Picard, Anna: - Anna Picard is a research and repertoire consultant at Opera Holland Park in London. A writer and critic, she has worked for the Times and the Sunday Independent and is a regular contributor to Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, and BBC Radio Three's Record Review. She has served as a juror in the International Opera Awards, the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, and the Leopold Mozart Violin Competition. She lives in London.