Vania Cauzillo is a Ph.D. student at the University of Basilicata and a stage director and documentarist. She holds a master’s degree in co-producing participatory processes for public institutions from the University of Bologna. She co-founded L’Albero, a theatre and opera company in Southern Italy, known for its community opera projects focused on social impact and cultural welfare. Her research includes the Erasmus+ project Get Close to Opera, which trained educators and artists to engage refugees, particularly women. Vania has consulted for the San Carlo Opera House in Naples and collaborates with musicologist Dinko Fabris on music pedagogy workshops.

Theresa Schmitz is a musicologist who earned her doctorate from CRAL (EHESS/Paris) and published her PhD research on European lyrical creation for young audiences, L’Opéra Jeune Public, in 2023. She spent 12 years as production manager and administrator at Wiener Taschenoper and Opéra national de Lyon before transitioning to freelance work in South France in 2022. Theresa joined RESEO in October 2022 and continues her research on the history and evolution of outreach and education in the arts. Her work focuses on programming for diverse audiences and communities within the performing arts sector.

Christina Lindgren is an Assistant Professor in Performing Arts, specialising in costume design, performance, and collaborative creative processes. She holds BA and MA degrees from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Universität der Künste Berlin. From 2013 to 2025, she was Professor of Costume Design at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, teaching and supervising at all academic levels. She has designed costumes and sets for over 50 productions and is a co-founder of *Nattens Lys* and *Babyopera*, where she is also Artistic Director. Christina is a member of Critical Costume, an international platform for costume research and practice.