Étude Arts proudly announces that mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron joins our roster for territorial representation in The Americas in association with the London office of IMG Artists as general management.

Hailed as “a knockout performer” by The Times, Fleur Barron is a passionate interpreter of opera, chamber music, and concert works ranging from the baroque to the contemporary.  She is much sought after by luminaries of the classical music world including Semyon Bychkov, Sir Mark Elder, Barbara Hannigan, Ludovic Morlot, Vasily Petrenko, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Peter Sellars.

Fleur Barron is a dynamic presence on the world’s great recital stages and is committed to exploring the many ways music can facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and healing. She is passionate about curating inclusive chamber music programming that amplifies the voices of Asian creators and diverse communities.

Étude Arts proudly announces that bass-baritone William Socolof joins our roster for general management in association with Young Concert Artists who continue to handle his concert bookings.

Noted for his exceptional communication and dramatic skill across a broad range of repertoire, William graduated from The Juilliard School in spring 2022 and was a member of  the prestigious Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera during summer 2022.

He has appeared in performance with James Gaffigan and the National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Richard Egarr and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and during three summers at the storied Marlboro Music Festival, he performed extensively works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler, and Schubert with pianists Jonathan Biss, Malcolm Martineau, and Mitsuko Uchida.  

William’s instrument and artistry have been nurtured under the tutelage of William Burden, Sanford Sylvan, Dawn Upshaw, and Stephanie Blythe.

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Sean Michael Plumb are recipients of 2022 Career Grants from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. The Richard Tucker Music Foundation is driven by the belief that through recognizing and supporting the early careers of young American opera singers, we can insure the future of great opera.

Étude Arts announces that bass-baritone Nicholas Newton joins our roster for general management.  An alum of the Studio Artist and Filene Artist Programs of Wolf Trap Opera, Aspen Music Festival’s Young Artist Program, and the Houston Grand Opera Studio, studying under the tutelage of Dr. Stephen King, Nicholas Newton appears this season at Houston Grand Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and Santa Fe Opera as well as in concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

An avid concert performer and recitalist, Nicholas is an alumnus of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and has toured with renowned pianist, Kevin Murphy, and performed at the Tucson Desert Song Festival, Cincinnati Song Initiative, and in an evening of song under the auspices of Houston Grand Opera curated by Lawrence Brownlee.

Nicholas Newton’s commitment to contemporary music extends beyond the concert stage itself as he works with living composers through the field of research in his capacity as co-founder of the Black Opera Database, an in-progress resource created to archive, celebrate, and introduce audiences to operatic repertoire by Black composers and works that chronicle the Black experience.

Étude Arts is delighted to welcome mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska to the roster for management in The Americas.

An artist of extraordinary creativity, versatility, and intellect, Ema’s endeavors on concert and recital platforms alike have sparked the attention of major venues around the world.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Dean Stanley E. Romanstein has announced the addition of renowned tenor Stuart Skelton to the college’s roster of distinguished performing and media arts faculty members. Internationally acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty and intensely dramatic portrayals, Skelton’s new appointment as Professor of Voice at CCM begins on Aug. 15, 2021.  “I am delighted to welcome an alum of Stuart Skelton’s professional stature back to the CCM family,” said Romanstein. “Stuart’s expertise as both an active international performing artist and an accomplished educator will help us continue to prepare future generations of students for positions on the world stage.”

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the launch of NY PopsUp – an unprecedented and expansive festival featuring hundreds of pop-up performances, many of which are free of charge and all open to the public — that will intersect with the daily lives of New Yorkers. This series of events, whose programming is lead by Zack Winokur, is intended to revitalize the spirit and emotional well-being of New York citizens with the energy of live performance while jumpstarting New York’s struggling live entertainment sector, is a private/public partnership overseen by producers Scott Rudin and Jane Rosenthal, in coordination with the New York State Council on the Arts and Empire State Development.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-marshals-return-performing-arts-new-york-ny-popsup

Étude Arts celebrates Christine Brandes for having been awarded a fellowship into The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors.  This groundbreaking endeavor, which has changed the face of classical music by significantly advancing the careers of women in the most visible position in the orchestra, is the world’s first program designed to meet the needs of women opera conductors and is the only program of its kind which seeks to address the extreme gender imbalance of leadership on the podium in opera companies.

It is with great excitement and pride that Étude Arts announces the representation of South African pianist James Baillieu for The Americas.

Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘in a class of his own,’ James Baillieu is one of the leading song and chamber music pianists of his generation.  He collaborates with a wide range of singers and instrumentalists and is a frequent guest at many of the world’s most distinguished music centers including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vancouver Playhouse, Berlin Konzerthaus, Vienna Musikverein, and the Barbican Centre amongst many others.

Highly sought after for masterclasses worldwide, recent sessions of learning have brought him to the Aldeburgh Festival, Cleveland Institute of Music, and to the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.  James Baillieu is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, International Tutor in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Northern College of Music, a coach for the Jette Parker Young Artist Program at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and head of the Song Program at the Atelier Lyrique of the Verbier Festival Academy.

Rossini’s comic masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia was based on Beaumarchais’s French play Le Barbier de Séville and is the ultimate opera buffa. The score is a compendium of the composer’s wittiest and most brilliant writing, and includes the famous entrance aria Largo al factotum and a raft of superbly dynamic ensembles. This vibrant and youthful production from the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, directed by Laurent Pelly and led by Jérémie Rhorer, features Florian Sempey, one of the world’s best Figaros, the ‘Rossini tenor’ Michele Angelini, and the buffo theatrics of Peter Kálmán as the grumpy and scheming Bartolo.