Introducing Greek barihunk Georgios Iatrou

Georgios Iatrou

Georgios Iatrou is currently sing Kostandis in Bohuslav Martinů's The Greek Passion at the Aalto Musiktheater Essen, where he joined the ensemble last month. The Greek Passion is one of the last works of  Bohuslav Martinů and it was not premiered until after his death. The composition consumed him for the last five years of his life and is based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. 

This season he'll be performing Schaunard in Puccini's La bohème, Farfarello in Prokofiev's The Love for Three Orange, the Speaker in Mozart's The Magic Flute, the Marquis in Verdi's La traviata and Figaro in Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Martinů's The Greek Passion from Bregenz:

Iatrou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1986 and studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Köln and the Musikhochschule Robert Schumann in Düsseldorf, where he performed Frank Maurrant in Kurt Weill's Street Scene. He was the top prize winner at the Schmolz und Bickenbach Competition and the Nei Stemmen International Competition in Luxemburg.

He has appeared as Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Teatro Poliziano, Daniel in Turnage's Anna Nicole at Theater Dortmund, Tancredi in Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda at Theater Aachen and the apprentice in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg at the Cologne Opera.

Barihunk duo in Festival of the Aegean's Cosi fan tutte

Randal Turner and Nikolaos Karagiaouris

If the beauty, stunning coastline and history of Greece isn't enough to lure you to this cradle of Western civilization, perhaps two barihunks singing Mozart's Cosi fan tutte will get you there.

We just learned that Barihunk calendar model Randal Turner has joined Greek barihunk Nikolaos Karagiaouris in Cosi at the Festival of the Aegean. Randal Turner was one of our earliest barihunks to be featured on this site and we discovered him singing Mozart in Pisa. Although his career has spanned the repertory from Handel to major contemporary premieres, we always love hearing him in this repertory. Turner will be singing Guglielmo and Karagiaouris will be singing Don Alfonso.

Randal Turner sings "Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo" from Cosi fan tutte:

Nikolaos Karagiaouris is new to our site. The Greek baritone studied piano and voice before embarking on an opera career that has been focused in Greece. In 2011, he won two Greek voice competitions and went on to perform at the Greek National Opera and the New Opera of Athens. 

  

Performance are on July 9, 11 and 13. The Festival will also include a performance of Verdi's Requiem. To check out the entire Festival schedule check out their website.