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

Ross Ramgobin sings Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro for Opera Holland Park, opening on 29 May 2021. Don’t forget to check out his performances in Owen Wingrave and L’heure
espagnole for Grange Park Opera’s 20 / 21 Digital Interim Season.

News

Resonus Classics’ recording of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s The Dancing Master, with a cast including Catherine Carby, Fiona Kimm and Mark Wilde, has won the 2021 BBC Music Magazine Best Opera Recording Award. Huge congratulations to all involved.

News

ETO at Home is English Touring Opera’s new Digital Platform, free to watch online. Check out Focus On Amadigi, featuring Harriet Eyley, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones and James Laing and Josquin: Mille Regretz with Ella Taylor and Jorge Navarro Colorado.

News

The May / June issue of Opera Now includes a feature interview with Jennifer France and an article by James Black, Fighting for survival: an artist manager’s story.

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

17, 29 MAY 2021

Ella Taylor sings Momentum: Our Future, Now Recitals, Momentum (with Roderick Williams) - Brighton Dome Concert Hall (17th), Vinehall School (29th)

29 MAY 2021

Samantha Price sings Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Holland Park

20, 22, 26, 29 MAY 2021

Sarah Pring sings Glasha in Kátá Kabanová, Glyndebourne Festival Opera

23 MAY 2021

Alessandro Fisher sings Monteverdi Vespers 1610, Brighton Festival (with La Nuova Musica, cond. David Bates at the Brighton Festival) - Brighton Dome Concert Hall

29 MAY 2021

Julien Van Mellaerts sings Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Holland Park

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.