Cecilia Molinari has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. Molinari will be represented at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney, Vincent Turp, and Jessica Buchanan-Barrow. This summer, Molinari is set to make her Glyndebourne Festival debut. She has performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Dutch National Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper, and Semperoper Dresden. Next season, the {…}
Alpesh Chauhan has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for general management. Olivia Lyndon-Jones and Philip Keegan will manage him. Chauhan is the Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Company and Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. As Music Director of the Birmingham Opera Company, the conductor has championed a unique approach to bringing opera to the wider community. In 2021, {…}
Johanna Malangré has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for general management. She will be managed by Daniel Lebon and Doris Franze. Malangré is a German conductor who has been Music Director of the Orchestre de Picardie since 2022. This season she makes her Japanese debut with the Nagoya Symphony Orchestra and debuts with the Münchner Philharmoniker. She is a former Fellow of the {…}
Thomas Kinch has joined Askonas Holt for management in Europe. Kinch will be managed at Askonas Holt by Angelica Conner and Charlotte Bateman, in collaboration with Trevor Newman at Opus 3 Artists in North America. Kinch is a Welsh tenor currently at the Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera, appearing this season as Don José in “Carmen” and Melot in {…}
Swiss Soprano Chelsea Zurflüh has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Seb Mallet. The soprano took First Prize at the 2024 Concours de Genève, where she was also awarded nine other prizes including a role at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. This season she made her debut with the Tonkünstler {…}
Liam James Karai has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. He will be managed at Askonas Holt by Joel Thomas and Alice Stacpoole. Karai is a former member of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburger Festpiele and was a finalist at the Operalia competition. This season he debuts in Europe beginning with the Polish National Opera and {…}
Enrique Mazzola has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. He will be managed at Askonas Holt by Edward Pascall and Joy Pidsley. Mazzola is the Music Director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2021 and recently extended it to 2031. He is also the Principal Guest Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin and held the position of Resident Conductor of the Bregenz {…}
Anita Monserrat has joined Askonas Holt for Worldwide Management. Monserrat will be managed at Askonas Holt by Fabiana Dalpiaz and Kate Robson. The British mezzo-soprano is a First Prize winner at the 2024 SWR Junge Opernstars Competition, as well as a semi-finalist at the 2023 Operalia Competition, and a finalist at both the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the 2022 {…}
(Credit: Askonas Holt) The Dresdner Philharmonie has named conductor Miguel Sepúlveda as its inaugural Sir Donald Runnicles Fellow. The announcement was made after an intensive audition process. Sepúlveda’s two-year appointment will include assisting Runnicles on projects during the 2024-25 season as well as conducting concerts in 2025-26. In a statement, Runnicles said, “I am excited to have discovered Miguel Sepúlveda, who {…}
(Credit: Askonas Holt) Marin Alsop has joined Askonas Holt for management in Europe, Asia, and Australasia. Alsop will be managed at Askonas Holt by Jo Fry and Dora Michael in collaboration with Tom Cunningham as General Manager at Opus 3 Artists. Alsop is one of the greatest conductors of her generation and is the first woman to head major orchestras {…}
Lotte Betts-Dean has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Megan Steller. The Australian mezzo-soprano has premiered many works by contemporary composers, and recorded several composer portrait albums, including Michael Finnissy, Stuart MacRae, Catherine Lamb and Arthur Keegan. She has performed with the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Wigmore Hall, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the {…}