Barihunks Humm & Estabrooks featured online!

Äneas Humm

Five days ago, we posted about the 19-year-old Swiss wunderkind Äneas Humm. You can now watch the 21-minute documentary that appeared on Swiss television online. Although the segment is in German, non-German speakers will enjoy clips of him studying with the great soprano Kristina Laki, performing onstage and peaking behind the curtain at his personal life.

We have also just learned that Humm will be replacing a baritone in Bremen tomorrow and performing Wolfgang Rihm's Hölderlin-Gedichte.

Jonathan Estabrooks

Another barihunk will be online tomorrow, when calendar model Jonathan Estabrooks will be taking questions online and showcasing music from his new CD, THESE MILES. The program, "The Story Of Jonathan Estabrooks" will air on Tuesday, July 8th at YTP RADIO. You can purchase his debut album at Amazon.

Profile of Swiss Wunderkind Äneas Humm on TV

Äneas Humm on his US/European tour

Swiss television station SRF will feature a profile of Swiss wunderkind Äneas Humm at 21:40 on July 6th. If you're not in Switzerland, we'll be posting information about the recorded video, which will be available worldwide.

The show will feature the 19-year old barihunk, who quit school against all advice to aggressively pursue are career in opera. At 14, shortly after winning the Schweizerischen Jugendmusikwettbewerb (Swiss Youth Singing Award), he was already featured on SRF (see below) and quickly progressed from boy soprano to tenor to baritone.

Äneas Humm sings Schubert's "Nacht und Träume":

After a successful stint with the Zurich Boys Choir, he went on to study with the gifted soprano Krisztina Laki and Thomas Mohr at the University of Arts in Bremen. He furthered his studies in Winterthur, where he gained valuable stage experience singing in operetta, as well as concerts and oratorios.

He currently wrapping up a tour of Bremen, Zürich, New York, Duluth and Bern where he sang lieder, including works by Schubert and Schumann. He'll be performing a liederabend in Zürich on September 8th at the Lyceum Club with accompanist Mikhail Berlin. In February, he returns to singing operetta when he sings the role of Graf Homonay in Johann Strauss' Der Zigeunerbaron at the Operettenbühne Vaduz.