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Brokeback Mountain gets U.S. debut a decade late at NYCO
Tom Randle, Daniel Okulitch and Glenn Seven Allen(L to R)Charles Wuorinen's operatic adaptation of Brokeback Mountain is finally getting its U.S. premiere ten years after it was commissioned by Gerard...
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Barihunks take top honors at Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition
Emmett O'Hanlon and Brent Michael SmithTwo American barihunks took away three of the top four prizes at the 40th Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition yesterday.Emmett O'Hanlon took the top prize, as well...
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Watch sexy Evan Hughes in Komische's "Semele"
Evan Hughes and Nicole Chevalier (left) and Nora Friedrichs (right)American bass-barihunk had a breakout performance as the somnolent god Somnus in Handel's Semele at the Komische Oper in Berlin. He...
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Devon Tines and Rod Gilfry reprise "Crossing" at L.A. Opera
Devon Tines and Rod GilfryThe Los Angeles Opera will be presenting to concert-version performance of composer-in-residence Matthew Aucoin's opera Crossing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the...
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A birthday tribute to composer Clint Borzoni
Composer Clint BorzoniThere are a number of composers who have had an amazing gift for writing for the baritone voice. In an earlier era, Verdi, Wagner, Poulenc and Carl Loewe all wrote timeless music...
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Morgan Pearse joins husband and wife team for Elixir of Love
Morgan PearseAustralian barihunk Morgan Pearse will be joining the New Zealand husband and wife team of Pene Pati and Amina Adris as Belcore in a run of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love. The...
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Ildar Abdrazakov to open La Scala season as Attila
Ildar Abdrazakov as Attila(left)Bass-barihunk Ildar Abdrazakov will open the 2018-19 La Scala opera season in Milan in the title role of Verdi's Attila. This will be the company's second opening night...
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Hubert Zapiór wins Giulio Gari Voice Competition
Polish barihunk Hubert Zapiór has won the 2018 Giulio Gari Foundation International Voice Competition in New York City. The award follows him recently winning the 2018 Career Bridges Award and First...
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Hadleigh Adams to star in Fellow Travelers at Minnesota Opera
Hadleigh AdamsNew Zealand-born barihunk Hadleigh will take on the role of Hawkins Fuller in Gregory Spears'Fellow Travelers at the Minnesota Opera opposite hunkentenor Andres Acosta. Fellow Travelers,...
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Opera isn't dying, but you can find it at Green-Wood Cemetery
Andrew Bogard and Samantha HankeyOpera isn't dying, but it will be at the Green-Wood Cemetery starting on June 6th and making a ghostly reappearance on June 8 and 10. The world premiere of David...
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Listen to Simon Keenlyside's return as Don Giovanni
Michael Adams (left) and Simon Keenlyside as Don Giovanni in GenèveSimon Keenlyside fans will be thrilled to learn that they'll be able to hear his Don Giovanni from the Grand Théâtre de Genève on June...
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John Brancy wins 5 AWARDS at Concours musical international de Montréal
John BrancyAmerican barihunk John Brancy may need a Brinks truck to haul all of his winnings back to the United States from Canada. He took home five prizes at the prestigious Concours musical...
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Christopher Bolduc takes on Don Giovanni in new concept
Christopher Bolduc (right) as Don Giovanni in WiesbadenChristopher Bolduc continues to make his mark at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden in Germany, where he has performed Belcore in Donizetti's L’elisir...
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John Brancy takes top honors at Lotte Lenya Competition
John Brancy performing at the Lotte Lenya Competition (left)American barihunk John Brancy, along with sopranos Caroline Hewitt and Laura Corina Sanders, took top honors and $15,000 in prize money at...
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Levent Bakirci in revealing Il Prigioniero at Maggio Musicale
Levent Bakirci in Il PrigionieroLevent Bakirci, who we recently featured starring in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Teatro Municipal Santiago in Chile, just made his debut at the...
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Barihunks prominent in Boston Lyric Opera's new season
Duncan Rock as TarquiniusThe Boston Lyric Opera has announced their 2018-2019, which focuses on operas about strong women, inspired by stories of women, and led by women directors. They also add a few...
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Evgueniy Alexiev takes on Jakob Lenz in Bielefeld
Evgueniy Alexiev as Jakob Lenz in BielefeldEvgueniy Alexiev is the latest baritone to take on the challenging title in Wolfgang Rihm's "Jakob Lenz." He's performing the piece at the Theater Bielefeld...
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Gianluca Margheri opens Spoleto Festival as Minotaur
Gianluca Margheri as Minotaur (photo: Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds)Italian barihunk Gianluca Margheri will open the Spoleto Festival in Italy today as the title character in composer Silvia...
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Hadleigh Adams in sexy, controverial Quartett at West Edge Opera
Hadleigh Adams and Heather Buck(photo: Cory Weaver)Bass-barihunk Hadleigh Adams will headline this year's West Edge Opera Summer Festival in Luca Francesconi’s Quartett, directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer....
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Nicolas Simeha in world premiere of "Seven Stones"
Nicolas Simeha in Seven Stones(Photo: Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)French barihunk Nicolas Simeha will be one of four singers in the world premiere of Ondřej Adámek's "Seven Stones." The a capella piece...
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