Opera Europa autumn conference Parma, 12-15 October 2017

List of participants

330 participants

Town Opera Company Name Title AUSTRIA Bregenz Axel Renner Chief Communication Officer & Spokesperson Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt Buchacher Marketing and Communication and Marketing Director Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt Florian Scholz Intendant Krems Ernst Krenek Institut Antje Müller General Secretary Vienna Die Wiener Taschenoper Gerhard Dienstbier Artistic Director Vienna Mafara Artist Promotion Maria Gabriella Mafara Owner Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH Benjamin Brüst Marketing Manager Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH David Horswell CEO Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH Hannes Eder CEO Vienna Nunc Kultur-& Livestreaming GmbH Johannes Mantl Project Manager Vienna Ticket Gretchen GmbH Wolfgang Graf Managing Partner Vienna Wiener Staatsoper Christopher Widauer Head of Digital Development Vienna Wiener Staatsoper Magali Grandpierre Digital Development Vienna Wiener Staatsoper Pia Zauner Head of International Cooperations BELGIUM Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Aviel Cahn Intendant Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Bart Van der Roost CEO Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Jan Vandenhouwe Opera Director designate Antwerp / Ghent Kunsthuis Opera Vlaanderen Mieke Windey Sponsoring and Fundraising collaborator Brussels Concours Reine Elisabeth Nicolas Dernoncourt Artistic Coordinator Brussels La Monnaie De Munt Ekaterina Przhigodzkaya Financial Department / Coproductions & rentals Brussels La Monnaie De Munt Mathieu Jouvin Financial Director Town Opera Company Name Title Brussels La Monnaie De Munt Sophie Briard Education coordinator Brussels Opera Europa Aline Chif Communications Manager Brussels Opera Europa Audrey Jungers General Manager Brussels Opera Europa Clio Montrey OperaVision Platform Manager Brussels Opera Europa Elisabeth Lasky Communications Officer Brussels Opera Europa Emilie Tack Membership Coordinator Brussels Opera Europa Gérald Philippe Membership Coordinator Brussels Opera Europa Luke O'Shaughnessy OperaVision Project Manager Ghent LOD Anne-Louise Cottet Artistic & International Coordination Ghent LOD Hans Bruneel General Manager Liege Opéra Royal de Wallonie Elisa Vainsel Communications Director Liege Opéra Royal de Wallonie Gerlando Crapanzano Box office Manager CANADA Montreal Opéra Concept Christine Krebs Directrice des finances et opérations Montreal Opéra Concept Pierre Dufour Directeur Général Toronto Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Dory Vanderhoof Senior Partner Toronto Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Margaret Genovese Senior Partner Toronto Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Rosalind Bell Partner Zagreb Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Dubravka Vrgoć General Manager CZECH REPUBLIC Brno National Theatre Brno Barbora Hniličková Marketing of Ballet Brno National Theatre Brno Jiří Heřman Opera Artistic Director Brno National Theatre Brno Kristýna Štěpánková International Relations Manager Brno National Theatre Brno Lucie Tousecká Sales Manager Brno National Theatre Brno Patricie Částková Opera Dramaturg Brno National Theatre Brno Vít Vaněk Online marketing specialist Opava Silesian Theatre in Opava Ilja Racek Director General Opava Silesian Theatre in Opava Luděk Golat Advisor for foreign affairs Ostrava National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Jiří Nekvasil General Director Ostrava National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Marketa Chlebova Marketing & Sales Director Town Opera Company Name Title Prague Prague National Theatre Don Nixon Head of New Projects & International Relations Prague Prague National Theatre Silvia Hroncová Director of Opera of the National Theatre and the State Opera DENMARK Aarhus Den Jyske Opera Joan Naldal Sponsor and Funding Manager Aarhus Den Jyske Opera Lene Juul Langballe Head of Outreach Aarhus Den Jyske Opera Philipp Kochheim General Manager Copenhagen NordicOpera Bert-Åke Persson Production Manager Copenhagen NordicOpera Merete Sveistrup Artistic Director Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Franziska M. Kaiser Artistic Administrator Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre John Fulljames Director of Opera Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Line Hauger Producer Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Morten Hesseldahl Director General Copenhagen Royal Danish Theatre Piet Bossant Financial Administrator Copenhagen Truelinked Jan Pilgaard Carlsen Co-founder & COO Copenhagen Truelinked Paola Cacciatori Solutions expert Copenhagen Truelinked Sune Remí Hjerrild CEO Copenhagen Truelinked Susanne Bungaard Solutions expert Copenhagen Truelinked Thomas Praestegaard Solutions expert FINLAND Helsinki Comic Opera Helsinki Laura Åkerlund CEO & Artistic Director Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Anita Prusila General Counsel Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Heidi Almi External Relations Manager Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Heidi Lehmuskumpu Development Manager Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Kaisa Rönkkö Head of Orchestra Department Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Lauri Pokkinen Audience Outreach & Social Responsibility Manager Helsinki Finnish National Opera and Ballet Liisa Riekki Communications Director Savonlinna Savonlinna Opera Festival Jan Strandholm General Director Savonlinna Savonlinna Opera Festival Jukka Pohjolainen Head of Productions

Town Opera Company Name Title FRANCE Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Bernard Foccroulle General Director Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Catherine Roques Communication Director Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Christelle Augereau Head of International Development Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Jérôme Brunetière Secretary General Aix-en-Provence Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Sylvie Tossah Responsable Communication Bordeaux Opéra national de Bordeaux Fanny Fournier Sponsorship Management Bordeaux Opéra national de Bordeaux Sophie Capbern Sales management Caen Théâtre de Caen Patrick Foll Director Dijon Opéra de Dijon Matthieu Dussouillez Deputy General Manager Lyon Opéra national de Lyon Aurélie Tanret Deputy Director of Production Paris Philippe Agid Consultant Paris FEDORA Edilia Gänz Director Paris FEDORA Eléonore Vassy Membership Coordinator Paris FEDORA Ottavia Scarabottolo Paris INSEAD Sylvie Matz Leadership Coach Paris Les Arts Florissants Camille Claverie-Rospide Philanthropy Officer Paris Les Arts Florissants Jacqui Howard Artistic Director Paris Opera in Situ Florian Bonneau Creative Producer Paris Opéra national de Paris Jean-Philippe Thiellay Directeur général adjoint Paris Opéra national de Paris Jean-Yves Kaced Commercial Development Director Paris Opéra national de Paris Juliette Simon Chargée des mécènes et des grands donateurs Paris Opéra national de Paris Myriam Coplo Marketing & Public Relations Director Paris TECH'4'TEAM Aurélien Artaud Business Development Director Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Aude Haller-Bismuth Head of Press & Media relations Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Bertrand Schaaff Directeur de production Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Julia Neugebauer Head of Fundraising Paris Théâtre et Musique Magalie Bouchet Development and Project Manager Strasbourg Ozango / culture.digital Nicolas Schaettel Co-owner / Director

Town Opera Company Name Title GEORGIA Tbilisi Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre Rusudan Matsaberidze Director International Relations Department GERMANY Berlin Joan Ramírez Soley Communications & Digital Strategist Berlin Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Brittany Duncan German Chancellor Fellow Berlin Classictic Robert Koch General Manager Berlin Komische Oper Berlin Irmtraud Michels Head of Friends Berlin Komische Oper Berlin Susanne Moser General Manager Berlin Komische Oper Berlin Ulrich Lenz Chief Dramaturg Berlin Pentatone Music Renaud Loranger Vice President Artists and Repertoire Berlin Stiftung Oper in Berlin und Staatsballett Berlin Georg Vierthaler Generaldirektor & Geschäftsführender Direktor Braunschweig Staatstheater Braunschweig Christian Jérôme Timme Director of Artistic Administration Braunschweig Staatstheater Braunschweig Isabel Ostermann Director of Opera designate Düsseldorf Deutsche Oper am Rhein Alexandra Stampler- Managing Director Brown Düsseldorf Deutsche Oper am Rhein Eva Hölter Assistant to General Director / Opera Studio Administration Hannover Staatstheater Hannover Anton Butter Head of Sponsoring, Fundraising & Marketing Karlsruhe Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Achim Sieben Deputy Opera Director Karlsruhe Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Michael Obermeier Administrative Director Karlsruhe Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Peter Spuhler General & Artistic Director Leipzig Oper Leipzig Stefania Abbondi Development and International Cooperation Manager Magdeburg Theater Magdeburg Bettina Pesch Deputy General Manager Magdeburg Theater Magdeburg Karen Stone General Director Magdeburg Theater Magdeburg Mareike Hage Personal Assistant to the Intendantin Mainz Schott Music Joscha Shaback Opera and Ballet Department Mainz Staatstheater Mainz Stefan Vogel Operngeschäftsführer Saarbrucken Saarländisches Staatstheater Bodo Busse Intendant Stuttgart Staatstheater Stuttgart Bettina Giese Artistic Director Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Anja Wiemann Assistant Manager Town Opera Company Name Title Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Armin Kretschmar President Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Stephan Megnin Sponsor and member Wiesbaden Camerata Nuova Sven-Oliver Massar Board member Wuppertal Wuppertaler Bühnen Berthold Schneider Opernintendant Wuppertal Wuppertaler Bühnen Thomas Böckstiegel Head of Planning HUNGARY Budapest Armel Opera Festival András Almási-Tóth Artistic Director ICELAND Reykjavik Icelandic Opera Steinunn Birna Artistic Director and CEO Ragnarsdóttir IRELAND Dublin RIAM Dublin Kathleen Tynan Head of Vocal Studies and Opera ISRAEL Tel Aviv The Israeli Opera Michael Ajzenstadt Artistic Administrator ITALY Bereguardo Et in Arcadia Ego Giuseppe Sigismondi de Artistic Director Risio Bereguardo Et in Arcadia Ego Magnolia Albertazzi Casei Managing Partner Bergamo Fondazione Donizetti Floriana Tessitore Press Officer Bergamo / Macerata Fondazione Donizetti / Macerata Opera Festival Francesco Micheli Artistic Director Bergamo /Macerata Fondazione Donizetti / Macerata Opera Festival Andrea Compagnucci Head of Marketing & Fundraising Bologna Frederik Boni Stage Director Bologna Teatro Comunale di Bologna Corinne Baroni Head of intendants secretary and assistant to intendant Bologna Teatro Comunale di Bologna Fulvio Macciardi General Director Bologna Teatro Comunale di Bologna Maurizio Boschini HR Director Bologna Teatro Comunale di Bologna Maurizio Tarantino Marketing and Communication Bologna Teatro Comunale di Bologna Nicola Sani General Manager Bolzano Andrea Bernard Stage Director Bolzano Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento Matthias Lošek Artistic Director Bolzano Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento Valeria Told General Manager Town Opera Company Name Title Brescia Teatro Grande di Brescia Umberto Angelini Sovrintendente Como AsLiCo Elisabetta Villa Artistic Secretary Como AsLiCo Fedora Sorrentino President Como AsLiCo Martina Beria Education Manager Firenze Jacopo Spirei Stage Director Firenze Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Cristiano Chiarot Sovrintendente Jesi Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini William Graziosi CEO Macerata Macerata Opera Festival Luciano Messi General Manager Milano Accademia Daniele Borniquez Music Department Manager Milano Bravopera Luca De Zan CEO & founder Milano Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Davide Beretta Deputy Artistic Director Milano Fondazione Teatro alla Scala Lanfranco Li Cauli Head of Marketing Milano Sky Arte Lucrezia Giacomini Programming Specialist Modena ATER (Association Teatrale Emilia Romagna) Roberto Giovanardi Director Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Christian Iorio Marketing & Audience development Manager Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Daniela Capece Assistant Artistic and Production Manager Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Emmanuela Spedaliere Institutional Affairs and Marketing Director Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Francesca Pecoraro Junior Marketing Manager & Promotion Office Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Francesca Tesauro Education & Promotion Office Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Francesco Andolfi Programming Director Napoli Fondazione Teatro San Carlo Paolo Pinamonti Artistic Director Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Andrea Borelli Technical Manager Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Anna Maria Meo General Director Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Cristiano Sandri Artistic Director Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Dario Montrone Ticket Office Manager Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Giulia Mazzolani International Relations & Development Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Ilaria Pucci Production Manager Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Lisabetta Baratella Head of Education Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Maria Teresa Fornari Manager for Public Relations, Etiquette & Sponsor Town Opera Company Name Title Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Paolo Maier Manager for Communication, Publishing and Press Parma / Como Teatro Regio di Parma / AsLiCo Barbara Minghetti Special Projects & Development Manager Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival Cristian della Chiara Institutional Relations and Marketing officer Roma Europa inCanto Matteo Bonotto Head of Production Roma Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Carlo Fuortes Sovrintendente Roma Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Eleonora Pacetti Project manager Roma Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Paolo Petrocelli International Relations Santhia Labinf Sistemi Giorgio Morizio CEO Santhia Labinf Sistemi Susanne Regelov Plaehn Head of International Marketing and Sales Torino Teatro Regio Torino Delphine Geldof Fundraising Torino Teatro Regio Torino Elisabetta Lipeti Education projects Torino Teatro Regio Torino Florence Plouchart-Cohn International projects representative Torino Teatro Regio Torino Marina Pantano Young Audiences productions Torino Teatro Regio Torino Paola Giunti Director of Communications & Press Torino Teatro Regio Torino Simone Solinas Editorial and Cultural Activities Torino Teatro Regio Torino Walter Vergnano General Manager Treviso Opera Italiana Francesco Stochino Weiss President Trieste Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi Stefano Pace Sovrintendente LATVIA Riga Latvian National Opera Daina Markova Member of the Board Riga Latvian National Opera Inese Eglīte Member of the Board Riga Latvian National Opera Līga Zariņa-Domka Marketing & Communications Director MALTA Floriana Lucie Blot Marketing & Ticketing Systems Specialist NETHERLANDS Amsterdam Nationale Opera & Ballet Ide Mens Fundraising and Relationship Management Amsterdam Nationale Opera & Ballet Sandra Eikelenboom Head of Marketing, Communication and Sales Den Haag OPERA2DAY Alice Gubler Managing Director Den Haag OPERA2DAY Serge van Veggel Artistic Director Rotterdam Operadagen Rotterdam Nico Schaafsma Head of External Relations and Development Town Opera Company Name Title Rotterdam / Vienna Operadagen Rotterdam / Musiktheater Wien Thomas Desi Producer NORWAY Opera Trondelag Anne Spets Head of Production Opera Trondelag Randi Spets Artistic and General Director Oscarsborg OscarsborgOperaen/OperaNorge Anne Felberg Opera Director/Chair Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Anna Hereid Head of commercial department Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Annilese Miskimmon Opera Director Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Hedda Høgåsen-Hallesby Dramaturge Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Jørn Knutsen Marketing Director Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Kari Eikli Administrator OperaNorge Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Lene Jacobsen Head of Information Oslo Den Norske Opera og Ballett Marit Brekke Event Manager Oslo Opera Østfold/Opera Norway Fredrik Akselberg Head of Production Oslo Opera Østfold/Opera Norway Malin Østli Langseth Marketing Manager POLAND Cracow Capella Cracoviensis - Opera Rara Ewelina Mikluszka Deputy Director Cracow Capella Cracoviensis - Opera Rara Ksenia Rokowska Artistic Coordinator Poznań Teatr Wielki w Poznań Renata Borowska- General Director Juszczyńska Poznań Teatr Wielki w Poznań Robert Szczepański Deputy Director PORTUGAL Lisbon Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Patrick Dickie Artistic Director Designate RUSSIA Moscow Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre Eliso Chirakadze Deputy Director Moscow Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre Olga Rostropovich General Manager & Artistic Director Moscow Moscow State Opera and Ballet Theatre for Young Audiences George Isaakyan Intendant Moscow Novaya Opera of Moscow Jan Latham-Koenig Chief Conductor Moscow Stanislavsky Music Theatre Anastasia Razumovskaya Head of Producing Centre Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Vladimir Pasternak Production Manager Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Vyacheslav Starodubtsev principal director Town Opera Company Name Title Saint Petersburg Ber Management Alexandra Ber Director Saint Petersburg Mikhailovsky Theatre Daria Pogoretskaya Executive Producer Saint Petersburg Mikhailovsky Theatre Irina Deligatch Acting General Director, Financial Director SERBIA Belgrade Belgrade National Theatre Aleksandar Stamatović Assistant General Manager Belgrade Belgrade National Theatre Ljiljana Jovanović Finance Director Belgrade Belgrade National Theatre Samur Ranković Chief Executive Belgrade Madlenianum Opera & Theatre Andreja Rackov General Manager, Artistic Director of Opera and Ballet SLOVENIA Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Peter Sotošek Štular General Director Maribor Slovene National Theatre Maribor Danilo Rošker Managing Director Maribor Slovene National Theatre Maribor Simon Krečič Opera Artistic Director SPAIN Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Agustí Filomeno Marketing and Sales Director Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Aleix Pratdepadua Commercial Associate Director Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Christina Scheppelmann Artistic Director General Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Helena Roca Head of Sponsorship Department Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Mireia Ventura Sponsorship and Patronage Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Montse Cardona Product Manager Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Sílvia Garcia Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu Sira Torrecillas Muñoz Director of Institutional Relations Madrid Puro Arte Humano Luis Carlos Alfaro Online marketing specialist Madrid Puro Arte Humano Neil Woodrow Education Coordinator Madrid Puro Arte Humano Sandra Flores Job title Vicepresident Madrid Puro Arte Humano Suzi Rodriguez PR Advisor Madrid Teatro Real Justin Way Head of Production Madrid Teatro Real Marisa Vázquez-Shelly Director of External Relations and Patronage Santa Cruz de Auditorio de Tenerife Alejandro Abrante Intendente Tenerife González Town Opera Company Name Title Santa Cruz de Auditorio de Tenerife Jorge Cabrera Ortiz Technical director Tenerife Santa Cruz de Auditorio de Tenerife José Luis Rivero Plasencia Vice-President Tenerife Valencia Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía David Cuesta Assistant to the Artistic Director Valencia Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Frédérique Fortier Head of Sponsorship & Fundraising Valencia Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Víctor Gil Head of Education SWEDEN Gothenburg GöteborgsOperan Björn Andersson Sales Manager Gothenburg GöteborgsOperan Christina Björklund CEO Gothenburg GöteborgsOperan Hannah Griffiths Head of Participation & Learning Gothenburg GöteborgsOperan Ing-Marie Persmo Marketing and Sales Director Gothenburg GöteborgsOperan Lena Ahl Financial Director Gothenburg GöteborgsOperan Stephen Langridge Artistic Director Opera / Drama Malmö Malmö Opera och Musikteater Carolina Lindau Producer Malmö Malmö Opera och Musikteater Lars Fembro Educator / actor Stockholm Drottningholms Slottsteater Annika Levin Chairman Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera Birgitta Svendén Managing & Artistic Director Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera Catarina Falkenhav Director of Communications Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera Cecilia Canemyr Deputy Manager Sponsorship & Donations Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera Katarina Aronsson Head of Dramaturgy / Programming Stockholm Royal Swedish Opera Klas Sjöblom Deputy Opera Director Umea NorrlandsOperan Kjell Englund Managing Director / Artistic Director Umea NorrlandsOperan Petra Samuelsson Marketing & Communications Manager SWITZERLAND Operabase Muriel Denzler Co-Director Basel Theater Basel Pavel B. Jiracek Dramaturg Biel Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn Dieter Kaegi Intendant St Gallen Theater St Gallen Peter Heilker Director Zürich Opernhaus Zürich Adrian Gosteli Head of Planning Zürich Opernhaus Zürich Marie Wolfram-Zweig PA to Artistic and Music Director Town Opera Company Name Title TURKEY Ankara Directorate General of Turkish State Opera and Ballet Ünüsan Kuloğlu General coordinator UKRAINE Kyiv Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre Bogdan Strutinskyi General Manager Kyiv Kyiv Operetta Theatre Olena Tsyba Intendant Kyiv Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Rostyslav Karandieiev State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham Graham Vick Director Cambridge Baker Richards Francesca Di Nuzzo Senior Researcher Cambridge Baker Richards Consulting Tim Baker Director Cardiff Welsh National Opera Rebecca Wright Senior Development Manager Garsington Garsington Opera Johny Langridge Director of Development & Communications Garsington Garsington Opera Laura Canning Director of Artistic Administration Garsington Garsington Opera Nicola Creed Executive Director Glyndebourne Glyndebourne Festival Andrew Higgins Director of Development Glyndebourne Glyndebourne Festival Sebastian F. Schwarz General Director Leeds Opera North David Collins Director of External Affairs Leeds Opera North Jacqui Cameron Education Director Leeds Opera North Richard Mantle General Director London Linda Payne London Nicole Newman Fundraising Consultant London Charcoalblue LLP Byron Harrison Senior Consultant London Charcoalblue LLP Gary Sparkes Head of Operations London Edition Peters Katie Tearle Director of new music London English National Opera Bob Holland Programming Director London English National Opera Terri-Jayne Griffin Producing Director London National Opera Studio Emily Gottlieb Chief Executive London OPERA CO-PRO Ambra Sorrentino Managing Director London OPERA CO-PRO Sori Kim Intern London OPERA CO-PRO Vincenzo Brugaletta Marketing Manager Town Opera Company Name Title London Opera Europa Nicholas Payne Director London Opera Holland Park James Clutton Director of Opera London Operabase Mike Gibb Director London Rose Bruford College Linda Caller Opera Studies Student London Royal Holloway University of London Antony Feeny PhD Student London Royal Opera House Bob Brandsen Director of Production London Royal Opera House Chris Shipman Head of Brand Engagement & Social Media London Royal Opera House Cormac Simms Administrative Director Opera London Royal Opera House Jennifer Lambert PA to the Director of Opera & Administrative Director London Royal Opera House Kim Waldock General Manager, Learning and Participation London Royal Opera House Lucy Sinclair Director of Media and Audiences London Royal Opera House Rachel Clarke Learning and participation Manager London Royal Opera House Susan Fisher Head of Friends & Patrons London Theatre Projects Consultants David Staples Principal Consultant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Memphis Ben Makino Conductor New York New York Opera Francesca Campagna Advisor for International projects New York Shen Yun Performing Arts Group Victoria Shi European Representative San Antonio Opera San Antonio Enrique Carreón-Robledo General and Artistic Director