Emily Sierra has signed on with Askonas Holt for worldwide management. The Cuban-American mezzo is currently an ensemble member of the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she graduated from the Opera Studio. This season in Munich she is performing Idamante in “Idomeneo,” Tisbe in “La Cenerentola,” Clotilde in “Norma,” La Ciesca in “Gianni Schicchi,” Dritte Magd in “Elektra,” and Fyodor in “Boris {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve) French conductor Ariane Matiakh has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Matiakh will be managed at Askonas Holt by Rachel Bertaut and Isabella Bartlett. The conductor recently opened her second season as Principal Conductor of the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen and this season is set to conduct the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Orchestre de {…}
Soloman Howard has joined Askonas Holt for general management. Howard will be managed at Askonas Holt by Joel Thomas, Dominic Domingo, and Hamish James. Over the years Howard has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Teatro Real, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Teatro Municipal de Santiago. This season he is {…}
Askonas Holt has announced that South Korean bass-baritone Jusung Gabriel Park has joined its roster of artists. Recently, Park has taken home prizes from various international competitions, such as Operalia, the Schubert Lied Competition, and The Korea National Opera Competition. In 2021, he represented South Korea at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, and las summer won the International {…}
Nikita Volkov has joined the Askonas Holt roster for worldwide management. Volkov will be managed by Fabiana Dalpiaz. The bass was a member of the Young Artist program at the Bolshoi Theater and joined the Bayerische Staatsoper’s opera studio at the start of this season. The Russian bass will make his debut as Sarastro in a semi-staged performance of “The {…}
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SCFM) is set to acquire management company, Askonas Holt. It will now join the institution’s stable of companies including Opus 3 Artists and the classical label Pentatone. SCFM acquired Opus 3 Artists in October 2020 and Pentatone in May 2022. Per an official press statement, Askonas Holt Chief Executive Donagh Collins will take over {…}
Florian Sempey has signed with Askonas Holt for representation. Sempey will be represented by Dominic Domingo and Flo Rivington for general management. The French baritone is well known for performing the role of Figaro in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Opéra de Paris, the Royal Opera House, the Opera di Roma, the New National Theatre in Tokyo and the Théâtre des {…}
Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for general management. The news comes a month after the soprano took home the Grand Prize at the International Stanislaw Moniuszko Vocal Competition where she also received the Marcella Sembrich-Kochańska Prize as the youngest finalist and was awarded The Katowice City Of Gardens – Krystyna Bochenek Cultural Institution Prize. {…}