Opus 3 Artists

We are pleased to welcome Sean Mayes to our roster for worldwide general management. Born in Toronto and based in New York City, he enjoys an active and varied career internationally with his work as a conductor, music director, orchestrator, arranger, composer, author, and educator—spanning numerous musical styles throughout the world’s largest theaters and concert halls. Mayes is the incoming Worldwide Music Supervisor for Disney’s "The Lion King" and Music Supervisor & Co-Orchestrator for the Broadway bound "ALI: The Musical," composed by conductor Teddy Abrams & hip-hop legend Q-Tip, to premiere at the Nederlander Theater in Chicago in Spring 2025. Mr Mayes is also Music Director for Broadway luminary André De Shields. Recent highlights as a conductor and music director include leading the Tony Award®-winning productions "MJ: The Musical" and "Hadestown," the American Pops Orchestra in "Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future" on PBS, "The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration" at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Philharmonic, the new musical "Mandela," at the Young Vic, and the Finnish premiere of "Come From Away. Equally at ease in the classical world, Sean Mayes composed and orchestrated Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White alongside Canadian multidisciplinary artist HAUI. He also conducted its world premiere at the Canadian Opera Company in the 2023/2024 season. The Globe & Mail hailed its "sweeping, chameleonic score, solidifying Aportia Chryptych as a full-sized, big-room opera.” He is a member of the Recording Academy and has published three books on theater and music industry artists and leaders of color. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gWN84Cpj

We are delighted to welcome Bass-Baritone Jongwon Han to the roster for general management. Hailed for his “smoothly powerful” and “excellent” voice, he is making a name for himself as one of the top young artists on the rise. Currently an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Han made his debut there in the summer of 2023 as The Bonze in Madama Butterfly. During the 24/25 season he appears as Tom in Un Ballo in Maschera and covers both Escamillo in Carmen and the bass soloist in the Beethoven Symphony No. 9, and will be featured in both the San Francisco Opera’s annual Opera in the Park concert and the Adler Fellowship’s annual Rising Stars concert. Other engagements this season include Colline and Sprecher with Opera Naples, The Bonze at the Utah Opera, and concerts in Hawaii. He won Third Prize at the 2022 Operalia World Opera Competition and was a Grand Finalist in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, among many other notable prizes. Learn more ➡ https://lnkd.in/e9n6aQKf

Congratulations to the wonderful Giancarlo Guerrero, who has been named the Grant Park Music Festival's Artistic Director and Principal Conductor. Guerrero, a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning conductor, led the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for three concerts during the 2024 season. He is currently completing a 16-year tenure as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony and is the Music Director Designate of Sarasota Orchestra. Guerrero will join the Festival effective immediately to program the concert schedule for the 10-week 2025 season in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and is slated to conduct for four weeks next summer. The Festival has presented free classical concerts since 1935, and attracts hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans and visitors each year. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eqkVAGss

We are thrilled to welcome Soprano Kathleen O’Mara to the roster for general management. Kathleen is the 2024 1st Prize and Birgit Nilsson Prize winner of the Operalia Competition and recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Her upcoming season engagements include debuts with The Metropolitan Opera, San Diego Opera, the LA Philharmonic, and The Dallas Opera. She is currently a member of the LA Opera Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. Learn more about this soprano on the rise ➡ https://lnkd.in/eq6EjbRG

We are very excited to welcome prolific Countertenor Reginald Mobley to our roster for North America. The GRAMMY-nominated American singer is globally renowned for his interpretation of baroque, classical and modern repertoire. An advocate for diversity in music and its programming, Reginald became the first ever Programming Consultant for the Handel & Haydn Society, holds the position of Visiting Artist for Diversity Outreach with Apollo’s Fire, and has recently been appointed as Artistic Advisor at the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Reginald is also leading a research project in the UK funded by the AHRC to uncover music by composers from diverse backgrounds. Recent and upcoming highlights include appearances with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Early Music Vancouver, Collegium San Diego, Agave, Seraphic Fire, Washington Bach Consort, Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, Bach Akademie, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, and leading orchestras including Pittsburgh Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Washington National Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and many more. His first solo recording with ALPHA Classics was released in June 2023 to coincide with a major series of concerts with pianist Baptiste Trotignon at the Aix-en-Provence and BBC Proms festivals. It was awarded the Opus Klassik Awards in the ‘Classics without limits’ category. Learn more ➡ https://lnkd.in/eUVtvJuA

Giancarlo Guerrero has been announced as Sarasota Orchestra's Seventh Music Director! He will serve as Music Director Designate in the upcoming season and officially begin his tenure with the 2025-2026 season. “In the search committee’s work to identify our next music director, it was clear to us that Giancarlo’s time with the Nashville Symphony has been extraordinary,” said Daniel Jordan, Sarasota Orchestra concertmaster and search committee member. “When committee members visited Giancarlo and saw his performances, it was obvious he has the special ‘it’ factor that allows him to truly connect with audiences. Our Sarasota community then got to experience that firsthand this past season during his exhilarating Masterworks week. I could not be more thrilled!” Learn more ➡ https://lnkd.in/e63miDm7

We are delighted to welcome violinist Lisa Batiashvili to our roster for North America. She will be represented by Senior Vice President Phillippa Cole, who officially joins the Opus 3 team in November, in conjunction with Impresariat Simmenauer GmbH. Praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity and profound sensitivity, the Georgian-born German violinist is an award-winning artist with an impressive discography who has developed long-standing relationships with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and musicians. In 2021 she formed the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation, which supports young, highly talented Georgian musicians so that they may thrive in their musical careers. Learn more ➡ https://lnkd.in/euw-F_kg

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We are pleased to share the news that our creative partner Amy Lam has been appointed Interim Executive Director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival! https://lnkd.in/e8yg4mhr

Opus 3 Artists is very pleased to announce that Phillippa Cole will be joining the company as Senior Vice President and Manager, Artists beginning on November 4, 2024. Phillippa joins us from the San Francisco Symphony where she has served as the Chief Artistic Officer since 2019, overseeing all aspects of programming, working closely with Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. Phillippa will build her own roster of artists at Opus 3.    Phillippa started her career at London’s Almeida Theatre working on the annual contemporary opera season in collaboration with the Aldeburgh Music Festival. After a spell as the casting administrator at English National Opera she joined Askonas Holt where, for 12 years, she managed the careers of conductors, singers and stage directors. In 2018 she joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Director of Artistic Planning where she programmed the Hollywood Bowl Classical concerts and the Green Umbrella contemporary series.    Phillippa studied the oboe at the Royal Academy of Music in London and in 2011 the Academy made her an Associate for services to the music industry.    Donagh Collins, Chief Executive of Askonas Holt and Opus 3 Artists, states: “I’m thrilled to welcome Phillippa back to the world of artist management, having enjoyed working with her so much during her time at Askonas Holt. Phillippa will be an excellent addition to the senior team at Opus 3 Artists; she will build a wonderful roster of artists who will benefit from her experience and dedication.”    Phillippa Cole added: After six wonderful years in California, working with both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony, I have decided that the time is right to return to artist management. I’m thrilled to be joining Opus 3 Artists, look forward to building my roster of artists, and happy to be working again with Donagh and the team! .. Askonas Holt