Co-director of the Théâtre National de Toulouse, Agathe Mélinand enjoys a successful career as a director, dramaturg, and librettist in both opera and theater. From 1997–2007 she was deputy artistic director and director of communications of the Centre Dramatique National des Alpes in Grenoble and prior to that (1989–1994) co-director of the theater company Le Pélican. Recent projects include writing new versions and adaptations of Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne (Lyon Opera, Santa Fe Opera), La Belle Hélène (Théâtre du Châtelet, Santa Fe Opera), Chabrier’s Le Roi Malgré Lui (Lyon Opera, the Opéra Comique in Paris), La Périchole (Marseille Opera), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Lausanne Opera), La Grand-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Théâtre du Châtelet), and Orphée aux Enfers (Geneva Opera and Lyon Opera). Mélinand has also served as a dramaturg at Paris Opera (Ariadne auf Naxos, L’Elisir d’Amore, L’Heure Espagnole, and Gianni Schicchi), Zurich Opera (Rameau’s Les Boréades), the Glyndebourne Festival (Hänsel und Gretel), and Theater an der Wien (La Finta Semplice). Upcoming engagements include Giulio Cesare for Paris Opera and Manon for the Metropolitan Opera, Milan’s La Scala, and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.