Opera Artists Management — James Black Management

Anush Hovhannisyan Selected by The Times as
The Face to Watch in Opera 2020

"The thrilling Armenian soprano Anush Hovhannisyan." The Sunday Times

Ella Taylor Winner of Second Prize at the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Awards

Grace Durham Winner of the 2019 International Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti

Winner of the Grand Prix of the Concours international d'interprétation de la Mélodie Française de Toulouse 2019

Alessandro Fisher Awarded a 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship.

Julien Van Mellaerts Winner of First Prize at the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, of the 2017 Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, and of the Maureen Forrester Award at the 2018 Concours musical international de Montréal.

Hilary Cronin Winner of First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2021 London Handel International Singing Competition

Highlights

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Catherine Carby sings the title role in Charpentier’s Médée for Pinbchgut Opera, opening on
1 December 2022.

NEW CD

Hear Julien Van Mellaerts on Regent Records’ new release of Russell Pascoe’s Secular
Requiem.

FEATURED MESSIAH

Hilary Cronin, Ruairi Bowen and Felix Kemp sing Messiah for the London Handel Festival at
St George’s, Hanover Square, on 1 December 2022.

MOST RESILIENT ARTIST MANAGER

James Black Management is delighted to have been awarded Most Resilient Artist Manager 2022 at the Southern Enterprise Awards.

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

9, 11 DECEMBER 2022

Marlena Devoe sings Purea in Tim Finn’s Star Navigator for New Zealand Opera, opening on 9 December 2022.

9, 10 DECEMBER 2022

Aoife Miskelly sings Messiah with the Ulster Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Chalmers on 9 December 2022 and 10 December 2022.

1, 2, 3 DECEMBER 2022

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones sings Messiah with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble conducted by Christopher Moulds on 1 December 2022, 2 December 2022 and 3 December 2022.

12, 13 DECEMBER 2022

Ruairi Bowen sings J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio with Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton on 12 December 2022 and 13 December 2022.

3 DECEMBER 2022

Julian Henao Gonzalez sings Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Sivilgia for State Opera, Plovdiv, on 3 December 2022.

Committed to meeting the needs of both artists and promoters, James Black Management is a small, dynamic agency working in opera and concert throughout the UK and Europe, as well as, increasingly, in North America and the Far East.