Lukas Hemleb

Lukas Hemleb (born 1960 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) is a German director of plays and operas, scenic designer, and librettist.

Born Lukas Hemmleb in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, he was in Berlin assistant of Peter Stein, Klaus Michael Grüber and Luc Bondy, and worked in Italy with Luca Ronconi.

His stagings were shown at the Théâtre National de l’Odéon, the Comédie-Française and other theatres in France, and also in Lausanne, Antwerp), and in Vienna at the Burgtheater and the Theater an der Wien).

He directed works by Shakespeare, Molière, contemporary authors, also stage versions of literature from Dante to Marina Tsvetaeva.

He has worked as opera director and stage set designer in Paris, Lyon, Lisbon, Aix-en-Provence, Mannheim, and at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.