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Barihunk quartet featured in N.C. premiere of Silent Night
Kyle Guglielmo, Gabriel Preisser, Brian Banion and Gregory GerbrandtPiedmont Opera will present the North Carolina premiere of Kevin Puts' Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Nightbeginning on October...
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Barihunk saves the day at Utah Opera
Michael Adams and John Allen NelsonBarihunk John Allen Nelson saved opening night of the Utah Opera's production of Puccini's La bohème on October 7th.On Friday night he was summoned from Boston to fly...
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Introducing Ilya Kutyukhin: Guglielmo in Glyndebourne's Cosi
Ilya Kutyukhin with Rachel Kelly and Kirsten MacKinnonWhen we noticed Ilya Kutyukhin as Guglielmo in Glyndebourne's current run of Mozart's Così fan tutte, we couldn't believe that he'd never appeared...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: GIUSEPPE VERDI October 9, 1813 - January 27, 1901
Giuseppe VerdiToday is composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday (although some list it as October 10th). His characters have been a treasure trove for us at Barihunks, with a number of roles becoming classic...
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Reports of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's death (hopefully) unfounded
An erroneous headline reporting Hvorostovsky's death in the Russian mediaPravda, the official Russian newspaper, reported that Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorosotovsky had died earlier today. The story...
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Douglas Williams makes company debut with Opera Atelier
Doug WilliamsOpera Atelier will open their new season on October 26 with barihunk Douglas Williams making his company debut in the title role of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. The opera will also...
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Anthony Reed launches "My BASSic LIfe"
Anthony ReedBass-barihunk Anthony Reed, who wrapped up his successful Opera Pop-Up Operatronica last night, has launched his own YouTube channel called My BASSic Life. He also just finished two runs at...
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Romain Dayez in French operetta rarity
Romain DayezFrench barihunk Romain Dayez will sing Gérard Cardoval in Raoul Moretti's rarely performed operetta Un Soir de Réveillon. The piece was originally performed on stage of the Moulin de la...
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Chan Hee Cho and Johannes Kammler take top prizes at Neue Stimmen
Chan Hee Cho at Neue StimmenSouth Korean bass Chan Hee Cho took the top prize for men at the Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition, delivering a powerful rendition of Banquo's aria from...
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German Barihunk Dominik Köninger: Interview and live broadcast
Dominik Köninger (foreground) and Günter Papendell (Photo: Monika Rittershaus)Classical music writer Catherine Kustanczy, a.k.a. The Opera Queen, interviewed barihunk Dominik Köninger and asked him...
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Thomas Weinhappel featured on Austrian television
Thomas Weinhappel from Boy's Choir to Barihunks Calendar modelAustrian barihunk Thomas Weinhappel is a new and welcome addition to our Barihunks calendar for 2018 (and he's also featured in our new...
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Honolulu TV station features "Barihunks" blog and trio of singers
Darren Stokes discussing Barihunks on KITV televisionKITV television in Honolulu, Hawaii featured Barihunks on their news yesterday. The feature not only highlighted our ten years in the opera...
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Happy Birthday, Dmitri Hvorostovsky!!!
Dmitri HvorostovskyThere have been few baritones as compelling on stage as Dmitri Hvorostovsky and only a few in history who have matched the sexy Siberian's box office draw. His name is synonymous...
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Barihunk duo in Edmonton Opera revival of Les Feluettes
Zachary Read and Jean-Michel RicherAustralian composer Kevin March and Quebec playwright Michel Marc Bouchard's opera Les Feluettes (Lilies), which had its world premiere last year at Opéra de...
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Barihunk Paweł Konik makes role debut as Mercutio
Paweł Konik as Mercutio (left)Barihunk Paweł Konik , who we introduced back in May when he was singing a staged version of Monteverdi's Madrigals at the Dutch National Opera, is now making his role...
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Daniel Okulitch to make ENO debut in Muhly's Marnie; Perform all-Glen Roven...
Coverboy Daniel Okulitch and performing The Last SavageCanadian barihunk Daniel Okulitch is hitting the opera stage and the concert platform in London next month. On November 18th, he makes his debut...
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Celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Nixon in China"
Franco Pomponi as Richard Nixon & Kyung Chun Kim as Chou En-Lai (Photo: Marie-Noëlle Robert)Today is the 30th anniversary of the great American opera Nixon in China by composer John Adams and...
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Jarrett Ott makes role debut as Jupiter and rare West Coast recital
Jarrett Ott (Courtesy Opera News, photo: Dario Acosta)American baritone Jarrett Ott was recently named one of twenty-five “Rising Stars” by Opera News, will make his role debut as Jupiter in Jacques...
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Celebrating the 90th birthday of composer Dominick Argento
Nathan Gunn in The Aspern Papers; Carolyn Sproule & Joseph Lattanzi in Postcard from MoroccoDominick Argento was born on October 27, 1927 and has become one of the leading American composers of...
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Domingo conducts barihunks on Don Giovanni's 230th Anniversary
Jiří Brückler, Simone Alberghini & Adrian SampetreanPlacido Domingo viewed the original 1787 score of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Prague and then proceeded to conduct the opera at the very theater at...
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