Sebastian Geyer sings lead in Rossini rarity
Sebastian Geyer (center photo © Barbara Aumüller)Barihunk Sebastian Geyer will sing the lead role of Don Pomponio in Rossini's rarely performed two-act comedy La gazzetta (“The Newspaper”). The...
View ArticleBarihunk duo in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Damien Pass and Alex RosenOPERA2DAY is teaming up with the Nederlandse Reisopera and Studio Drift to produce Claudio Monteverdi's L’Orfeo, often considered to be the first successful opera. Monteverdi...
View ArticleBarihunk switcheroo for Handel's Orlando
John ChestBarihunk John Chest, who recently wowed audiences at the San Francisco Opera as Billy Budd, will step back a few centuries as he takes over as Zoroastro for Luca Pisaroni in Il Pomo d’Oro’s...
View ArticleIntroducing Barihunk Mark Nathan
Mark Nathan in Dean Man Walking and Don GiovanniA reader alerted us to barihunk Mark Nathan, who is currently a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist, where his roles will include Starveling in Britten's A...
View ArticleFour barihunks in Glyndebourne Cup semi-finals
The 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup, an international competition for opera singers, will include four barihunks among its 19 semi-finalists. They are Americans Timothy Murray and Edward Nelson,...
View ArticleBarihunk Gustavo Feulien to headline Wilmington Music Festival
Gustavo Feulein(photo: Greg Salvatori)Barihunk Gustavo Feulien is this year's main attraction at the Wilmington Music Festival Feulien, which runs from from Feb. 6 to 9, 2020. He'll be performing on...
View ArticleBarihunk Quartet takes home GRAMMY Award
John Brancy, Gabriel Preisser, Andrew Craig Brown and John Dooley(clockwise)The barihunk quartet of John Brancy, Gabriel Preisser, Andrew Craig Brown and John Dooley took home the "Best Opera...
View ArticleBarihunk trio to star in Berkshire Festival's Don Giovanni
André Courville, Erik Anstine and Brian James MyerThe Berkshire Opera Festival has announced its 2020 season, which includes Mozart's Don Giovanni starring the barihunk trio of André Courville in the...
View ArticleIntroducing Canadian barihunk Alex Halliday
Canadian barihunk Alex HallidayBarihunk Alex Halliday is the newest member of the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio, along with soprano Midori Marsh, baritone Jonah Spungin and pianist Frances...
View ArticleTristan Hambleton to perform with Oxford Lieder
Tristan Hambleton(from artist's website)British barihunk Tristan Hambleton will join Oxford Lieder on February 16th for a performance of Schubert's Schwanengesang. Although not intended by the composer...
View ArticleMark Diamond part of Beethoven's 250th anniversary celebration
Mark Diamond and Ludwig van BeethovenBarihunk Mark Diamond will join the Baylor Symphony Orchestra and Choir in celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in singing the final movement of...
View ArticleDeutsche Oper Berlin features barihunk duo in Meyerbeer rarity Dinorah
Seth Carico(photo: Simon Pauly)and Régis MengusThe Deutsche Oper Berlin continues its foray into the operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer, who at his death in 1864 was one of the most performed composers in...
View ArticleNmon Ford writes and stars in contemporary take of Orpheus myth
Poster for Nmon Ford's Orfeus: A House Music OperaPanamanian-American barihunk Nmon Ford will be fusing opera, house music and Greek mythology in his world premiere of Orfeus: A House Music Opera,...
View ArticleNate Mattingly in premiere of Yeltsin in Texas
Nate MattinglyBass-barihunk Nate Mattingly will perform the title role in the world premiere of Evan Mack's new opera Yeltsin in Texas as part of the New Works Festival at Opera in the Heights. Mack's...
View ArticleFive low male voice in Metropolitan Opera semi-finals
Baritone Xiaomeng ZhangThere will be two baritone, two bass-baritones and a bass among the 23 singers chosen to compete in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions semi-finals. They will move...
View ArticleBarihunk trio in Pocket Opera's Don Giovanni
Sara LaMesh and Anders Froehlich (photo: Pocket Opera)American Barihunk Anders Froehlich is no stranger to this site, having appeared on this site rock climbing, as a shirtless Don Giovanni and in a...
View ArticleCancellations for Mariusz Kwiecien continue
Luca Micheletti and Mariusz KwiecienBarihunk Mariusz Kwiecien continues to cancel performances, with the latest being as Rodrigo in Verdi's Don Carlo at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He will be...
View ArticleBlake Denson and Xiaomeng Zhang advance to Met Finals
Blake Denson and Xiaomeng ZhangTwo baritones have reached the finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Blake Denson and Xiaomeng Zhang will join mezzo-sopranos Gabrielle Beteag and...
View ArticleBarihunk duo in Fort Worth's Pops at the Pavilion
Efrain Solis and Donovan SingletaryThe Fort Worth Opera has announced that the barihunk duo of Efrain Solis and Donovan Singletary will perform in the first of two spring concerts on Sunday, March...
View ArticleBlake Denson takes top prize at Metropolitan Opera Auditions
Blake Denson and the Met Auditions winnersBarihunk Blake Denson was named one of the five winners of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions held today in New York City. He joins...
View ArticleBarihunk Edward Nelson wins Glyndebourne Opera Cup
EdwardNelson(photo courtesy of Glyndebourne)American barihunk Edward Nelson won the Glyndebourne Opera Cup today, taking home the top prize of £15,000 and the guarantee of a professional role at a top...
View ArticleBarihunk trio in telecast of Don Giovanni
Alessio Arduini and Björn Bürger in Don GiovanniOperaVision will broadcast Mozart's Don Giovanni live from La Monnaie on March 24th featuring the barihunk trio of Björn Bürger in the title role,...
View ArticleBarihunk turned pop singer to represent Macedonia in Eurovision Song Contest
Vasil Garvanliev in the 2014 Barihunks calendarMacedonian barihunk, turned hunkentenor, turned pop singer Vasil Garvanliev is representing his native country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in...
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