Name
Working Group Session 3: PASSION
Date & Time
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
Speakers
Julien Van Mellaerts, Baritone and Trustee
Peter Katona, The Royal Opera
Sophie Joyce, Paris Opera
Sue Spence, Askonas Holt
Peter Katona, The Royal Opera
Sophie Joyce, Paris Opera
Sue Spence, Askonas Holt
Description
The casting process shapes everything - which artists work, which companies thrive and what audiences see on stage.
This session brings together the people who shape it - casting directors, agents and artistic leadership - to ask how the system actually works, where its blind spots are, and what a more transparent and equitable process might look like.