Edward Gardner is a British conductor. Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic since 2015, he will join the London Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Conductor in 2021. From 2006-2015, Gardner was Music Director at English National Opera.

Sir Antonio Pappano is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the designated next chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Gavin Bryars is a British composer and double bass player. He has written five operas and his music covers jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde and experimental music.

Naomi André is a Professor of Women’s Studies, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Residential College Arts and Ideas at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on opera and issues surrounding gender, voice, and race.

Anthony Roth Constanzo is an American countertenor, actor and producer. Constanzo has performed in opera houses around the world; his debut album ARC was nominated for a Grammy in 2019.

Ella Marchment is a British auteur-director, spokesperson and leader in the arts. Ella is currently Artistic Director of Opera Festival Chicago, Founder of #OperaHarmony and the Director of the International Opera Awards.

Philip Venables is a British composer of opera, music theatre, multimedia concert works, chamber music and song. Venables writes in an eclectic range of styles and influences, and themes such as social politics, violence, gender and storytelling. Operas include Denis & Katya (Opera Philadelphia) and 4.48 Psychosis (Royal Opera, London).

Nadine Benjamin is a British lyric soprano in opera and song. From 2018-2020 she was an English National Opera Harewood Artist, she made her BBC Proms debut in 2019 and debuted at the Royal Opera House in 2020. Nadine is also a certified High Performance Coach and Mind Coach, who founded the mentorship programme ‘Everybody Can!’ to provide a platform to encourage and support others in recognising and achieving their own visions. .

Peter Sellars is an American theatre director and librettist, noted for his unique contemporary stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays. Sellars is a Professor at UCLA and is widely regarded as one of the key figures of theatre and opera of the last 50 years.

Richard Thomas is a British musician, writer and comedy actor. He is best known for co-writing Jerry Springer: The Opera with comedian Stewart Lee and for writing the libretto for Anna Nicole.

Danielle de Niese is an Australian-American soprano. She regularly appears on the world’s most prestigious opera and concert stages and is a prolific recording artist, TV personality and philanthropist.

Annilese Miskimmon joined ENO as Artistic Director in May 2020. She was Director of Opera for Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo and previously Artistic Director and General Manager of Danish National Opera.

Acclaimed British conductor and musicologist Dame Jane Glover is the Felix Mendelssohn Visiting Professor of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music. She has been Music of the Baroque’s music director since 2002 and has held principal conductorships of both the Huddersfield and the London Choral Societies.

Kamala Sankaram is a composer, vocalist, playwright and actress. She is best known for chamber operas about women who find themselves in situations where they are forced to confront patriarchal structures.