The Independent’s Arts Editor, Jessie Thompson hosts a conversation between esteemed writer Mary Ann Sieghart and best-selling author and journalist Otegha Uwagba.

Engender is working to transform gender representation in opera. This Insight looks beyond the sector to better understand the challenges and barriers that remain for women across the creative industries. Taking Mary-Ann Sieghart’s book The Representation Gap as a starting point, it explores why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it.

Watch on the ROH YouTube channel until 7 August 2022.