Stage and costume designer Thomas Mika studied opera directing at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg. In 2006, he created his first stage design for the Berlin State Ballet and also staged his first opera production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" for the Escritura Hamburg ensemble.

His most recent opera productions are Franz Lehár’s “The Count of Luxembourg” for the Estonian National Opera and PI Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” for the Salzburg State Theater.

Thomas Mika has worked with choreographers such as Alejandro Cerrudo, Martin Chaix, Edward Clug, Dominique Dumais, Marco Goecke, Jack Lister, Lauren Lovette, Trey McIntyre, Sofia Nappi, Juliano Nunes, Kevin O'Day, Simone Valastro and Jeroen Verbruggen.

In the field of classical repertoire, he has designed sets and costumes for productions such as John Cranko's "Onegin" and "Romeo and Juliet", Derek Dane's "The Lady of the Camellias", Alexey Fadeyechev and Nina Ananiashvili's adaptations of "Don Quixote", Ben van Cauwenbergh's "Romeo and Juliet" and Thomas Edur's, Eno Peci's and Sabrina Sadowska's versions of "Swan Lake".

Thomas Mika has worked with numerous internationally renowned theatres, including L'Opéra de Paris, Bolshoi Theater Moscow, Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera House, Stuttgart State Opera, San Francisco War Memorial Opera, Wortham Theater Center Houston, Harris Theater for Music and Dance Chicago, National Centre of the Performing Arts Beijing, Hong Kong Culture Centre, Seoul Arts Centre, LG Art Centre Seoul, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Hanover State Opera, Wiesbaden State Theater, Darmstadt State Theater, Aalto Theater Essen, Hungarian National Opera, Polish National Opera, Estonian National Opera, Novosibirsk State Theater, Croatian National Theater Zagreb and the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp and Ghent.