Opera Artists Management — James Black Management

Ossian Huskinson Winner of The Critics' Circle 2022
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

Alessandro Fisher Winner of the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards and 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

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Hilary Cronin appears with The English Concert as Oriana in Amadigi di Gaula and as Galatea in Acis and Galatea during September 2023.

NEW CD

Julien Van Mellaerts is soloist on Songs of the Night, to be released by Champs Hill Records on 22 September 2023.

NEW CD

Hilary Cronin sings Second Lady in Dido and Aeneas with La Nuova Musica, to be released by Pentatone on 22 September 2023.

NEW DVD

Sarah Pring sings Xenia’s Nurse for The Royal Opera, London’s, production of Boris Godunov, now available on Opus Arte DVD and Blu-ray.

FEATURED EVENTS THIS MONTH

21, 22 SEPTEMBER 2023

Ella Taylor appears in Joe Hiisaishi Symphonic Concert on 21 September 2023 and 22 September 2023 (Wembley OVO Arena).

23 SEPTEMBER 2023

Gwilym Bowen appears with The English Concert conducted by Harry Bicket at Boughton House as Damon in Acis and Galatea on 23 September 2023.

28 SEPTEMBER 2023

Egor Zhuravskii sings Fenton in Falstaff for Opera North, opening on 28 September 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre.

3 SEPTEMBER 2023

Ossian Huskinson sings Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester, Berlin, conducted by Cornelius Meister for Beethovenfest Bonn on 3 September 2023 at Oper Bonn.

23, 27 SEPTEMBER 2023

Alastair Miles sings Commendatore in Don Giovanni for Zurich Opera, opening on 23 September 2023.

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.