Chloé Lechat is a Franco-Swiss librettist and stage director. She lives in Berlin.

After a graduate of the École Supérieure d'Art Dramatique of the National Theater of Strasbourg in 2004, she accompanied Christophe Honoré, Stefan Herheim, Barrie Kosky, Mariame Clément, Stéphane Braunschweig, David Marton and Katharina Thalbach as an artistic collaborator in various opera houses in Europe.

 

In 2019, she participated in the Opera creation masterclass of the Academy of the International Festival of Lyric Art of Aix en-Provence under the direction of Pascal Dusapin and continued as part of a workshop at Amsterdam Opera & Writing of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet.

 

In 2021, Chloé Lechat is a laureate of the Writing Commission of the Cité Internationale des Arts, and will therefore be in residence for her opera libretto WoMen .

During the 2021-2022 season, she has staged La Traviata at the Opéra de Limoges.

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During the 2022-2023 season, she has staged the Germaine Tailleferre project at the Philharmonie de Paris honoring the composer. 

The following season, she will stage her opera libretto Sentinels at the Opéra de Bordeaux (co-production Opéra comique, Paris, Opéra de Limoges). This project is also supported by the Beaumarchais-SACD, La Chartreuse-CNES writing grant and the Ministry of Culture writing grant.

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Throughout the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 seasons, Chloé Lechat will give several rendez-vous to the public at the Opéra Grand Avignon, where she will be artist-in-residence. She will return to direct Verdi's La Traviata, as well as other projects currently in development.

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