Mezzo-soprano Katie Bray has joined IMG Artists for general management. Winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World, her 2025–26 season includes Rosmira (Partenope) at English National Opera, Medoro (Orlando) at Longborough Festival Opera, Bach’s B minor Mass with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and concert appearances with The Sixteen and Royal Northern Sinfonia. Her debut album, In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill, was released on Chandos in January 2026.
Tenor Nathan Bowles has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. Currently a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist with LA Opera, his recent roles there include Benvolio (Roméo et Juliette), the Bullfighter (Ainadamar) and Borsa (Rigoletto), with further appearances this season as Parpignol (La bohème), Dr Caius (Falstaff) and First Armoured Man (Die Zauberflöte). His recent and forthcoming engagements include debuts with Santa Fe Opera, Tulsa Opera and the Taiwan Philharmonic. He was a finalist at Operalia 2025 and a National Finalist in the 2024 Metropolitan Opera
Laffont Competition.
Mezzo-soprano Ruby Dibble has joined TACT Artists Management for general management. An emerging artist, she has established herself through performances across leading US institutions and festivals. Her recent and forthcoming engagements include appearances with major US opera companies and festivals, in repertoire spanning Manon Lescaut, Carmen, Così fan tutte, La clemenza di Tito and Dialogues des Carmélites.
Tenor Luigi Morassi has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management. In the 2025–26 season, he makes a series of role debuts including the title role in Porsile’s Spartaco at Barokkfest Trondheim, Raffaele (Stiffelio) at the Theater an der Wien, Cassio (Otello) at Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, and Flavio (Norma) at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. Upcoming engagements also include appearances at Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro La Fenice and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Baritone Darren Drone has joined IMG Artists for general management. This season, he returns to The Metropolitan Opera for Porgy and Bess (Undertaker) and Carmen (Moralès cover), and to Seattle Opera as Zuniga in Carmen, while next season brings role debuts in La bohème and Porgy and Bess.
Bass Seokjun Kim has joined TACT Artists Management for general management. A member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Nürnberg, his repertoire there includes major bass roles by Mozart, Verdi and Wagner. His international appearances include engagements with the Korea National Opera, and his concert repertoire spans large-scale choral works by Mozart, Handel, Fauré, Mahler and Bruch. Kim is a prizewinner at international vocal competitions, including the Korea National Opera Competition and the Tbilisi Opera Crown International Voice Competition.
