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Benjamin Werth joins the Aachen gang
Benjamin Werth in West Side StoryAmerican barihunk Benjamin Werth, who has made his career in Europe in recent years, is making his debut with the opera at Theater Aachen in Leonard Bernstein's West...
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Colorado native Keith Miller returns home for free concert
Donovan Singletary, Christopher Temporelli and Keith MillerSterling, Colorado probably doesn't get many Metropolitan Opera stars performing in their town of 18,000 people. The city, which was a stop on...
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Jonathan Estabrooks to sing Lerner & Loewe
Jonathan EstabrooksCanadian barihunk Jonathan Estabrooks is returning to his native country to perform with the Vancouver Symphony. He'll be making a familiar foray from opera to the world of musical...
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Barihunks Calendar model Pietro di Bianco wins Paris Opera Award; Barihunks...
Pietro di Bianco, Sam Roberts-Smith and Xiaohan ZhaiBaritones are once again dominating a major singing competition, as a third of the finalists at the prestigious Paris Opera Awards were from our...
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Rodolfo Nieto in free night of love songs
Rodolfo NietoAmerican barihunk Rodolfo Nieto, who we introduced to readers during his run as Jose Castro in Minnesota Opera's La Fanciulla del West two months ago, will be giving a free recital on...
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Roman Trekel to perform controversial Henze oratorio
Roman TrekelThe world of opera has seen its fair share of controversies, including the political censorship of Verdi operas, outrage over the sexual nature of Richard Strauss'Salome and the recent...
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Jérôme Varnier & Stéphane Degout in London Pelléas et Mélisande
Jérôme Varnier photographed by L'Oiseleur des LongchampsTwo of our favorite barihunks, Jérôme Varnier and Stéphane Degout, will share the stage in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande with the Philharmonia...
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Watch Luca Pisaroni live from Vienna
Luca Pisaroni as Count AlmavivaThe Vienna State Opera's live streaming opera service will be presenting Luca Pisaroni in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro on February 25th at 5:30 PM CET/11:30 AM EST/8:30 AM...
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Günter Papendell back in Berlin's colorful Don Giovanni
German barihunk Günter Papendell seems to live on the stage of he Komische Oper in Berlin in a tank top or shirtless (and we're not complaining!). He's returning to the title role in Mozart's Don...
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Introducing Canadian Barihunk Bevan Bühler
Bevan Bühler onstage and offWho says that we don't make dreams come true at Barihunks? Canadian barihunk Bevan Bühler posted the following on Twitter: "My life goal is to be listed on barihunks." We...
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Listen to Michael Nagy and the Berlin Philharmonic online
Michael NagyWQXR's broadcast of the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Alan Gilbert on December 9th will feature barihunk Michael Nagy in two of three works on the program. The program will start...
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(Properly) Introducing Croatian Barihunk Krešimir Stražanac
Krešimir StražanacWe recently ran a photo of 31-year-old Croatian bass-baritone, Krešimir Stražanac on our Facebook feed as our "Gratuitous Picture of the Day" [top left photo]. Needless to say it...
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Czech barihunk David Nykl appearing in world's first opera
David Nykl as Nunzio in DafneAbout two weeks ago, we introduced Czech barihunk David Nykl to readers. Now we've learned that he'll be performing as Nunzio in Vít Zouhar and Tomáš Hanzlík's reworked...
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Georg Nigl stars in Stuttgart's hit opera "Jakob Lenz"
Georg Nigl as Jakob LenzOne of the hits of Oper Stuttgart's season has been Wolfgang Rihm's one act chamber opera Jakob Lenz starring Georg Nigl. It has one more performance on December 12th, which is...
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Celebrating Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd"
Lauri Vasar in Berlin(Photo- Hans Jörg Michel)Today we celebrate the anniversary of Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd, which premiered on December 1, 1951 at the Royal Opera House in London. Britten...
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Krzysztof Warlikowski's Don Giovanni comes with ADULT CONTENT warning
The warning label for Don Giovanni at La MonnaieKrzysztof Warlikowski's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni at La Monnaie, which opens tonight, comes with a warning about its sexual content....
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Introducing Barihunk Michael Mofidian
Michael MofidianWe were asked the other day where we find our endless supply of barihunks. Most come from opera companies, colleagues, and friends and family. Our latest came from a tweet from Joseph...
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Liam Bonner singing at games and galas this week
Liam BonnerBarihunk Liam Bonner is having a busy week, starting with a performance of the National Anthem at tonight's L.A. Clippers-Orlando Magic basketball game.On December 6th, he will perform at...
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Introducing German-American barihunk Malte Roesner
Malte Roesner (left) as Nick Shadow and Arthur Chen (right) as Tom RakewellGerman-American baritone, Malte Roesner came to our attention when a reader in Germany pointed him out as the Nick Shadow in...
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Dan Kempson & Sidney Outlaw nominated for Grammy Award
Dan Kempson and Naxos'L'Orestie d'EschyleDarius Milhaud's trilogy L'Orestie d'Eschyle on the Naxos label has been nominated for Best Opera Recording by the GRAMMY Awards. The recording features two...
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