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

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

Jennifer France makes her debut with the Bavarian State Opera as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos on 18 January 2022.

NEW DVD

Angela Simkin sings Second Lady in The Royal Opera’s Die Zauberflöte, now available on Opus Arte DVD.

NEW CD

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones sings Kerstin and Felix Kemp sings Juan in Joseph Phibbs’ Juliana, now available on Resonus Classics CD.

New CD

Julien Van Mellaerts’ debut solo CD recital, Songs of Travel and Home with pianist James Baillieu, is now available on Champs Hill Records.

“This disc would be notable if only because it’s the debut recital recording of the much-awarded and much-travelled New Zealand-born baritone Julien Van Mellaerts…”

Gramophone

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

8, 9 JANUARY 2022

Jennifer France appears in Viennese New Year with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Strasser in Viennese New Year on 8 January 2022 (Malvern) and 9 January 2022 (Symphony Hall, Birmingham).

21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 January 2022

Grace Durham sings Mercédès in Carmen at the Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, from 21 January 2022.

15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30

James Laing sings Tamerlano in Vivaldi’s Bajazet with Irish National Opera from 15 January 2022.

26 JANUARY 2022

Alessandro Fisher gives a New Generation Artists Past and Present recital with Kunal Lahiry on 26 January 2022 at Stoller Hall, Manchester.

20 JANUARY 2022

Niall Anderson appears in the Gala Concert of the Académie de l’Opéra de Paris at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on 20 January 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.