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

Featured Artist

Julian Henao Gonzalez sings Lucio / Gondoliero in Otello for the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, opening on 11 August 2022.

NEW ARTIST

James Black Management is delighted to announce General Management of the tenor Egor Zhuravskii.

NEW CD

Hear Catherine Carby, Mark Wilde and John Savournin in John Frederick Lampe’s The
Dragon of Wantley, now available on Resonus Classics CD.

Selected as Editor’s Choice by BBC Music Magazine and a CD of the Week by The Observer.

NEW CD

Felix Kemp sings Robert Fürstenthal’s Der Sonnengesang des Heiligen Franz von Assisi, now available on Toccata Classics.

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

30, 31 AUGUST 2022

Ella Taylor sings Satan in the première of Bertie Baigent’s Paradise Lost on 30 August 2022 at Shipwright.

25 AUGUST 2022

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones sings the Welsh premiere of Julian Philips’ Looking West at the Presteigne Festival on 25 August 2022.

26 AUGUST 2022

Alessandro Fisher gives a recital with Simon Lepper for the NI Glenarm Festival of Voice on 26 August 2022.

2, 4 AUGUST 2022

Julien Van Mellaerts sings Ned Keene in Peter Grimes at the St Endellion Festival on 2 August 2022 and 4 August 2022.

9, 10, 11, 12, 13 AUGUST 2022

John Savournin’s production of HMS Pinafore for Opera Holland Park, in which he also sings Captain Corcoran, opens on 9 August 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.