Opera Artists Management — James Black Management

Ossian Huskinson Winner of The Mozart Prize at Tenor Viñas 2024
Member of the Jette Parker Artists Programme at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Winner of The 2022 Critic’s Circle Young Talent (Voice) Award

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

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

Dan D’Souza A Harewood Artist at English National Opera and Holder of the Inaugural Nicholas Folwell Scholarship
Winner of an Exceptional Prize at Tenor Viñas 2025

Egor Zhuravskii Winner of The Mozart Prize at Tenor Viñas 2025

Josef Jeongmeen Ahn Finalist at the 2026 Concorso Toti Dal Monte

Highlights

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Egor Zhuravskii sings Tamino in Die Zauberflöte for Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay.

NEW CD

Hear Hilary Cronin and Gwilym Bowen in Finzi’s For St Cecilia, In terra paz andn Sinfonia da Camera, now available on Hyperion CD.

NEW ARTIST

James Black Management is delighted to announce General Management of the baritone James Cleverton.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2026

Lee Bisset, Eleanor Dennis and Claudia Huckle can be heard in Richard Strauss’ Elektra with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis.

Marcus Farnsworth can be heard in Tansy Davies’ The Passion of Mary Magdalene with Dunedin Consort directed by John Butt.

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FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

6 AUGUST 2026

Jessica Cale sings Mermaid in Oberon with Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by Sir Mark Elder at the BBC Proms.

14, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31 AUGUST 2026

Hilary Cronin joins Constellation Choir & Orchestra conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a European tour of Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, part of Praise & Destiny.

21, 25, 27, 29 AUGUST 2026

Catherine Carby sings Witch / Mother in Hansel and Gretel for State Opera of South Australia.

8, 14 AUGUST 2026

Marcus Farnsworth sings Tansy Davies’ The Passion of Mary Magdalene with Dunedin Consort directed by John Butt at Edinburgh International Festival.

7, 23 AUGUST 2026

John Savournin’s Charles Court Opera production of Iolanthe tours during August.

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.