Introducing Barihunk Benoit Pitre
Benoit PitreCanadian Bass-Barihunk Benoit Pitre is new to our site. He came to our attention when we noticed that he'll be performing Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro beginning next week on July 23th at the...
View ArticleCarmen performance with Barihunk Trio added at Santa Fe Opera
Evan Hughes(left & far right)and Daniela Mack as Carmen (Production photo: Ken Howard)Due to a heavy demand for tickets, the Santa Fe Opera has added another performance of Bizet’s Carmen to the...
View ArticleHear LA Opera's Carmen online
No sooner had we posted about the Santa Fe Opera's Carmen than we received an email from an L.A. Opera loyalist who reminded us that they had Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Escamillo in their production...
View ArticleEdwin Crossley-Mercer song recital set for release
Edwin Crossley-MercerWe posted about Michael Linton's 17-movement song cycle Carmina Catulli late last year featuring barihunk Edwin Crossley-Mercer. The performance was at Carnegie Hall's Weill...
View ArticlePietro di Bianco in Paris Opera Awards
Pietro di BiancoWe recently posted about barihunks Sam Roberts-Smith and Yu Di appearing in the Final 50 of the Paris Opera Awards. We've now learned that another of our favorite barihunks will be in...
View ArticleBarihunky season at innovative West Edge Opera
Hunkentenor Jonathan Blalock and barihunks Kenneth Kellogg and Efraín SolisThe innovative West Edge Opera in Berkeley, California is once again challenging audiences with a performance of Philip...
View ArticleVittorio Prato's busy year of Donizetti
Vittorio Prato working out and in Rameau's Les Indes GalantesItalian barihunk Vittorio Prato just made his debut in Bad Kissingen, Germany as Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (Der Liebestrank...
View ArticleRyan Kuster in Weber rarity "Euryanthe"
Ryan Kuster as Escamillo at Virginia OperaBard SummerScape 2014 is presenting Carl Maria von Weber's rarely performed Euryanthe with barihunk Ryan Kuster as Lysiart. There will be five performances...
View ArticleBarihunk Tom Forde in new Doritos commercials
Doritos Loaded and barihunk Tom Forde as "Omar" the 7-11 clerkDoritos has a new ad campaign out for their Doritos Loaded product, which is a warm, nacho-cheese-filled, triangular cheese stick coated...
View ArticleZachary James on PBS "Sweeney Todd" with Emma Thompson
Zachary James in PBS'"Sweeney Todd"(right)Keep an eye out for a tall, sexy, bald guy with a muscle shirt during the September 26th broadcast of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street...
View ArticleIldebrando D'Arcangelo performs Verdi's Requiem on PBS
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo and the Hollywood BowlThe Los Angeles Philharmonic’s performance of Verdi's Requiem from last summer, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth will be broadcast...
View ArticleShirtless pictures from Edwin Crossley-Mercer in L.A. "Nozze"
We posted about the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Mozart -Da Ponte Trilogy with a barihunk in Le nozze di Figaro trio back May. The main eye candy in that production, which also included Christopher...
View ArticleBevy of Barihunks at 2014 Seagle Music Colony
Bottom Row - Austin Siebert, George Arvidson, Clay Thompson, Nate Mattingly, Mason Jarboe, Michael MillerTop Row - Keith Browning, Trevor Martin, Michael Hewitt, Damian Faul The Seagle Music Colony in...
View ArticlePeter Brathwaite in "Adults Only" Micro-opera
Peter Brathwaite rehearsing "Flat Pack"Tête à Tête, a British opera company that produces new works and find new ways of producing old works is presenting a new 30-minute micro-opera called "Flat...
View ArticleSeth Carico returns to hometown for "King and I"
Seth Carico in King & I We've been following Seth Carico since his amazing turn as Victor in Jorge Martin's Before Night Falls at the Fort Worth Opera Festival. We followed him from his...
View ArticleEdward Nelson to sing title role in Don Giovanni
Edward Nelson(Photo by James Darrah)The Merola Opera Program has cast barihunk Edward Nelson in their upcoming performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni. The opera is being directed by James Darrah and...
View ArticleBarihunk Trio in Salzburg Don Giovanni
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo and Luca PisaroniThe Salzburg Festival has assembled three of the most popular barihunks for their production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo is singing the...
View ArticleOpera Australia hits the road
Sam Roberts-SmithOpera Australia is taking a Mozart's The Magic Flute and transporting it to a modern day archaeological dig in Egypt, even including a mummy in the cast. But the real transporting is...
View ArticleJake Heggie's "The End of the Affair" comes to Berkeley
Carrie Hennessey and Keith Phares(Photo: Mellopix)The West Edge Opera in Berkeley, California, is following up their critically-acclaimed production of Philip Glass'Hydrogen Jukebox with another 20th...
View ArticleIntroducing barihunk and zumba instructor Emmanuel Franco
Emmanuel Franco Mexican-American barihunk Emmanuel Franco caught our attention as one of the three baritones competing in the finals of the 50th International Vocal Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch,...
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