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Barihunks duo in sold out Onegin in Munich
Mariusz Kwiecien and Anna Netrebko in Eugene Onegin rehearsalsGood luck trying to get tickets for Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Munich Summer Opera Festival. The show features and all-star cast...
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Barihunk Ed Parks featured in Indiana Gazette
Ed ParksAmerican barihunk Ed Parks, who was the highest ranking baritone at the recent Operalia competition, was recently featured in the Indiana Gazette. Here is the article:Baritone Parks puts on...
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Reader Submission: David Pershall
David PershallA reader spotted David Pershall making his role debut as Rodrigo in Verdi's Don Carlo at Oper Burg Gars in Vienna and asked if we'd featured him before. Although we briefly mentioned him...
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Reader Submission: Franco Cerri
Franco CerriThis has been a busy week for Reader Submissions and the latest is Italian barihunk Franco Cerri. He may be our first submission who is an opera singer, dancer AND jazz pianist. Born in...
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West Edge Opera season off to thrilling start
Dan KempsonIf you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will want to check out the West Edge Opera's current festival which got underway last week. Not only are the first two shows that have opened...
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Andrew Garland to present Schubertiade
Andrew GarlandAndrew Garland has been one of our favorite lieder/song recitalists ever since we heard his amazing CD of American composers, which is still available for sale. The CD features music of...
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Gavan Ring takes 2nd Prize at Concorso Lirico Internazionale
Gavan Ring performing in PortofinoIrish barihunk Gavan Ring, who we introduced to readers back in October 2014, took 2nd Prize at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale Vocal Competition in Portofino,...
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Benjamin Appl named ECHO Rising Star
Benjamin ApplGerman barihunk Benjamin Appl was just named one of the European Concert Hall Organization's (ECHO) six outstanding young artists to become its Rising Stars. The selected Rising Stars...
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Barihunk duo in Lully's Armide in Innsbruck
Pietro di Bianco & Thomas LavoieThe barihunks duo of Pietro di Bianco and Thomas Lavoie will appear at this year's Innsbruck Festival of Early Music in Lully's rarely performed Armide. Di Bianco,...
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Morgan Pearse moving back to U.K.; Role debut as Figaro
Morgan PearseMorgan Pearse moved to the United States a year ago to become a Studio Artist wtih the Houston Grand Opera where his roles included Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Yamadori in...
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Reader Submission: Håvard Stensvold
Our latest reader submission is Norwegian barihunk Håvard Stensvold who made his debut at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen as Masetto in Don Giovanni in 1997. He has gone on to sing Masetto, Don...
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Waltteri Torikka named "Sexiest Man in Finland"
Waltteri Torikka: Finland's Sexiest ManWaltteri Torikka has had quite a year. First he wins MTVs talent show Tähdet tähdet, which we covered extensively on this site and now he's been named "Finland's...
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Introducing Zachary Luchetti (and his very funny bio)
Zachary LuchettiWe get a lot of Reader Submissions at this site and we love them. They tend to range from the "What were they thinking?" to "Why isn't this guy a professional model?" Every so often,...
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Reader Submission: Dean Murphy
Dean Murphy in Tender Land (center)Our latest reader submission is Massachusetts native Dean Murphy, who is performing Top in Aaron Copland's The Tender Land at Opera North in Lebanon, New Hampshire....
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Reader Submission: Andrei Venczel
Andrei VenczelWe'll admit that 30-year old Romanian Andrei Venczel isn't the usual candidate for Barihunks. He bills himself as a baritone/countertenor and we're not quite sure how serious he is about...
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Last chance to watch Duncan Rock's shirtless Tarquinius
Duncan Rock in The Rape of LucretiaThis is your last chance to watch the broadcast of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, as it ends at midnight GST on...
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Barihunks Comprise one-third of Queen Sonia finalists
(Clockwise from top left) Leon Košavić, Alexey Lavrov, Andri Björn Róbertsson & Yuriy YurchukWhen the 12 finalists take the stage at the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, Norway...
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Making Dreams Come True: Introducing Joel Balzun
Canadian barihunk Joel BalzunWe noticed this Twitter exchange and couldn't resist posting it. After all, we're not about making dreams come true, than what is our purpose?Calgary-based Cowtown Opera...
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3 Barihunks in Final 5 of Queen Sonja Competition
Alexey Lavrov, Leon Košavić and Yuriy Yurchuk (L-R)Barihunks Alexey Lavrov, Leon Košavić and Yuriy Yurchuk have advanced to the final round of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition along with...
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Listen to Benjamin Appl on BBC
Benjamin ApplThe young German barihunk Benjamin Appl, who was the last student of the late Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, is rapidly emerging as one of the most sought after lieder singers in the world. Last...
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