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Doug Carpenter wins Lotte Lenya Competition
Doug Carpenter from the 2012 Barihunks CalendarBarihunk Doug Carpenter, who created quite a sensation in our 2012 calendar with his "cupcakes" photo, has won the prestigious 2013 Lotte Lenya...
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Xavier Edgardo recital in Miramar, Puerto Rico
Xavier Edgardo from the 2013 Barihunks CalendarBarihunks calendar model Xavier Edgardo Rivera will be joining soprano Daniela Yurrita and accompanist Pedro Juan Jiménez for his third year student...
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Four Barihunks in "Nude Hamlet" at La Monnaie
Stéphane Degout in Hamlet at Theater an der Wien Director Olivier Py has never been shy about featuring male nudity, whether in operas like Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet or Alban Berg's Lulu, or theater...
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Reader Submission: Scott Beasley gets in shape for Tarquinius in Rape of...
Scott Beasley onstage and prepariing for Tarquinius at the gymA colleague of barihunk Scott Beasley was mighty impressed with the singer's dedication to his CrossFit routine in preparation for...
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Hot tickets in London and NY; Introducing Gregory Jebaily
Peter BrathwaitePeter Brathwaite will join Phoebus Cart and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in the annual tradition of Sonnet Walks. Started by English actor and former Globe Artistic Director Mark...
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Ryan Kinny debuts Kurnewal in Houston Tonight
Ryan McKinnyRyan McKinny is making his much anticipated debut in the role of Kurnewal tonight with the Houston Grand Opera. The all-star cast in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is headed by Nina Stemme and...
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Lots of Beefcake in Cheesecake Country
Cheesecake and Beefcake in WisconsinFor those of you outside of the United States, the state of Wisconsin is known for its cheese. The natives are sometimes disparagingly called "cheeseheads," although...
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Doug Carpenter's winning set from the Lotte Lenya Competition
Doug Carpenter as he appeared in the 2012 Barihunks CalendarLast Sunday we posted about Doug Carpenter who had just won the Lotte Lenya Competition. The entire video of his winning set of songs is now...
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Listen to Henk Neven live on the BBC
Henk NevenOur goal at Barihunks is two-fold, to promote great low-voice singers, especially since baritones tend to get lost in the shadows of the tenor and soprano p.r. machines. We also believe in...
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Nathan Gunn and Timothy McDevitt in PBS "Carousel" telecast
Nathan Gunn (left) and Tim McDevitt (right)The PBS show "Live from Lincoln Center" will broadcast the New York Philharmonic's performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel on April 26th. The...
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West Coast tidalwave of barihunks coming
David Adam Moore in Chicago's Streetcar Named DesireAs opera companies announce their upcoming seasons, it appears that the West Coast might be the best destination to catch a few barihunks. When even...
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Keith Phares in world premiere of Paul's Case!
Barihunk Keith Phares (with beard) and Hunkentenor Jonathan BlalockOver the years we've made no secret that we occassionally have hunkentenor crushes. We understand that baritones don't always have a...
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Santa Fe Opera announces 2014 season with Greer Grimsley, Kostas Smoriginas...
Evan Hughes, Greer Grimsley & Kostas SmoriginasThe Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2014 Summer Festival Season and despite all the buzz about the riveting Anna Caterina Antonacci appearing as...
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Barihunks in the mainstream press talk about fitness
Vasil GarvanlievThe term "barihunks" seems to have entered the mainstream vocabulary and our wish is that it finally makes it into the Oxford Old English Dictionary (OED) this year. That's when we'll...
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Wes Mason launches new website; Ben Affleck Doppelgängerr?
Wes Mason (photo by Michael Yeshion)People often ask us, "Where did you get that photo?" The answer is often on a singer's website, where we've learned one can find a treasure trove of sexy photos. It...
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John Brancy launches website
John Brancy: On left from website, on right from Twitter feedThis must be the week of launching new websites, as John Brancy joins Wes Mason in getting a new site up and running. Brancy is one of a...
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Gotham Chamber Opera's innovate new season stars two barihunks
The always entertaining Michael MayesNew York City's Gotham Chamber Opera announced its 2013-2014 season, which we found to be one of the most innovative and interesting programs that we've seen for...
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Alex Lawrence debuting at Glimmerglass; Debuts new website
Alex Lawrence backstage in Zürich in Carmen and from his new website homepageOur features on Wes Mason and John Brancy have prompted readers to point us to other new websites from barihunks around the...
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Barihunks Lunch in Fort Worth
Wes Mason, Michael Mayes and Jonathan BoehrIt's no secret that we're huge fans of the Fort Worth Opera Festival, which has become one of the best summer opera festivals in America, if not the world....
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American Lyric Theater hosts series of events for three new opera commissions
Justin Hopkins in his barihunk tee shirtBack in November we posted about the American Lyric Theater's exciting project to commission three new operas under the auspices of their Composer Librettist...
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