Waltteri Torikka advances to final round in MTV competition
Waltteri Torikka sings Fiddler on the RoofFinnish barihunk Waltteri Torikka has advanced to the final round of the singing pop competition Tähdet, tähdet on MTV against Laura Voutilainen.The two will...
View Article"That it should come to this," Wes Mason plays Hamlet
Wes Mason as HamletBarihunk Wes Mason is back at the Fort Worth Opera festival where he had his breakthrough performance as the gay Cuban activist Reinaldo Arenas in the 2010 world premiere production...
View ArticleMalte Roesner's beautiful photos from Heggie opera
Malte Roesner, Markus Schneider (Photo © Volker Beinhorn)Last month, we posted about barihunk Malte Roesner starring in the German language premiere of Jake Heggie's chamber opera For a Look or a Touch...
View ArticleColin Ramsey making role debut as Sarastro
Colin RamseyAmerican bass-barihunk Colin Ramsey will be making his role debut as Sarastro in Mozart's The Magic Flute in a collaboration between the Pacific Musicworks and the University of Washington....
View ArticleCarmen's barihunk trio being broadcast twice (with alternating Escamillos)
Carmen's barihunk trio: Valdis Jansons, Ricardo Crampton & John Paul HuckleThere will be two free, live streaming broadcast of Bizet's Carmen from the Teatro Carlo Felice, with alternating...
View ArticleWes Mason's tour de force in Texas
Wes Mason as Hamlet (photos by Ellen Apple Photography)Barihunk Wes Mason had quite a run at the Fort Worth Opera Festival where he took on two challenging role. On Sunday, May 10th he'll close as...
View ArticleMatt Treviño's ghostly German debut in Leipzig
Matt Treviño as the Canterville GhostAmerican bass-barihunk Matt Treviño is making his German debut at Opera Leipzig as the ghost in Gordon Getty’s opera The Canterville Ghost, based on Oscar Wilde’s...
View ArticleMatt Moeller and Wes Mason sing "A Garden of Teeth"
Matt Moeller & Wes MasonAfter the instant popularity of our post featuring Wes Mason singing "Two Nooses" from Clint Borzoni's "When Adonis Calls," we thought we'd share the duet, as well. The...
View ArticleOpera singer Waltteri Torikka wins MTV competition
Waltteri Torikka during the finale of Tähdet, TähdetFinnish barihunk Waltteri Torikka won MTV's singing competition Tähdet, Tähdet (Stars, Stars) garnering 58% of the vote and bringing the audience to...
View ArticleGet to know the Fort Worth Opera singers
Baritones Trevor Martin, Matt Moeller, Wes Mason, Stephen Clark and Wes GentileWe made our annual trek to the Fort Worth Opera Festival again this year and hosted another barihunk lunch. It was...
View ArticleDavide Luciano in Jommelli rarity
Davide LucianoBarihunk Davide Luciano will be performing the role of Gernando in Niccolò Jommelli’s rarely performed L'isola disabitata (The Desert Island) at the Teatro di San Carlo from May 14-20....
View ArticleClint Borzoni's erotic "When Adonis Calls" to get NY workshop premiere
Grant Youngblood and Michael WeyandtIf you live in New York and missed the new opera workshop at Frontiers at the Fort Worth Opera, you're in luck. There will be a workshop reading of the sensational...
View ArticleIurii Samoilov making role debut as Don Giovanni
Iurii Samoilov as Don Giovanni (left), The Frankfurt Opera production (right) Photo © Monika RittershausIurii Samoilov will be making his role debut at the Frankfurt Opera as Don Giovanni on May 30th...
View ArticleRandal Turner to make role debut as Ned Keene
Randal TurnerIt's just been announced that Randal Turner will be replacing Christoph Plessers as Ned Keene in Britten's Peter Grimes at the Theater Koblenz. This will be his role debut and his third...
View ArticleZachary Gordin in live broadcast of Carmina Burana
Zachary Gordin appears to have found a gym in San Antonio, TXBarihunk Zachary Gordin is performing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana with the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. The performance will be available...
View ArticleCharles Rice to make role debut as Eugene Onegin
Charles Rice and Gelena Gaskarova in Eugene OneginBritish barihunk will be making his role debut as Eugene Onegin in Tchaikovsky's operatic masterpiece in Nantes and Angers. He previously performed the...
View ArticleEvan Boyer to peform first Verdi Requiem in Florence
The Verdi Requiem, one of the greatest works of the Italian repertory will get its first ever performance in Florence on Sunday, May 17th.Florence, South Carolina that is, not Florence, Italy. For the...
View ArticleCraig Verm in free recital at Dallas Museum of Art
Craig Verm's photo from the 2015 Barihunks CalendarBarihunk Criag Verm, who was featured in our 2015 Barihunks Calendar, will perform a free recital on May 23 at the Dallas Museum of Art.The recital is...
View ArticleChristopher Maltman's sexy Oreste getting two runs at Salzburg
There will be two opportunities to see the highly successful production of Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride at the 2015 Whitsun Festival at Salzburg, which still has two performances remaining on May 22...
View ArticleErik Larson makes role debut at Billy Bigelow
Erik Larson as Billy BigelowWe first met Erik Larson busting out of his pants two years ago and we instantly fell so in love with the Midwestern barihunk. Now he's singing "So In Love" for the first...
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