cul­ture PR.

Your team for cre­at­ive brand com­mu­nic­a­tion.

Our com­mit­ment is hol­ist­ic­ally ori­ent­ated. We attach great import­ance to stra­tegic PR con­sult­ing, tra­di­tion­al press rela­tions and digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion. We also advise our cli­ents on all aspects of mar­ket­ing, social media, con­tent man­age­ment and mar­ket pos­i­tion­ing. Our ser­vices can be freely selec­ted from vari­ous mod­ules depend­ing on require­ments, ran­ging from edit­or­i­al sup­port for bro­chures, web­sites and news­let­ters to pro­ject man­age­ment for press events.

Ferdi Beil­hardt

Spätro­mantik | Oper | PR-Man­ager

I first encountered Mahler­’s Song of the Earth in music class at sec­ond­ary school. It opened up a whole new world for me. After gradu­at­ing from high school, I stud­ied philo­sophy, lit­er­at­ure and cul­tur­al stud­ies in Munich, with a par­tic­u­lar focus on late Roman­ti­cism and early Mod­ern­ism.

I have been part of Opheli­as Cul­ture PR since 2021 – ini­tially as an intern, now as a PR man­ager. Here, I can com­bine my enthu­si­asm for music with cre­at­ive pub­lic rela­tions work: inter­act­ing with journ­al­ists and cul­tur­al pro­fes­sion­als or devel­op­ing tail­or-made PR con­cepts. Reg­u­lar vis­its to con­certs and oper­as are not only part of the job, but also a real priv­ilege.

Opheli­as’ port­fo­lio, which includes early music and baroque opera, has par­tic­u­larly broadened my hori­zons. I have encountered styles and eras that were largely unknown to me before and have changed my per­spect­ive on music once again. It is fas­cin­at­ing how these his­tor­ic­al sound­scapes are being brought back to life in the present day – and how sur­pris­ing con­nec­tions between dif­fer­ent music­al tra­di­tions can be dis­covered time and again.

Bene Klaus­er

Early Music | Con­tem­por­ary | PR Man­ager

Since 2019, I have been man­aging PR pro­jects at Opheli­as Cul­ture PR, includ­ing Ensemble Mod­ern, Basel Sin­foni­etta, Inns­bruck Fest­iv­al of Early Music, Bayreuth Baroque Fest­iv­al, and the activ­it­ies of Palazz­etto Bru Zane. My expert­ise lies in musicology—especially music before 1600 as well as from the mod­ern era to the present day.

This dual per­spect­ive shapes my work, from writ­ing pro­gram notes and press releases to devel­op­ing com­mu­nic­a­tion strategies for premi­eres, rep­er­toire rar­it­ies, and inter­dis­cip­lin­ary formats. My back­ground in eco­nom­ics sup­ports my stra­tegic foresight, par­tic­u­larly in cul­tur­al mar­ket­ing, brand devel­op­ment, and audi­ence tar­get­ing.

Music­ally rooted in boys’ choir and early viol­in les­sons, a per­form­ance of Mahler’s Third Sym­phony was a form­at­ive exper­i­ence. A pivotal moment came with attend­ing the Ger­man premiere of Philip Glass’s the CIVIL warS—an event that pro­foundly expan­ded my view of music as a socially impact­ful art form.

After com­plet­ing my musi­co­logy stud­ies with a minor in eco­nom­ics, I joined Opheli­as Cul­ture PR as a train­ee in 2018. I have stayed on because of the rich con­tent, the vari­ety of tasks, and the joy of smart cul­tur­al com­mu­nic­a­tion.

Ulrike Wil­ck­ens

Net­work­er | Own­er | Strategist

Clas­sic­al music and cul­ture are my pas­sions. Com­mu­nic­at­ing this is a mat­ter close to my heart. It was already import­ant to me as a music dram­at­urge at vari­ous Ger­man theatres and later as a product man­ager in the record industry. So it was only a small step to set up my own com­mu­nic­a­tions agency, as I did in the mil­len­ni­um year 2000. It is import­ant to me to work in a small team of spe­cial­ised col­leagues on an equal foot­ing. Only in this way is it pos­sible for me as a man­ager to be involved in each of our pro­jects with advice and ideas.

My private life also revolves around cul­ture: in addi­tion to the theatre, con­cert halls and opera houses, I find art exhib­i­tions extremely relax­ing. I stud­ied musi­co­logy, theatre stud­ies and his­tory at the Freie Uni­versität Ber­lin and Lud­wig-Max­imili­ans Uni­versität. Even today, it helps me a lot to look at cur­rent affairs and con­di­tions from a his­tor­ic­al per­spect­ive.

Your con­tact to Opheli­as Cul­ture PR

OPHELI­AS Cul­ture PR
Ulrike Wil­ck­ens – Man­age­ment and own­er
Johan­nis­platz 3a
D — 81667 München
Tel:  +49 (0)89 88 950 940
letter@ophelias-pr.com
www.ophelias-pr.com