Singers July 2025
Italian soprano Giulia Semenzato joins the Intermusica roster for worldwide general management (excluding Italy). Celebrated for her crystalline tone and flair for Baroque and Mozart repertoire, Semenzato’s 2024-25 season includes a role debut as Iole in Hercules at Oper Frankfurt, Susanna at Teatro Regio Torino, Dorinda at Théâtre du Châtelet, and Fortuna in I Grotteschi at La Monnaie. Recent highlights include Nanetta (Falstaff) at the Salzburg Festival, Dido at Bayerische Staatsoper, and appearances at Teatro alla Scala, Teatro La Fenice, Royal Opera House and Teatro Real. A frequent concert soloist, she recently released her first solo album Angelica Diabolica on Alpha Classics.
American soprano Karen Slack has joined Only Stage Arts Management. Praised for her “sizeable voice that captured all of the vacillating emotions” (The New York Times), Slack’s debut album Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Her 2024-25 season includes a US-wide tour of African Queens, a new vocal recital commissioning project celebrating seven African queens through works by composers including Jasmine Barnes and Jessie Montgomery. Committed to amplifying Black composers and new works, Slack has appeared at major houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and San Francisco Opera. She was awarded with the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence and the 2025 Power Artist Grant and is currently artist-in-resident at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Babson College.
Armenian dramatic tenor Hovhannes Ayvazyan joins the TACT roster. Known for his powerful voice and commanding stage presence, Ayvazyan’s recent and upcoming roles include Cavaradossi (Tosca) at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, Andrea Chénier in Gwangju, and Manrico (Il Trovatore) at Daegu International Opera. His engagements also feature Don José (Carmen) at Armenian National Opera, Teatr Wielki Warsaw, Bolshoi, and Mariinsky Theatres; Calaf in a new Turandot at Poznan Opera directed by Ran Arthur Braun; and Rodolfo (Luisa Miller) and Riccardo (Un Ballo in maschera) at the Bolshoi. He has also appeared as Otello, Pinkerton, and Radamès across leading European and international stages.
Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas has joined IMG Artists for general management. His 2025-26 season includes Wozzeck with Sir Simon Rattle, Jenůfa at Opéra de Montréal, Iolanta with Finnish National Opera, and Madama Butterfly at Opéra de Toulon. He also headlines the Lithuanian National Opera’s 50th Anniversary Concert and performs title roles in Lohengrin and Tosca. Montvidas has received the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts (2023) and multiple national awards.
Baritone Taehan Kim has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide general management (excluding South Korea). Winner of the 2023 Queen Elisabeth Competition at just 22, Kim also received the Rolex Prize at Operalia and the Young Talent Award at Neue Stimmen the same year. A graduate of the Staatsoper Berlin’s International Opera Studio, his recent roles there have included Marullo (Rigoletto), Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), and the world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands. In 2025-26, Kim joins the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt, debuting as Guglielmo in a new production of Così fan tutte.
Italian baritone Vittorio Prato has joined the roster of Zelaya Artists for worldwide representation. A noted bel canto specialist, Prato is known for his performances in leading Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti roles, appearing with major houses including Staatsoper Berlin, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opéra National de Lyon, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Recent highlights include Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore (Palermo), Graf Danilo in Die Lustige Witwe (Lecce), and Frank in Le Villi at Festival Puccini. Upcoming engagements include Marcello in La Bohème at Festival Puccini 2025 and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège.
