Julia Langeder was born in Düsseldorf and has Austrian-Indonesian roots. After graduating from high school, she studied art history and ancient cultures at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. She has worked on several art historical publications and in 2013 curated her own exhibition on the subject of opera and ballet at the Theatermuseum Düsseldorf. Since the age of 16, she has been working as an extra, actress and chorister on the stages of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Musiktheater im Revier and the Dortmund Theater. She has been assistant director and evening director at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since the 2018/19 season and has assisted directors such as Lydia Steier, Lotte de Beer, David Hermann, Axel Köhler, Rolando Villazón, Michael Schulz, Ilaria Lanzino and Felix Seiler. In the 2024/25 season, Julia Langeder will be responsible for directing Purcell's “Dido and Aeneas” at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.