Anne Blancard, artistic associate, dramaturg, was born in France. She is an actress, journalist, producer of cultural programs and since 1987 is the artistic collaborator of Yannis Kokkos for most of his productions including recently Assassinio nella cattedrale (Pizzetti) in La Scala, Milan, Dir Frau ohne Schatten (R. Strauss) in Florence, Don Quichotte (Massenet), Les Troyens (Berlioz) and Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens) in St. Petersburg and Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) in Beijing. This is her first work at the Israeli Opera.