wieland lemke studied costume design at the university of arts berlin in the class of prof. florence von gerkan and prof. lisa meier (drafts for die nashörner (ionesco), maria stuart (schiller) and die dreigroschenoper (brecht, hauptmann, weill) and assisted costume designers lea søvsø, christina schmitt and jelena miletic as well as directors julia lwowski, franziska kronfoth, sanghwa park and dramaturgist maria buzhor at neuköllner oper, sophiensaele, oper halle, theater bremen, komische oper berlin, deutsches theater berlin and theatre de l´atheneé paris.
he conceived costume designs for opera director georg schütky at steirischer herbst´22 and several times for author and director bruno brandes. together with stage designer helene scheithe and opera director katja czellnik they showed