Opera Artists Management — James Black Management

Jennifer France Winner of the 2018 Critics’ Circle Emerging Talent (Singer) Award

"The excellent cast is dominated by France, by turns glacial, gloriously imperious and exquisite as the Princess."
Tim Ashley, The Guardian

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 Winner of the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards and a BBC New Generation Artist

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.

Highlights

Featured Artist

Lee Bisset makes her debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre for Longborough Festival Opera, opening on 1 June 2021.

New CD

Jennifer France sings Gerald Barry’s The Eternal Recurrence and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Adès, now available on Signum CD. The disc has been chosen by The New York Times as one of ‘5 New Classical Albums to Hear Right Now.’

Online

English Touring Opera’s new streaming platform ETO At Home features performances by Harriet Eyley, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones and James Laing (Focus on Amadigi) and Ella Taylor and Jorge Navarro-Colorado (Josquin: Mille Regretz). Jorge Navarro Colorado also appears in Jonas and Dido and Aeneas.

New CD

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones sings Hugh Wood’s Beginnings, part of Presteigne Premieres, now available on Resonus Classics CD.

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

25, 29 JUNE 2021

Anush Hovhannisyan sings Musetta in La bohème, Royal Opera, London

24, 27, 29 JUNE 2021

Angela Simkin sings Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Grange Festival

1 JUNE 2021

Alessandro Fisher sings a recital to celebrate the 120th Anniversary of the Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Hall - with Sarah Fox, Alice Coote, Roderick Williams and William Thomas with Graham Johnson

27 JUNE 2021

Julian Henao Gonzalez sings Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Opera Open, Plovdiv

5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 JUNE 2021

Stephen Gadd sings Giorgio Germont in La traviata, Opera Holland Park - Mat. on the 19th

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