Katharina Thoma (born 14 July 1975) is a German opera stage director and academic teacher who has worked freelance in Germany and Europe.

[2] She achieved a second prize at the 2007 European Camerata Nuova competition, and then directed Samuel Barber's Vanessa at the Malmö Opera.

In 2024, she directed the first production in Frankfurt of Offenbach's Die Banditen, supplying a new translation into German.

[3][4][5] Thoma lectured scenic direction at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz from 2008 to 2012.

She has been professor at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg from 2019 where she has directed the opera school.