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

Ella Taylor makes their professional stage debut as Paris in Paride ed Elena with Bampton Classical Opera at The Deanery Garden, Bampton, on 23 July 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.’

“…it’s a high-wire act for the soprano and Jenniger France walks the line fearlessly.”

Andrew Farach-Colton – Granophone

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.

“…exquisitely handled by the mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones…”

Paul Driver – The Sunday Times

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

13, 15, 17, 21, 28, 30 JULY 2021

Jennifer France sings The Vixen in The Cunning Little Vixen, Opera Holland Park

15, 17 JULY 2021

James Laing sings Head of the KGB in the première of Anthony Bolton’s The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko, Grange Park Opera

9, 11 JULY 2021

Felix Kemp sings recitals with Roderick Williams under the Momentum: our future, now initiative, Southend Christian Fellowship Plaza Centre (9th), St Albans International Organ Festival (11th)

31 JULY 2021

Ross Ramgobin sings Alberich in RhineGold, Birmingham Opera Company (Symphony Hall, Birmingham).

FROM 20 JULY 2021

John Rigby is Co Musical Supervisor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

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.