“There are no examples of successful female conductors,” she recalled ... then moved into conducting and from 2017-22 was music director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Scappucci became ...

Ask someone to visualize an orchestra conductor, and the image will probably be male. Female music directors remain as rare with top orchestras and opera companies as female CEOs at major corporations ...

Jessica Cottis, Conducting Fellow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, talks about the challenges of being a young female conductor in a role which is predominantly performed by men.