Gianluca Margheri to add Papageno to repertory in 2019
Gianluca Margheri in The Fairy Queen(Photos: Attila Nagy)Italian barihunk Gianluca Margheri will add the role of Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Il Flauto Magico) to his repertory in January...
View ArticleBarihunk Matthew Worth featured on Great Performances broadcast of Doubt
Matthew Worth in Doubt (Photo: © Michal Daniel)The Minnesota Opera's production of Douglas J. Cuomo’s opera Doubt will be broadcast on Great Performances on PBS on January 25th (check local listings...
View ArticleCelebrating the anniversary of Aida's world premiere
Ain Anger as Ramfis at Houston Grand OperaVerdi's masterpiece Aida premiered on December 24, 1871. The opera was commissioned for the grand opening of Cairo's Khedivial Opera House. Verdi did not...
View ArticleReader Submission: French bass-barihunk Julien Ségol
Julien SégolFrench bass-barihunk Julien Ségol is our latest reader submission, coming from a reader who saw him in recital last month. He started his musical studies at the age of 10 by studying violin...
View ArticleMarc Callahan to embark on Duparc recital tour
Marc CallahanAmerican barihunk Marc Callahan will start of the New Year by performing a series of French chansons recital, which will focus on Henri Duparc.Callahan is a noted specialist in French...
View ArticleReader Submission: Italian Bass-Barihunk Riccardo Fassi
Riccardo FassiOur latest reader submission is Italian bass-barihunk Riccardo Fassi, who a reader spotted as Colline in Puccini's La bohème at Austria's Stadttheaters Klagenfurt. He has additional...
View ArticleReader Submission: French Bass-Barihunk Nicolas Brooymans
Nicolas BrooymansOur latest reader submission in French Bass-Barihunk Nicolas Brooymans.Brooymans began singing at an early age as a member of the Chœur d'enfants de l’Opéra de Paris (Children's Choir...
View ArticleWatch Gianluca Margheri as The Minotaur from Spoleto
Gianluca Margheri as The Minotaur(Image courtesy of Rai5)You can now watch the complete performance of Italian barihunk Gianluca Margheri as the title character in composer Silvia Colasanti's Il...
View ArticleAndreas Bauer Kanabas becomes Lucrezia Borgia's third husband
Andreas Bauer Kanabas as Méphisto and OsminAndreas Bauer Kanabas, who took the opera world by storm with his sexy portrayal of Méphisto in Gounods'Faust in Riga, will be starring as Alfonso d'Este, the...
View ArticleReader Submission: Austrian barihunk Matthias Störmer
Matthias Störmer (Don Giovanni center) Photos from artist websiteOur latest Reader Submission is Austrian barihunk Matthias Störmer, who is a member of the ensemble at the Theater Regensburg in...
View ArticlePietro Di Bianco to make US Debut in Minnesota
Pietro Di Bianco as Thoas in Iphigenie en Tauride at the Opéra national de Paris (left)Italian barihunk will make his long-overdue US debut on January 26th at the Minnesota Opera in Nino Rota’s The...
View ArticleWatch Harry Thatcher online as Mozart's Count Almaviva
Harry ThatcherWe introduced readers to British barihunk Harry Thatcher to readers back in 2016 with a shirtless picture on the beach. We kind of lost track of him, so we were thrilled to see that he's...
View ArticleSteven LaBrie to debut role of Charlie in Three Decembers
Steven LaBrie (Photo right: Braddon Murphy)Barihunk Steven LaBrie is the latest singer to take on the role of the gay son Charlie in Jake Heggie's chamber opera Three Decembers. His role debut will be...
View ArticleJohn Brancy featured in Classical Singer
American barihunk is featured prominently in the new issue of Classical Singer magazine. You can read the interview below. He can next be heard singing "Memorial in Song" presented by the Arizona Opera...
View ArticleMartin Achrainer performs semi-staged Winterreise
Martin Achrainer (photos from artist website)Austrian barihunk Martin Achrainer will perform Schubert's Winterreise in a staged adaptation by Hermann Schneider in the Black Box space at the Theater am...
View ArticleReader Submission: French Barihunk Philippe Estèphe
Philippe Estèphe as Don Giovanni(photos: Paul Fave)Our latest Reader Submission is 30-year-old French barihunk Philippe Estèphe, who hails from Agen, nestled between Bordeaux and Toulouse. He has been...
View ArticleŞzymon Komasa in Opera Columbus world premiere "The Flood"
Şzymon Komasa as Stanley KowalskiWe originally featuredŞzymon Komasa back in 2013 when a readers spotted him participating in an online master class at Julliard with Joyce DiDonato. His father is the...
View ArticleNathan Gunn to make English National Opera debut
Renée Fleming and Nathan Gunn in Met's Merry Widow(Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera)Über-barihunk Nathan Gunn will make his English National Opera (ENO) debut as Hanna’s former lover Danilo in Franz...
View ArticleBarihunks take top prizes at Paris Opera Competition
Ilya KutyukhinRussian barihunk Ilya Kutyukhin won the 2019 Paris Opera Competition, taking home both the Claude Dassault First Prize and the Audience Prize. Second Prize went to French barihunk Jérôme...
View ArticleWatch livestream of Günter Papendell in Barrie Kosky's new La bohème
Günter Papendell (photos courtesy Komische Oper)You can watch German barihunk and audience favorite Günter Papendell as Marcello in Barrie Kosky's new production of Puccini's La bohème from the...
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