Director Mo Zhou has joined the roster of Athlone Artists.

Zhou, who is set to direct Händel’s “Rinaldo” at the Minnesota Opera during the 2022-23 season, came into prominence in 2019 after directing “The Diaries of John Rabe.” The production appeared at China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts followed by performances at the  Staatsoper Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Ronacher in Vienna; it was subsequently filmed in China.

From there, Zhou has directed with such organizations as Santa Fe Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, the Juilliard School, and WP Theatre. She is also a directing faculty at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, the Dallas Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera as well as a faculty member with the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and NYU Tisch School of the Arts; she currently holds a position at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Zhou has a BA in English and Theater at Bowdoin College and an MFA in Stage Directing at Columbia University.