Barihunk Kevin Greenlaw proposes to girlfriend mid-duet

Kevin Greenlaw and Marjukka Tepponen

American barihunk Kevin Greenlaw pulled a quick one on his girlfriend soprano Marjukka Tepponen during a New Year's Eve gala in Jyväskylän, Finland. Tepponen walked on stage to sing  the duet "La ci darem da mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni. On the other side of the stage, she was expecting baritone Mika Pohjonen. However, Greenlaw walked out singing the duet, pulled out a ring, knelt before her and proposed marriage (she accepted, much to the audience's delight).

Marjukka Tepponen and Kevin Greenlaw met last year while singing Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in Turussa (Turku), Finland. The couple will perform Siblelius' fiendishly difficult Kullervo Symphony with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra on April 17th. 

Much to his delight, she accepted, making them the second operatic couple to get engaged on stage in a week after tenor Pene Pati proposed to Amina Edris during the Christmas holiday. Greenlaw isn't the first barihunk to pop the question on stage. In 2009, Jason Hardy proposed to girlfriend Carrie Kahl after a performance of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Opera Birmingham (she also accepted).

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

She was about to sing La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni when, instead of her intended duet partner coming on stage, up popped her boyfriend on bended knee.
She is Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen. He is British baritone, Kevin Greenlawn.
Well, what could she say?
The pop-up happened during a New Year’s gala concert in Jyväskylä, a small Finnish town with its own opera and symphony orchestra.
- See more at: http://slippedisc.com/2015/01/true-romance-soprano-is-bowled-over-by-stage-proposal/#sthash.bWYATgu9.dpuf

Jason Hardy's "Real Life" Marriage of Figaro

[Hardy proposing to Kahl]



In January 2009, Barihunks made our first wedding announcement when we posted photos from the ceremony between Teddy Tahu Rhodes and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. Of course, we've all come to know the New Zealand barihunk as "Teddy Bare" because of his surfer build and propensity to sing shirtless.

Last December, Jason Hardy created a sensation when he appeared on this site shirtless in pictures from New York City Opera's "Don Giovanni." One soprano emailed us a note that simply read, "WHO KNEW?"

Apparently it looks like soprano Carrie Kahl knew. So when Jason Hardy popped the question after the final curtain calls at Opera Birmingham's "Marriage of Figaro," Kahl quickly accepted his proposal. Hardy was performing Figaro and Kahl was portraying Barbarina.

The second and final performance is this Sunday at 2:30 PM and ticket information can be found HERE.

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