Brad Walker returning to SF Opera Lab (with drag diva Heklina)
Brad WalkerBass-barihunk Brad Walker will return to the San Francisco Opera's successful SF Opera Lab pop-up on Halloween eve. The last pop-up was held at a mortuary turned night club and the latest...
View ArticleThree Barihunks regroup for holiday concert and CD
Nate Stark, Brian James Myer and Gabriel PreisserBack in August, we featured barihunks Nathan Stark, Gabriel Preisser and Brian James Myer who were performing "The Three Baritones" concert for Opera...
View ArticleŁukasz Karauda in Wexford's Riders to the Sea
Łukasz KaraudaPolish barihunk Łukasz Karauda is performing the role of Bartley in Ralph Vaughan Williams Riders to the Sea at the Wexford Festival. The opera opens today and is sold out. There are...
View ArticleRichard Rittelmann in Golden Gate Opera's 20th Anniversary Concert
Richard Rittelmann, another hot barihunk in bedThe Golden Gate Opera, which is based just north of San Francisco in Marin County, will be celebrating the Diwali Festival of Light with a concert on...
View ArticleIntroducing barihunk Geoffrey Hahn: Performing in Dichterliebe: POETLOVE
Barihunk Geoffrey Hahn will perform in Dichterliebe: POETLOVE, a 27-minute cinematic adaptation of Schumann's song cycle at the new Steinway Hall in Manhattan on Thursday, November 10th.POETLOVE is a...
View ArticleCelebrating National Red Head Day with our favorite barihunks
Andrew GarlandHow else would we celebrate National Redhead Day, but with a post about barihunk Andrew Garland? He'll be performing in Orff's Carmina Burana at Trinity Chapel in Newton, Massachusetts on...
View ArticleRobert Brouwer in Handel's Messiah
Robert BrouwerDutch barihunk Robert Brouwer, who is featured in January in the 2017 Barihunks in Bed calendar, will be singing Handel's Messiah on Sunday, November 6th in Texel (pronounced Tessel) in...
View ArticleWilliam Berger in Joshua with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
William BergerWe celebrated International Redhead Day yesterday and included barihunk William Berger in our post. Somehow we overlooked his upcoming as Caleb in Handel's Joshua with the Philharmonia...
View ArticleMichael Kelly to perform Die Schöne Müllerin with guitar
Baritone Michael KellyAmerican barihunk Michael Kelly will perform Franz Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin in an arrangement for guitar and voice, arranged by his accompanist David Leisner. The piece was...
View ArticleIntroducing Salomón Zulic del Canto; Performing in double-bill in Coburg
Salomón Zulic del Canto in Riders to the SeaChilean barihunk Salomón Zulic del Canto is new to this site. He came to our attention as part of a double bill at the Coburg Landestheater where he will...
View ArticleBarihunks compete in "Battle for the BariThrone"
Joe Haddow, Jamie Henare, Will King & William McElwee(counterclockwise top left)Four barihunks will compete on November 16th in the first annual Battle for the Barithrone at St Andrew's on The...
View ArticleIntroducing Basque Barihunk Vincent Simonet
Vincent Simonet(Photos: JF l'Oiseleur des Longchamps)Hunkentenor turned barihunk Vincent Simonet is a native of Bayonne in the Basque region of France. He is a decendent of the famous 19th century...
View ArticleBarihunk duo in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thomas Meglioranza and Jeremy Ayres FisherOdyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project will present Lowell Liebermann's The Picture of Dorian Gray in a semi-staged version. The opera will...
View ArticleBear-a-hunk Johan Reuter buffs up for Flying Dutchman
Johan Reuter hits the gym (and a faux magazine cover from the production)Johan Reuter, who last appeared on this site shirtless in Carl Nielsen's Saul and David, has been buffing up for his performance...
View ArticleDavid Jones to reprise retelling of Schumann song cycles
David Jones (Photo left: Alejandro Tamagno)British barihunk David Jones is reprising his performance of "Unknowing," a turbulent love tale told through the interweaving of two Schumann song cycles:...
View ArticleAmerican barihunk Sean Michael Plumb joins Bavarian State Opera
Sean Michael Plumb(Karli Cadel Photography)American barihunk Sean Michael Plumb has joined the ensemble at the Bavarian State Opera, where he will kick off his fest contract as the Porter in...
View ArticleHAPPY THANKSGIVING! Celebrating our favorite scenes with food and wine
We figured that since it's Thanksgiving (in the U.S.), and most people are sitting down for a big sumptuous feast, that it was a great opportunity to look at some of the best scenes in opera involving...
View ArticleIurii Samoilov performs first ever Billy Budd in Moscow
Iurii Samoilov discussing Billy Budd at a recent press conferenceBarihunk Iurii Samoilov made history on November 25th, when he became the first singer to perform the title role in Benjamin Britten's...
View ArticleTheo Hoffman in Hunky Handel's Messiah for Holidays; Eclectic Concert in L.A.
Jonathan Blalock, Theo Hoffman, Robert Moody & Daniel Moody(Counterclockwise top left)The Winston-Salem Symphony has assembled a hunky Handel's Messiah for the holidays featuring barihunk Theo...
View ArticleIntroducing Jens Søndergaard; Appearing in Carl Nielsen's Maskarade
Jens SøndergaardJens Søndergaard will perform in Carl Nielsen's Maskarade in Den Fynske Opera's upcoming season. The opera will be a new staging with a modern twist. Performances will run from February...
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