Starting a brand new job running a major national opera company… during the Covid-19 pandemic. Challenging to say the least! Annilese Miskimmon took on the prominent role of Artistic Director of English National Opera in May 2020. In this podcast, Annilese talks to Into Opera’s Artistic Director, Genevieve Raghu, about women as artistic leaders, the need for greater gender balance in opera, and offers a real insight into the planning that has had to go into ENO’s extraordinary Drive & Live: La bohème experience. This podcast was recorded in July 2020 and produced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.