The Voice at the Table
One night. A room full of women done outsourcing their power. Real talk on voice, power, and what it costs to stay quiet — and what it builds when you don’t.
$150
Per seat · limited covers · Dinner and drinks included
Date
Thursday 8 October 2026
Time
6:30PM - 9:00PM ET
Where
Washington, DC
Tickets are handled through Wave. You will get a confirmation by email with the address and timings.
A Pinnacle-powered experience hosted by Nicki Bland, featuring Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director of the Washington National Opera.
Opera is an art form built on being heard — on knowing exactly how much sound a room can take, and giving it that much. Francesca has spent a career deciding whose voice carries. Nicki has spent one working out how to keep hers inside an organisation that would have preferred it quieter.
The conversation between those two things is the evening. What it costs to be the loudest thing in a room. What it costs not to be. And what the women at this table have already worked out for themselves.
Guest speaker
Francesca Zambello
Artistic Director, Washington National OperaFrancesca Zambello has been the Artistic Director of the Washington National Opera since 2013. She is also the Artistic & General Director of the Glimmerglass Festival, Emerita. She has staged new productions at major theaters and opera houses in Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, and the U.S. She has worked at more than 50 international and American opera houses. Her theatrical work has been performed on Broadway, the West End and in European theaters.
She is a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, a Knight with the Order of the Star of Italy and she has received the Russian Federation’s Arts Medal for her service to culture. Other honors include from Olivier Awards, Evening Standard Awards, French Grand Prix des Critiques, Golden Mask Awards and Green Room Awards as well as the Medallion Society Award from the San Francisco Opera, recognizing 30 years of work for the company, including directing the Ring Cycle twice.
She recently was inducted into the Opera America Hall of Fame.