Barihunks join in countertenor hunkiness in Pinchgut's Giasone (broadcast tonight)

David Greco as Oreste, David Hansen as Giasone & Nick Dinopoulos as Ercole (Photo: Keith Saunders)

Perhaps the sexiest opera performance in the world right now is the Australian premiere of Cavalli's 17th century classic Giasone at Pinchgut Opera. We posted this sexy promo video on our Facebook page last week featuring countertenor David Hansen, but we've been waiting for some barihunk photos. Although David Hansen is the center of the opera and the brilliant marketing campaign, the opera also features David Greco as Oreste and Nick Dinopoulos as Ercole, the latter who has appeared on this site before.

The sexy Argonauts and Alexandra Oomens as Alinda (Photo: Keith Saunders)

The updated production has created quite a buzz, as Hansen performs naked onstage, singing the post-coital aria "Delizie e contenti" in the bathtub. The opera was also cut from its 4-hour length to about 2 1/2 hours. Dinopoulos plays the Leporello-esque role of attendant to Giasone.

The opera will be broadcast tonight at 7 PM Australian time (3 AM EST/Midnight PST) on ABC Classic FM. There are two performance left, on December 8 & 9 at City Recital Hall in Sydney.

Pinchgut has a great history of producing sexy versions of updated operas. Readers may recall barihunk Hadleigh Adams' performance as Pollux with the company in Rameau's Castor & Pollux.

Nicholas Dinopoulos: Lots of sacred music and a free concert

Nicholas Dinopoulos

We were on a Down Under binge for awhile but lately we've been in a bit of a drought. Many singers have moved on from studying Australia, including Hadleigh Adams, who is in San Francisco, and Morgan Pearse, who is in London.

Fortunately for folks in the "Land of Plenty," Nicholas Dinopoulos is still around and keeping busy singing a series of masses. He'll be performing Fauré's Requiem at St. John's Anglican Church in Croydon on May 19 and again at St. Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne on June 8, as well as Rossini's Stabat Mater at Federation Hall in South Yarra on June 1 and Mozart's Missa Solemnis at St. Francis’ Church in Melbourne on June 2.
 
In August, he'll return to singing opera, performing in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra on August 9 and Piazzolla's María de Buenos Aires with Victorian Opera from August 21-24. 
 
On Sunday May 26th, you can see him with mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell as part of the ABC Classic FM series for free in a program of music that evokes the sea, including Fauré's L'Horizon Chimérique,  Brahms' Four Duets (op. 28) and Sir Edward Elgar's famous Sea Pictures.

The event is at the Iwaki Auditorium near the Melbourne Arts Centre and is general admission. They are asking that all people be seated by 2:50 pm.

Dinopoulos is a core member of Songmakers Australia under the artistic patronage of famed musicologist and accompanist Graham Johnson. He can frequently be heard in live-to-air broadcasts on ABC Classic FM and 3MBS FM.