Inspiration From Our Expert Speakers


Alex Beard CBE
Royal Ballet and Opera
Chief Executive

Alison Buchanan
Pegasus Opera Company
Artistic Director

Anne Marabini Young
General Director and Founder of Diva Opera and Trustee, Laidlaw Opera Trust

Aoife Daly
Irish National Opera
Head of Development

Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE
Chineke!
Double Bassist and Founder and Artistic Director

Claire Mera-Nelson
Arts Council England
Director, Music

David Lomeli
Santa Fe Opera and Bayerische Staatsoper
Chief Artistic Advisor / International Partnerships

David Sulkin OBE
Arts Strategist and Writer

Ella O'Neill
Pianist

Elly Brindle
Hereford Litigation Capital and Trustee, Shadwell Opera
Partner

Emily Gottlieb
Longborough Festival Opera
Executive Director

Eric Melear
National Opera Studio
Artistic Director

Fergus Sheil
Irish National Opera
Artistic Director

Flora McIntosh
OperaUpClose
Artistic Director

Hannah Griffiths
Opera Europa
Associate Director, Development and Collaborations

Henry Little
Opera Rara
Chief Executive

Jack Furness
Shadwell Opera
Founder and Artistic Director

John Singer CBE
Chair of Pantheon International and Chair, City of London Sinfonia

Laura Canning
Opera North
General Director and CEO

Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay
Laidlaw Opera Trust
Chair

Marc A. Scorca
OPERA America
President/CEO

Mark Pemberton OBE
Mark Pemberton Arts
Arts Consultant

Melvin Claridge
Pegasus Opera Company
Talent Director

Michael McCarthy MBE
Music Theatre Wales
Director

Nick Sears
Royal College of Music
Head of Opera and Vocal

Peter Gelb
The Metropolitan Opera
Maria Manetti Shrem General Manager

Renell Shaw
Composer, Songwriter, Music Producer

Richard Davidson-Houston
Glyndebourne
Managing Director

Robin Norton-Hale
English Touring Opera
General Director

Rochelle Wilson
Freelance
Director and Cultural Coordinator

Sarah Crabtree
Royal Ballet and Opera
Creative Producer

Seb Wride
Public First
Partner, Director of Polling

Sir Keith Mills
Deputy Chairman of London Organising Committe of Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Chairman, Invictus Games

Sir Richard Mantle OBE
The Grange Festival
Chair

Sir Vernon Ellis
Live Music Now
Chair

Stephen Langridge
Glyndebourne
Artistic Director

Stephen Crocker
Norwich Theatre
Chief Executive

Sue Spence
Askonas Holt
Director