Jesse Blumberg in world premiere of Edwin Huizinga's Annunciation
Jesse Blumberg and Opera AtelierBarihunk and early music specialist Jesse Blumberg will be featured in Opera Atelier's double-bill of The Angel Speaks and the Canadian premiere of Annunciation, a new...
View ArticleChristopher Maltman featured in Marnie on Great Performances
Isabel Leonard and Christopher Maltman in Marnie (Image courtesy of The Met)British barihunk Christopher Maltman will star alongside mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in Nico Muhly and Nicholas Wright’s...
View ArticleJames Wright makes company debut in Shreveport before heading to Sunshine State
Baritone James WrightWe first featured American barihunk James Wright back in 2015, but haven't featured him since. A reader just spotted him making his company debut as Larry in Robert Paterson's...
View ArticleHadleigh Adams to make European opera stage debut in Netherlands
Hadleigh Adams(Photo right: Cory Weaver)Bass-barihunk Hadleigh Adams will make his long overdue European debut in a staged performance of an opera. The San Francisco-based singer will appear in Stephen...
View ArticleSimon Keenlyside knighted by Prince Charles
Simon Keenlyside (photos: Clarence House)British barihunk Simon Keenlyside was knighted by HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace on February 7, 2019 for his "services to music.'After the...
View Article“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” wins Grammy for best Opera Recording
Ed Parks as Steve Jobs(Photo courtesy of Santa Fe Opera)“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” by composer Mason Bates walked away with the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The recording featured two...
View ArticleIntroducing Belgian barihunk Fabio Lesuisse
Fabio Lesuisse(photos: Theater Aachen)Belgian barihunk Fabio Lesuisse, who will turn 27 on February 17th, is our newest addition to Barihunks. He is a graduate of the Cologne University of Music and...
View ArticleKarl V: First full-length twelve-tone opera to be broadcast
Actor Janus Torp and Bo Skovhus(Photo: Bayerische Staatsoper)Ernst Krenek's "Karl V," the first full-length twelve-tone opera will be broadcast from the Bavarian State Opera on February 23rd with...
View ArticleFormer opera bass wins RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Kevin Bertin aka Monet X ChangeRuPaul's Drag Race contestant Monet X Change, who has a degree in opera performance and has appeared professionally as a bass, has won RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars along...
View ArticleIntroducing American barihunk and podcaster Jared Ice
Jared Ice (Photos l & r: Uwe Hauth)A fellow barihunk brought American baritone Jared Ice to our attention. Ice grew up in Seattle and received his Master’s Degree from the University of Washington....
View ArticleCurtis Sullivan opens as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast
Curtis Sullivan flexes his beastly sideCanadian barihunk Curtis Sullivan, who we've featured numerous times on this site for his sexy and beautifully sung appearances with Opera Atelier, will be...
View ArticleBarihunk Matt Worth named to faculty at SF Conservatory of Music
Matt Worth(Photo from artist website)Barihunk Matthew Worth is joining the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music n Fall 2019, joining the voice department led by chair and former tenor...
View ArticleReader Submission: Italian barihunk Giulio Alvise Caselli
Giulio Alvise Caselli (Photos: Theater Augsburg)A reader in Germany contacted us about Giulio Alvise Caselli, who will be appearing in a revival of Othmar Schoeck's rarely performed Das Schloß Dürande...
View ArticleBariToned to make West Coast Debut
One of our favorite shows, BariToned, will finally be making its West Coast debut with three performances in California. They will kick of their West Coast tour with a performance at Martinis Above...
View ArticleDavid Adam Moore returns to Atlanta Opera as Eugene Onegin
David Adam Moore in A Streetcar Named Desire (Photo: David Beloff)American barihunk David Adam Moore returns to the Atlanta Opera on March 2nd in the title role of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. He...
View ArticleSix Low Male Voices Amongst 20 Finalists at Cardiff Singer of the World
Leonardo Lee and Patrick GuettiLow male voices will be well represented at the 36th BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, as they comprise six of the final twenty competitors. Competing for the...
View ArticleReader Submission: Barihunk Denis Milo
Denis Milo(Photos courtesy of artist)Moscow born Denis Milo has lived in Germany since childhood and is currently a member of the Staatsoper Nürnberg.He started his musical training playing the flute...
View ArticleBarihunk Trio in Boston's Rape of Lucretia
Brandon Cedel, Duncan Rock and David McFerrin (Photos from artist's websites)Boston Lyric Opera’s season of rebels, dissenters and tales of strong women continues with Benjamin Britten's The Rape of...
View ArticleTrio of low male voices in UK staged premiere of Smetena's Libuše
James Quilligan (Photo: Twitter @JamesQuilligan)Regular readers (with a long memory) might recall our post in 2015 about the first barihunk sextet to be featured in a professional production. British...
View ArticleFour low male voices advance to Met Semifinals
Hubert Zapiór and William Guanbo SuTwenty-one young opera singers who have won regional auditions around the United States will compete in the semifinal round of the country's leading vocal...
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