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

Fiona Kimm sings Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music for Opera North on 9 July 2022 and 13 July 2022 at Leeds Playhouse.

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.

ON THE AIR WAVES

Hear Ella Taylor in This Classical Life with the BBC Concert Orchestra on BBC Radio 3 at 2030 on 10 July 2022 and then streaming on iPlayer.

NEW CD

Julien Van Mellaerts sings numbers including Dover Beach on Samuel Barber: The Complete Songs, now available on Resonus Classics CD.

“We get a first class rendering of Dover Beach. Julien Van Mellaerts and the Navarra Quartet are in rapt accord.”

Gramophone

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

22, 24, 28, 30 JULY 2022

Harriet Eyley sings Beth in Little Women in the UK premiere performances of Mark Adamo’s Little Women from 22 July 2022.

30 JULY 2022

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones gives the premiere performance of Julian Philips’ Looking West with Nova Music Ensemble conducted by George Vass at the Ryedale Festival on 30 July 2022.

8, 12, 15, 17, 22 JULY 2022

Catherine Carby sings Malcolm in La donna del lago for Buxton International Festival from 8 July 2022.

22, 24, 28, 30 JULY 2022

Frederick Jones sings Laurie in Little Women in the UK premiere performances of Mark Adamo’s Little Women from 22 July 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.