Swedish barihunk Håkan Vramsmo studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and immediately was offered the opportunity to sing at the opening night of the BBC Proms. He has won a number of lieder competitions and has quickly established himself as a major talent in the field. He has sung the barihunk roles of Don Giovanni and the Rape of Lucretia. He is establishing himself as a Mozart singer to reckon with, receiving rave reviews in Die Zauberflote and Nozze di Figaro.
I think there needs to be a special catagory of über-barihunk now.
ReplyDeleteand what about the other Swedish barihunk named Håkan? He may be getting on years but he was BH.
ReplyDeleteHakan Hagagard was part of the reason I fell in love with opera. My school took a field trip to see Ingmar Bergman's "Magic Flute" with him as Papageno and I fell in love with the art form. I hadn't thought about him as a barihunk, but I"m going to pull up some old photos and videos.
ReplyDeleteOh lawdy lawdy, saw him perform in Carmen last night at Glastonbury Abbey and now I'm in love!!
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