Born in Paris.
1994-1997 Degree in literature and art history at the École Normale Supérieure (Paris).
1997-1999 Teaching assistance in French at Harvard University.
1999 Relocation to Berlin; commencement of doctorate in art history focusing on medieval Persian miniature painting.
2001 First internships at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin: Der fliegende Holländer with Harry Kupfer and La Bohème with Lindy Hume.
2002-2005 Seminal professional experiences at the opera: internships (Rinaldo, Opéra National de Montpellier, Nigel Lowery and Amir Hosseinpour; Götterdämmerung, Dresden Semperoper, Willy Decker), extra (Staatsoper Berlin), interpreter for Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann (Médée, Deutsche Oper Berlin), French coach for chorus and soloists (Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper), assistant stage manager (Opéra National de Paris).
2003-2005 Assistant director, in particular at the Opéra National de Montpellier (Le Nozze di Figaro, Franziska Severin; Un Ballo in maschera, Alexander Schulin), in Ghent/Antwerp (Rinaldo revival) and at the Opéra National du Rhin (L'Italiana in Algeri, Christof Loy).
2003 Third Prize at the European Opera-Directing Competition organized by Opera Europa and Camerata Nuova in Wiesbaden.
2004 Début production as director: Il Signor Bruschino / Gianni Schicchi at the Lausanne Opera, with sets and costumes by Julia Hansen.
2005-2006 Il Viaggio a Reims in Bern, Guillaume Tell (Grétry) in Biel-Solothurn, and Albert Herring in Lübeck.
2006 Return to Paris.
2006-2007 Il Viaggio a Reims in Oviedo, La Belle Hélène at the Opéra National du Rhin, La Traviata in Bern and Pirame et Thisbé (an opera by Rebel and Francoeur, performed for the first time since 1771) in Nantes and Angers.
2007-2008 Il Viaggio a Reims (revival) in Tel Aviv, Le Comte Ory at the Athens National Opera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Bern.
2008-2009 La Belle Hélène (revival) in Nantes, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (revival) in Oviedo, Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Braunschweig, Rigoletto at the Opéra national de Lorraine, Werther at the Opéra national du Rhin.
2009-2010 La Bohème at the Stadttheater Bern, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (revival) in Tel Aviv, Platée at the Opéra national du Rhin, Il Giasone in Antwerp/Ghent.
2010-2011 La Belle Hélène (revival) at the Opéra national du Rhin, Castor et Pollux at the Theater an der Wien, Faust in Graz, La Bohème (revival) in Limoges.
2011-2012 Don Pasquale, Glyndebourne on Tour, Il Viaggio a Reims (revival) in Antwerpen/Ghent, Die Leidenschaften (The Passions), an exhibition at the Deutsches Hygienemuseum in Dresden, Der Rosenkavalier at the Opéra national du Rhin.
Forthcoming productions Agrippina in Antwerpen/Ghent and Oviedo, Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra national du Rhin, Le Nozze di Figaro in Dortmund, Hänsel und Gretel at the Opéra national de Paris, Don Pasquale in Glyndebourne...