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R.I.P. Franck Ferrari
It is with great sadness that we report the death of French baritone Franck Ferrari at the age of 52 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.In March 2014, he withdrew from Chausson's Le Roi Arthus...
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Jongmin Park wins Cardiff Song Prize
South Korean baritone Jongmin Park has won the first award handed out at the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, by taking home the Song Prize. The Song Prize winner receives £5,000.Judging...
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Watch Barihunk "Passion" from Nürnberg
Krešimir Stražanac (left) and Tareq Nazmi (right)Three barihunks teamed up for a stunning performance of Bach's St. John Passion, BWV 245 at the St. Lorenz Church in Nürnberg this week with Concerto...
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Amartuvshin Enkhbat wins Cardiff Audience Prize
Amartuvshin EnkhbatBaritones took two of the three top prizes at the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, as Amartuvshin Enkhbat of Mongolia took the Audience Prize today. For the finals he...
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UPDATED: Barihunk trio in Glyndebourne's Carmen
Paulo Szot, Christophe Gay and Gavan Ring (l-r)CORRECTION - JUNE 24, 2015: We were informed that we were sent a cast list with the wrong Escamillo, as David Soar is singing the role and not Paulo Szot....
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky cancels shows due to brain tumor
The following message appeared on Dmitri Hvorostovsky's Facebook page and website today. As many of our readers know, he was one of the inspirations for the creation of this site. We wish him a speedy...
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Ildebrando D'Arcangelo's sexy Méphistophélès in Berlin
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as MéphistophélèsItalian barihunk Ildebrando D'Arcangelo is starring in director Philipp Stölzl’s psychologically gripping production of Gounod's Faust at the Deutsche Oper...
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Introducing American Barihunk James Wright
Jim WrightGrand Island, New York native James Wright is new to our site, but may be a familiar site to devotees of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, where he has competed twice in the...
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Ricky Ian Gordon's new opera Morningstar premieres in Cincinnati
Morgan Smith (left) and Andrew Lovato (right)The Cincinnati Opera is presenting its first world premiere in 50 years with Ricky Ian Gordon's Morningstar, which opens on June 30th and runs through July...
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Philippe Sly and Luca Pisaroni on the big screen (the really, really big screen)
Luca Pisaroni signing baseballs in San FranciscoOn July 3rd, the San Francisco Opera is continuing its annual tradition to simulcast opera to AT&T Park, home of the World Champion San Francisco...
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Update on Dmitri Hvorostovsky's health
Dmitri HvorostovskyWe've received numerous inquiries regarding Dmitri Hvorostovsky's health, since a message was posted on his Facebook site and website announcing that he has a brain tumor and...
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Update on Dmitri Hvorostovsky's health
Dmitri HvorostovskyDmitri HvorostovskyWe've received numerous inquiries regarding Dmitri Hvorostovsky's health, since a message was posted on his Facebook site and website announcing that he has a...
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Introducing Israeli barihunk Oded Reich
Oded Reich and soprano Yael Levita (center)Israeli barihunk Oded Reich, who is new to Barihunks, will open on July 3rd in the world premiere of Yoni Rechter's Schitz, which is part of a double-bill...
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Ricky Ian Gordon's new opera Morningstar premieres in Cincinnati
Morgan Smith (left) and Andrew Lovato (right)The Cincinnati Opera is presenting its first world premiere in 50 years with Ricky Ian Gordon's Morningstar, which opens on June 30th and runs through July...
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Barihunk trio in Lakes Area Music Festival's La bohème
Andrew Lovato, John Taylor Ward and Nicholas NelsonThe Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota is featuring a barihunk trio in this summer's performances of Puccini's La bohème. The Festival features...
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Philippe Sly featured in hometown Ottawa paper
Philippe Sly and Lisette Oropesa in SF Opera's Le nozze di FigaroPhilippe Sly, who is one of our favorite young artists in the world, was recently featured in his hometown newspaper, which you can read...
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David Adam Moore as sexy Pasha in Des Moines
David Adam Moore as the Pasha in Des MoinesThe Des Moines Metro Opera is a stop that we're going to have to add to our tour schedule. Every season seems to be loaded with an ample supply of Midwest,...
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Introducing Canadian Bass-barihunk Tomislav Lavoie
Tomislav LavoieWith all of our excitement about seeing Stéphane Degout in Gluck's Alceste at the Garnier, we almost overlooked Canadian bass-barihunk Tomislav Lavoie in the cast. He's caught our eye...
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Four baritones advance to Belvedere finals
Mikhail Timoshenko, Jared Bybee and Zak KariithiFour baritones, including American Jared Bybee, who has been featured on this site, have advanced to the finals of the 34th International Hans Gabor...
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Hadleigh Adams singing "Dov'è la figlia?" from Bajazet
We've posted pretty extensively about barihunk Hadleigh Adams performing in the Southern Hemisphere premiere of Vivaldi's Bajazet, which you can read about HERE and HERE. We recently obtained a video...
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