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All-Star Don Giovanni in Baden-Baden with Schrott & Pisaroni
Erwin Schrott as Don Giovanni (left) and Faust (right)It's no secret that we love Mozart's Don Giovanni, since it's not only one of the greatest operas ever written, but it seems to provide us with an...
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Nicholas Dinopoulos: Lots of sacred music and a free concert
Nicholas DinopoulosWe were on a Down Under binge for awhile but lately we've been in a bit of a drought. Many singers have moved on from studying Australia, including Hadleigh Adams, who is in San...
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Introducing Bass-Barihunk Aaron Sorenson
Aaron Sorenson (Photo by Barihunks)Despite the fact that our homepage includes the definition of a "barihunk" that includes basses, the most common question we get is: "Can a bass be on barihunks?" The...
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Solomon Howard and Norman Garrett to join Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
Norman Garrett (left in Carmen) and Soloman Howard with Indra Thomas and Noah StewartThe Washington National Opera has announced its roster for their 12th season of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist...
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Chicago: Where singers look like jocks and jocks look like singers
The Chicago Cubs donning their opera look and barihunk David Adam MooreWe managed to catch barihunk David Adam Moore on MLB.com singing the National Anthem before the May 6th Chicago Cubs game at...
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Christopher Job's traveling preacher off to save Idaho
Christopher JobAmerican barihunk Christopher Job has some exciting performances coming up this year. On May 25th, he will make his Carnegie Hall debut in Mozart’s Requiem with conductor Joseph Modica....
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A revealing introduction of Erik E. Larsen
Erik E. Larsen "hulked out of his pants"We try to keep it (relatively) tasteful on Barihunks, but what do we do when someone tweets this photo with the caption "Hulked out of my pants" and hashtags it...
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Barihunks on the air from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Thomas HampsonIf you love great baritone singing, make sure to tune in your radio or go online to WFMT, Chicago's public radio station. The next three Saturday's will feature a bevvy of our favorite...
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky's busy Verdi schedule; Red Square broadcast with Anna...
Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Rigoletto (left)Dmitri Hvorostovsky's anticipated reprisal of the title character of Verdi's classic operatic tragedy Rigoletto is happening on Friday, May 17 at the Teatro di...
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Thomas Hampson named to Gramophone Hall of Fame
Thomas HampsonÜber-barihunk Thomas Hampson has been named to the Gramophone Hall of Fame, along with fellow singers Montserrat Caballé, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Leontyne Price, Bryn Terfel and...
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Aaron Sørensen to appear at (le) Poisson Rouge
Aaron SørensenWe recently introduced Aaron Sørensen to readers when he was appearing with the Fort Worth Opera Festival. Now New Yorkers are going to get a chance to experience this gifted and sexy...
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Peter Brathwaite chosen as one of four Dockers "Men of Style"
Peter BrathwaiteIf that model in the Dockers ad looks familiar, it might be because you've seen him on a London opera stage, on the cover an Amore CD or even in the Barihunks calendar. Peter Brathwaite...
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Nathan Wyatt as Bobby Kennedy in new opera
Nathan Wyatt as Bobby Kennedy and Caitlin Vincent as Jackie Kennedy (Photo: Britt Olsen-Ecker)Nathan Wyatt is new to this site and we discovered him singing the role of Robert Kennedy in the world...
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Raves for Crossley-Mercer and Maltman in sexy Marriage of Figaro
Malin Christensson and Edwin Crossley-Mercer in Los Angeles (Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times)We posted about the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Mozart -Da Ponte Trilogy awhile back. If you missed getting...
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Benjamin Covey performing in tribute to poet Robert Burns
Benjamin CoveyCanadian barihunk Benjamin Covey will be performing in a concert celebrating the life and poetry of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The first half of the concert will explore Burns' world...
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BREAKING NEWS: Aussie Morgan Pearse selected for Young Concert Artists Trust...
Morgan PearseAussie barihunk Morgan Pearse, who created quite an internet sensation with our last post, was just named one of five artists to be represented by the prestigious Young Concert Artists...
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Nmon Ford takes on Ernest Bloch's Macbeth
Nmon FordWhen one thinks of the operatic version of Macbeth, one immediately thinks of Giuseppe Verdi. However, the Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch wrote a highly dramatic version in 1906, which...
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New "opera" uses mashup of porn soundtrack and 20th century music
It was bound to happen, a porno opera. Of course, it it had to be in either the Netherlands or Germany. I guess Germany figured it had featured enough soft-porn Regie productions, so the "honor" goes...
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Glyndebourne to stream six operas
Jacques Imbrailo as Billy Budd (Photograph: Tristram Kenton)This summer Glyndebourne will be streaming six operas worldwide, three live from the festival and three recorded in previous seasons.The...
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Reader Submission: Samuel Hasselhorn
Samuel HasselhornAs we've stated numerous times, we love our reader submissions more than almost anything. In the international art of opera it is virtually impossible to follow thousands of gifted...
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