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Four baritones/basses advance to Met Semi-Finals
Patrick Guetti and Scott RussellOne-fifth of the singers advancing from the Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions to the Met Semi-Finals will be baritones or basses. They include Patrick Guetti, Scott...
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Barihunks in opera based on legendary football coach
Anlami Shaw and Gary RamseyWe've seen all types of topics covered in this age of POPera and "CNN opera," from serious subjects like John Adams'The Death of Klinghoffer to the somewhat outrageous like...
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Ricardo Crampton performing Count in Le Nozze di Figaro
Ricardo Crampton and the Teatro Carlo FeliceIn January, we introduced readers to 30-year-old Argentinian barihunk Ricardo Crampton. He's currently performing the Count in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at...
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Reader Submission: Seán Kroll
Sean KrollOur latest reader submission is bass-barihunk Seán Kroll, who recently toured China with the South Shore Orchestra and wrapped up a run as Achilla in Handel’s Cesare in Egitto with Dramma Per...
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Wes Mason as leather-clad Achilla at Opera Roanoke
Wes Mason as Achilla with Pompeo's headVirginia native Wes Mason is returning to his home state to perform the scheming Egyptian general Achilla in Handel's Giulio Cesare with Opera Roanoke. We heard...
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Thomas Hampson's Online Master Classes
If you haven't checked out Thomas Hampson's Distance Learning Master Classes from the Manahattan School of Music they are worth watching. These classes are closed to the public and only be accessible...
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Damian Pass & Pietro De Bianco in Don Giovanni
Pietro Di Bianco as LeporelloDamian Pass as MasettoWe recently introduced Italian barihunk Pietro Di Bianco to readers and mentioned that he's performing Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the...
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Barihunk Nathan Wyatt to premiere Nico Muhly piece
Nathan WyattBarihunk Nathan Wyatt will premiere Nico Muhly's Pleasure Ground tonight as part of the MusicNOW Festival with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Pleasure Ground depicts the life of...
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Edwin Crossley-Mercer and Marc Mauillon in fun-filled Platée in Paris; New...
Edwin Crossley-Mercer (left) and Marc MauillonDirector Robert Carsen and conductor William Christie have moved their co-production of Rameau's Platée from the Theater an der Wien to the Opéra Comique....
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Introducing bass-barihunk Michael Scarcelle
Michael Scarcelle headshot and in Hydrogen Jukebox (right)In our recent post about Philip Glass'Hydrogen Jukebox at the Skylight Music Theater in Milwaukee, we gave passing mention to bass-barihunk...
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Mariusz Kwiecien returning to Met
Mariusz Kwiecien(Photo: Mikolaj Mikolajczyk) On April 17th, Mariusz Kwiecien will return to the Metropolitan Opera in Sandro Sequi’s 1976 production of Bellini's I Puritani. He'll be joined by the...
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Interview with Michael Nagy
Michael Nagy (photo: Sven Cichowicz)We've featured Michael Nagy on this site since our second year running (2008) and have enjoyed watching his amazing development as an artist. Operafocus just ran an...
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Backstage photo from "No Tenors Allowed" featuring "Three Barihunks"
Gordon Bintner, Elliot Madore, Bill Eddins (Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Music Director), Philippe SlyRegular readers may remember our post about the three Canadian barihunks performing the "No Tenors...
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John Brancy featured in Opera News
John Brancy(Photo by Dario Acosta)(OPERA NEWS) John Brancy is making his debut at Oper Frankfurt this month, singing Sonora in Christof Loy's staging of La Fanciulla del West. It's been a busy season...
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Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes to star in "The King and I"
Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes in "The King & I"Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes are joining forces in another musical after their critically acclaimed tour in South Pacific. The duo will...
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Sexy pictures of barihunk Christopher Burchett in "Buried Alive"
Christopher Burchett (prone) with Jennifer Feinstein, Jonathan Blalock and Caroline WorraOne of our few regrets in putting together the Barihunks calendar is that we occasionally run out of room to...
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Andrew Garland in Pagliacci/Carmina Burana and World Premiere
Andrew GarlandWe've been huge fans of American barihunk Andrew Garland since the beginning of his career. We realized the true extent of his amazing artistry with the release of his CD American...
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Met Grand Finals on Sunday; Radio performance Monday
Patrick GuettiThe Metropolitan Opera Grand Finals Concert will take place in New York City on March 30th with the nine finalists. The finalists were chosen from 1,500 singers who auditioned in 40...
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Reader Submission: Jared Bybee
Jared BybeeOur latest readers submission is Jared Bybee, who was suggested by two of our readers. Bybee is a first-year Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. This season he has...
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Ao Li and Patrick Guetti big winners at Met Finals
The winners of the 2014 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, from left, the tenor Yi Li; the soprano Julie Adams; the bass Patrick Guetti; the soprano Amanda Woodbury; and the bass-baritone...
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